Vic Balshaw
Major General
I felt saddened and sick!
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I think a lot of of us feel that way.
I think the thing that bothers me the most is the fact that if we did something like that, the whole damn region and religion would be calling for Jihad.
Nobody should disgrace the tombs of fallen soldiers, no matter which army they served.
Nobody should disgrace the tombs of fallen soldiers, no matter which army they served.
I think a lot of of us feel that way.
I think the thing that bothers me the most is the fact that if we did something like that, the whole damn region and religion would be calling for Jihad.
Nobody should disgrace the tombs of fallen soldiers, no matter which army they served.
Cerainly it is not an excuse, but a good reason to buy the F35s......That's still no excuse. They'd be up in arms if we did the same to one of their family graves.
My Family lived in Libya from 1967 to 1989, so my knowlege of that Country is firsthand.
I have to say that the way of thinking in a Muslim country is abysmal different from the western one.
The sooner we in the west will realize this, the better.
My Family lived in Libya from 1967 to 1989, so my knowlege of that Country is firsthand.
I have to say that the way of thinking in a Muslim country is abysmal different from the western one.
The sooner we in the west will realize this, the better.
Bingo! Unfortunately, too many people think that they can reason with and be touchy feely with them. Too many people are naive to the way of thinking in the Middle East and North Africa.
Hunyadi János beat the Turks in Hungary John, despite being heavily outnumbered. The victory was so important to the preservation of the 'christian state' that the pope decreed church bells be rung at noon in remembrance - which we still do to this day. (The Turks were so afraid of him they didn't attack again till years after his death!)
But this is by the by. As has been said we are dealing with a completely different mind set here. This was a deliberate act of sheer bloody mindedness, but what can you do? Atleast they plan to restore the headstones.
In the early days,"Christian" forces did encounter victories against the Saracen/Moorish forces, but dissention, greed and petty rivalries derailed much of the efforts to stem the muslim tide overall.History should teach us that no 'christian forces' have overcome the 'muslim ones'. However far you go back in time.
I don't know how 'we' are going to extract ourselves from the war on terror...if we ever can.
2014? We'll see.
John
so do you guys feel these "wanna-be's have sanctity of life ? most of you guys had not joined up on the forums by the first induction by US forces in the conflicts S.H. but we covered why we don't fully understand the Muslim mind, and even with all the changes in thinking at the present age we still out sutck in our westernized world