rawls2 wrote:
Mr Jennings, a few questions:
Have you ever been in war?
I haven't
Do you know anybody that has been killed by bomb?
I don't
Do you ever ride the bus and wonder if it will blow up?
I don't even ride the bus but it has never crossed my mind.
Do you ever wonder how you would feel if your whole family was kidnapped and beheaded?
I never thought of anything like that until Nick Berg.
You sympathize with the wrong people. You think any of those insurgent/extremist/militant whatevers would spare your life if they got a hold of you or your family. They wouldnt care that you spent hours defending their cause on these forums. They dont care about humanity. They live to fight. They move from one cause to the next. Always looking for a reason to kill somebody anybody.
No, but my brother served 4 years, USMC, including in Iraq.
No.
Read what Thomas Hobbes has to say about fear for my answer to that question.
What the hell was Nick Berg doing in Iraq? Not that I do not feel for his family, but don't use this guy's death as a rationalization for collateral damage in a war. Its disrespectful to all parties involved.
I sympathize with anyone I see punished for something out of their control. I feel for Israeli citizens who are trying to live a normal life only to see nightclubs and public transportation blown up. I feel for Lebanese citizens who find themselves in the wrong area when Hezbollah sends off some rockets into Israel. Read what I wrote above. I do not have sympathy for Hezbollah militants. I do not have sympathy for the people ordering and carrying out bombings on civilian centers in Lebanon.
I am not "defending their cause." I am defending civilians. Human beings. People that have no say in the matter that are killed, Lebanese and Israeli alike. Read my arguments and statements in regards to the situation before you tell me what I am defending. Seriously, it seems like you read nothing of what I write, see some buzzwords, then respond with some irrational thoughts. I am through responding to you until you show me some respect in regards to reading what I post, not just replying with information that, while important, has little to no relevance to what this thread is all about.
On a side note, it is interesting to know that a pro-Hezbollah website is hosted by a United States Defense Department Subcontractor.
The USDOD, supporting both sides since (at least) 1982.