Re: Renewable Energy Rally

Hexslinger ( hexslngr@internet-frontier.net )
Wed, 4 Mar 1998 22:52:33 -0800 (PST)

On Wed, 4 Mar 1998, CJT Enterprises one wrote:

> By the way the war in Iraq isnt about power but about weaponry. If we
> really wanted their oil we could just tunnel under the Atlantic while
> they are fighting and suck the oil out from under them. Also "anti-war"
> protesting reminds me to much of Vietnam. I am only 26, but some good
> friends of mine went over there. I have always thought of those
> "anti-war" protesters as cowards. And besides this is politics and I
> believe it was said politics has no place on this list.

What the hell is this doing here? Moreover - who are you to call anti-war
protestors cowards? I refuse to serve in the military because I don't want
to be sent to some third-world shithole to die. Today's military is being
used as the world's policing force - a foreign legion - which is not what
it was meant to be. The military was meant for homeguard service - to
protect us in times of invasion, and to attack those who pose a direct
threat to us. Saddam's presence poses very little threat to us ---
and even if he does, then it would be far simpler to send in special
forces to assassinate him - or simply bomb his palaces into oblivion.
Oh, wait, I forgot - we're talking about the US Military --- they're not
known for their intelligence. My mistake.