In the words of a relative of mine.

[weatherwunder]

We need a parking lot in Iraq. A real big one.

I kinda chuckle when I hear him say that!

He is a WWII veteran, and has no tolerance for what is going on with the Iraqi military.

[wx247]

I have heard some people say that too. It brings me mixed emotions.

[streetsoldier]

I like what I heard from my sister in NJ..."What's flat, black, and burns for 300 years?"...you KNOW the punchline!

[weatherwunder]

It does me too. Not necessarily my viewpoint either.

[wx247]

Oh I know weatherwunder. I am not criticizing, just presenting my feeling... sometimes we lead ourselves by emotion and not common sense. I think that the American public is doing that now. I hear so many things that are rude and terrible about the Iraqi people. I think to myself, "They aren't the problem!"

Alas...sorry about the rant.

[chadtm80]

I think we could use another ocean.... And iraq is prime reality : )

[Lindaloo]

I like what I heard from my sister in NJ..."What's flat, black, and burns for 300 years?"...you KNOW the punchline!

LOL!!!

[JetMaxx]

sometimes we lead ourselves by emotion and not common sense. I think that the American public is doing that now. I hear so many things that are rude and terrible about the Iraqi people. I think to myself, "They aren't the problem!"

That's war my young friend.....it isn't pleasant. War is literally hell on earth....which is why I despise it. People nowadays try to sugar coat war as "civilized" or "surgical", limiting civilian casulties...but it's so bogus. Innocent civilians always die in war...usually lots of them.

I am being led by emotion and anger...I'll admit it. I sincerely hope God forgives me--but that's the nature of war. I'm a kind southern gentleman that tries to give everyone the benefit of a doubt. My grandad hated the Japanese until the day he died. He was a wonderful man...a kind hearted mountain of a man that never wanted trouble--but he lost a best friend during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Grandpa also lost a couple of buddies in Japanese POW camps--that were starved to death

Look at the photo of PFC Jessica Lynch in my signature--her sitting under the tree...that brave young lady could pass for my sister Becky's twin when she was in high school; both are about the same size, even the hair style and color is similar. It literally makes my blood boil to know what has likely happened to that precious young woman at the hands of those Iraqi monsters.

When I think of Jessica...I think of my little sis. I know how her older brother feels--because when my sister hurts...I hurt--I usually know it even 2500 miles away from her home in Oregon, even before she calls. The newspapers call Jessica a "pretty country girl"....my Becky was a pretty country girl (still is at age 37). Becky also had serious thoughts of joining the army after high school...because her best friend Tracie did. I convinced her that college was a far better option...thank God she listened.

When this war began, it was to me a war to free the Iraqi people from an evil dictator. With the probable torture and execution of PFC Jessie Lynch, it's now become very personal to me. I'm now a big brother that wants revenge....to see the ones that harmed that girl to pay for it...all of them--even if it means killing every Iraqi to get them...even if it means igniting World War III.

I'm truly sorry I feel that way.....just as I'm certain my grandad was also

[pojo]

I think we could use another ocean.... And iraq is prime reality : )

!!! I have plenty of work with cement...want to help me build a concrete cinder block wall around Iraq?