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JRtheSTAR
01-05-03, 01:34 PM
> Must agree with most of this article. If we could truly elect a man
> unafraid to speak his mind and do just some of the things contained herein
> we would be much safer and better off.


> >This is interesting reading and probably a feeling with strong support in
> >the heartlands of America. Have to love the frankness.
> >>
> >>
> >>Subject: Why They Don't They Like Us
> >>
> >>
> >>This one is definitely NOT tongue in cheek. Sig, the author, was a
> >>teen-aged Marine who marched and fought as a rifleman to and from the
> >>Chosin reservoir in Korea in 1950. He switched to the Army, and served
as a
> >>Special Forces officer in Vietnam. After Vietnam he joined the CIA, and
> >>went back to Korea. He's been there, done it, and has some specific
> >>thoughts on countries that don't "like" us.
> >>
> >>If you aren't interested in the ramblings of an old man, please delete
now.
> >>If you're still there, pull up a chair and listen.
> >>
> >>Is there anyone else out there who's sick and tired of all the polls
being
> >>taken in foreign countries as to whether or not they "like" us? The
last
> >>time I looked, the word "like" had nothing to do with foreign policy. I
> >>prefer 'respect' or 'fear'. They worked for Rome, which civilized and
kept
> >>the peace in the known world a hell of a lot longer than our puny two
> >>centuries-plus.
> >>
> >>I see a left-wing German got elected to office recently by campaigning
> >>against the foreign policy of the United States. Yeah, that's what I
want,
> >>to be lectured about war and being a "good neighbor" by a German. Their
> >>head honcho said they wouldn't take part in a war against Iraq. Kind of
> >>nice, to see them taking a pass on a war once in while.
> >>
> >>Perhaps we needed to have the word "World" in front of War. I think it's
> >>time to bring our boys home from Germany. Outside of the money we'd
save,
> >> we'd make the Germans "like" us a lot more, after they started paying
the bills
> >>for their own defense.
> >>
> >>Last time I checked, France isn't too fond of us either. They sort of
> >>liked us back on June 6th, 1944, though, didn't they? If you don't
think
> >>so, see how nicely they take care of the enormous American cemeteries up
> >>above the Normandy beaches. For those of you who've studied history, we
> >>also have a few cemeteries in places like Belleau Woods and Chateau
Thierry
> >>also. For those of you who haven't studied it, that was from World War
One,
> >>the first time Europe screwed up and we bailed out the French. That's
> >>where the US Marines got the title 'Devil Dogs' or, if you still care
about
> >>what the Germans think, "Teufelhunde". I hope I spelled that right;
sure
> >>wouldn't want to offend anyone, least of all, a German.
> >>
> >>Come to think of it, when Europe couldn't take care of their Bosnian
> >>problem recently, guess who had to help out there also. Last time I
> >>checked, our kids are still there. I sort of remember they said they
would
> >>be out in a year. Gee, how time flies when you're having fun.
> >>
> >>Now we hear that the South Koreans aren't too happy with us either. They
> >>"liked" us a lot better, of course, in June, 1950. It took more than
50,000
> >>Americans killed in Korea to help give them the lifestyle they currently
> >>enjoy, but then who's counting? I think it's also time to bring the
boys
> >>home from there. There are about 37,000 young Americans on the DMZ
> >>separating the South Koreans from their "brothers" up North. Maybe if
we
> >>leave, they can begin to participate in the "good life" that North Korea
> >>currently enjoys. Uh huh. Sure.
> >>
> >>I also understand that a good portion of the Arab/Moslem world now
doesn't
> >>"like" us either. Did anyone ever sit down and determine what we would
have
> >>to do to get them to like us? Ask them what they would like us to do.
Die?.
> >>Commit ritual suicide? Bend over?
> >>
> >>Maybe we should follow the advice of our dimwitted, dullest knife in the
> >>drawer, Senator Patty Murray, and build more roads, hospitals, day care
> >>centers, and orphanages like Osama bin Laden does. What with all the
> >>orphans Osama has created, the least he can do is build some places to
put
> >>them. Senator Stupid says if we would only "emulate" Osama, the Arab
world
> >>would love us. Sorry Patty. In addition to the fact that we already do
all
> >>of those things around the world and have been doing them for over sixty
> >> years. I don't take public transportation, and I certainly wouldn't
take it
> >>with a bomb strapped to the guy next to me.
> > >
>> >Don't get me wrong: I'm not in favor of going to war. Been there, done
> >>that. Several times, in fact. But I think we ought to have some polls in
> >>this country about other countries, and see if we "like" THEM. Problem
is,
> >>if you listed the countries, not only wouldn't the average American know
if
> >>he liked them or not, he wouldn't be able to find them. If we're
supposed
> >>to worry about them, how about them worrying about us?
> >>
> >>We were nice to the North Koreans in 1994, as we followed the policies
of
> >>Neville Clinton. And it seemed to work; they didn't re-start nuclear
> >>weapons program for a whole year or so. In the meantime, we fed them
when
> >>they were starving, and put oil in their stoves when they were freezing.
> >>
> >>In a recent visit to Norway, I engaged in a really fun debate with my
> >>cousin's son, a student at a Norwegian University. I was lectured to by
> >>this thankless squirt about the American "Empire", and scolded about
> >>dropping the atomic bomb on the Japanese. I reminded him that empires
> >>usually keep the stuff they take. We don't. Back in 1945 most
Norwegians
> >> thought dropping ANY kind of bomb on Germany or Japan was a good
> >>idea. I also reminded him that my uncle, his grandfather, and others in
our
> >>family spent a significant time in Sachsenhausen concentration camp,
> >>courtesy of the Germans, and they didn't all survive. I further reminded
> >>him that if it wasn't for the "American Empire" he would probably be
> >>speaking German or Russian.
> >>
> >>Sorry about the rambling, but I just took an unofficial poll here at our
> >>house, and we don't seem to like anyone.
> >>
> >>Happy New Year.
> >>
> >>Sig
> >>
> >>"We sleep safely in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night
to
> >>visit violence on those who would harm us."
> >>
> >>George Orwell

wrbones
01-05-03, 03:01 PM
'Neville' Clinton! That pretty much says it all!







Bones

greensideout
01-05-03, 05:40 PM
You have written a, "must read".

Hope you don't mind me printing it out.

You have put to words the feelings of many, if not all of us.

Semper Fi