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<blockquote data-quote="SilverMoon" data-source="post: 3119255" data-attributes="member: 126600">As it should if you still consider yourself human. Ah... here&#039;s where you start going all vague on us. So what would you suggest? Would you suggest that we also treat our enemies in the same fashion. Should we now condone decapitating people simply because that&#039;s a tactic used by our enemies? What about torture. When you start going down the two wrongs make a right road... you&#039;re on a very slippery slope.What sort of scale are you using to arrive at &#039;a little inhumane&#039;? And how are you objectively applying that across the board? Or are you?When you start looking into the insane profits made by private contractors like Haliburton it can be rather hard NOT to arrive at this conclusion.It already has been. Who are you kidding? It&#039;s been on YouTube and a gazillion other sites for ages. It&#039;s been announced on the news. Look at the number of hits that many of those videos have seen and then tell me if you think you&#039;re one of the select few that has seen the video. Come on... there are dozens out there. You know it... I know... the person who can&#039;t find Iraq or Washington DC on the map knows it.Again... Sparkle... these vids have been available for a very long time. Many, many millions of people have seen them. I&#039;ve seen them... far more times than is probably healthy. But... and there&#039;s always a but... it doesn&#039;t throw me into knee jerk reaction mode and just start saying &#039;Go Bush! We&#039;re there for all the right reasons&#039; - one really has to take a look a whole lot of other factors besides some shocking videos of beheadings to arrive at a decision whether or not we&#039;re there for the right reasons. Or... perhaps not.Lame. Loaded question. Nothing like phrasing a question to get an answer that supports your overall gist. Sorry dude... but that is really silly. Even your question is vaguely structured. So do you want to have the right to suofftopicrily execute anyone who may have been someone fighting against your fellow soldiers? If that&#039;s the case why not just carpet bomb Iraq? Seriously... it&#039;s so full of terrorists and so full of all those decapitating scumbags... why waste one American life on them? Why not just carpet bomb their strong areas and then hire Haliburton at some insane price to go in and clean up? Seriously.I find it ironic that your thread is titled &#039;propaganda&#039; and you&#039;ve just joined the Marines(?). I&#039;d say their indoctrination is working very well so far.I think if you have a problem with specific members at MAP and their opinions then why are you pussyfooting around the bush and not just naming names. I&#039;m sure whoever they are can give you a very clear and concise response.As for myself... I think the war is shambolic. It was war predicated on nonsense... by a president who&#039;s done more harm than good while in office... fighting an enemy that his cronies on the hill help put into power. When that relationship went sour it was time for a war. Surprise, surprise. The body bags keep coming home because the soldiers are being sent off to fight a war that can&#039;t be won... it&#039;s ridiculous, it&#039;s sad... but hey... don&#039;t dig into that too deeply... it&#039;s totally at odds with joining the Marines. You&#039;re not there to question anything... you&#039;re there to do as your told.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SilverMoon, post: 3119255, member: 126600"] As it should if you still consider yourself human. Ah... here's where you start going all vague on us. So what would you suggest? Would you suggest that we also treat our enemies in the same fashion. Should we now condone decapitating people simply because that's a tactic used by our enemies? What about torture. When you start going down the two wrongs make a right road... you're on a very slippery slope. What sort of scale are you using to arrive at 'a little inhumane'? And how are you objectively applying that across the board? Or are you? When you start looking into the insane profits made by private contractors like Haliburton it can be rather hard NOT to arrive at this conclusion. It already has been. Who are you kidding? It's been on YouTube and a gazillion other sites for ages. It's been announced on the news. Look at the number of hits that many of those videos have seen and then tell me if you think you're one of the select few that has seen the video. Come on... there are dozens out there. You know it... I know... the person who can't find Iraq or Washington DC on the map knows it. Again... Sparkle... these vids have been available for a very long time. Many, many millions of people have seen them. I've seen them... far more times than is probably healthy. But... and there's always a but... it doesn't throw me into knee jerk reaction mode and just start saying 'Go Bush! We're there for all the right reasons' - one really has to take a look a whole lot of other factors besides some shocking videos of beheadings to arrive at a decision whether or not we're there for the right reasons. Or... perhaps not. Lame. Loaded question. Nothing like phrasing a question to get an answer that supports your overall gist. Sorry dude... but that is really silly. Even your question is vaguely structured. So do you want to have the right to suofftopicrily execute anyone who may have been someone fighting against your fellow soldiers? If that's the case why not just carpet bomb Iraq? Seriously... it's so full of terrorists and so full of all those decapitating scumbags... why waste one American life on them? Why not just carpet bomb their strong areas and then hire Haliburton at some insane price to go in and clean up? Seriously. I find it ironic that your thread is titled 'propaganda' and you've just joined the Marines(?). I'd say their indoctrination is working very well so far. I think if you have a problem with specific members at MAP and their opinions then why are you pussyfooting around the bush and not just naming names. I'm sure whoever they are can give you a very clear and concise response. As for myself... I think the war is shambolic. It was war predicated on nonsense... by a president who's done more harm than good while in office... fighting an enemy that his cronies on the hill help put into power. When that relationship went sour it was time for a war. Surprise, surprise. The body bags keep coming home because the soldiers are being sent off to fight a war that can't be won... it's ridiculous, it's sad... but hey... don't dig into that too deeply... it's totally at odds with joining the Marines. You're not there to question anything... you're there to do as your told. [/QUOTE]

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