Oneway Bipartisanship

[LeBuick]

I will repeat what I said to LeBuick:

"Are you serious, naive, or worse. We still have troops in Japan and Germany, 60 years after we laid a whupping on them."

Also my understanding is that Americans were still killed in Germany after the surrender. 60 years after the occupation it is unlikely that American troops would be killed.

Yelling louder in the mic doesn't make your point any more valid... :laugh:

Just like a baptist preacher, "y'all didn't hear me, I said etc..."

 

[JamieinNH]

Peace keeping troops not combat troops...

He don't know the difference... He also don't or won't understand that these troops are not dying every day...

He has his mind set, he is right, end of his discussion I suppose...

 

[JamieinNH]

Yelling louder in the mic .....

He is just grand standing I suppose, just like all the Republicans in Washington these days....

 

[just-want-peace]

And just what are "peace-keeping" troops there for? To keep the peace you say? OK! What do these troops do if somebody starts something, you know like a war or something? Try to keep the peace? How?

(Just trying to get a handle on this apparently contradictory concept of "COMBAT VS PEACE-KEEPING")

Incidentally, troops may have one OR the other as a primary mission, but any troops are supposedly "COMBAT" troops; depending on the circumstances at any given period of time.

I strongly suspect that there will be no such animal as our concept of military in the millennium simply because He won't need such to insure civilized behavior.

 

[LadyEagle]

Is that the key to keeping that word from being censored-- capitalizing it? Or has the mod just not had time so far?

The mods edited the word. Please do not use that word on the BB....thanks.

 

[LeBuick]

And just what are "peace-keeping" troops there for? To keep the peace you say? OK! What do these troops do if somebody starts something, you know like a war or something? Try to keep the peace? How?.

Same thing a cop does, use the necessary force to bring the situation under control. Perhaps that's why we say cops keep the peace...

 

[dragonfly]

Funny how during the last administration, there was no attempt at bipartisanship, and if anyone did disagree, they were disloyal obstructionists. Now bipartisanship means that even though your side lost, you want to make the rules. Sorry. Doesn't work like that.

Well, that's because only the republicans know what is best for this country. If you don't believe me ask OldRegular!

Of course you have to overlook the damage the Bush administration has done.

 

[just-want-peace]

Same thing a cop does, use the necessary force to bring the situation under control. Perhaps that's why we say cops keep the peace...

This idea would have really worked well in the California bank shoot-out several years ago - can't you just see the scenario - cops heavily armed with their billy-clubs laugh vs. the automatic armed felons!!!


C'mon LB, surely you just answered in haste - didn't you?

Oh, by the way, what is your definition of "necessary force"?

 

[LeBuick]

This idea would have really worked well in the California bank shoot-out several years ago - can't you just see the scenario - cops heavily armed with their billy-clubs laugh vs. the automatic armed felons!!!

C'mon LB, surely you just answered in haste - didn't you?

After being in the military for many years I can safely say if the visible force is armed only with billy-clubs there is the weight and expanse of the US Military standing behind them daring you to touch a hair on their heads.

Oh, by the way, what is your definition of "necessary force"?

Reasonable and necessary force in my view is defined as the degree of force that is appropriate in a given situation and is not excessive. It is the minimum degree of force necessary to protect oneself, property and the public in the face of a substantial threat. It is what keeps the cops from shooting an unarmed man.

 

[dragonfly]

Oh, thee of selective memory. Bush went in to run the show his way. How many Dems did he put on the cabinet? Turns out Bush wasn't "The Decider" after all. We the People are the deciders, and we finally decided we had had enough of his mismanagement and lies.

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