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Originally Posted by Gunny  I'm saying I'm sick of some armchair quarterbacks without a clue sitting back here in the AC and comfort of their La-Z-Boy presuming to pass moral judgement on something they obviously have no understanding about, not to mention lacking even a modicum of reality to their lameass arguments.
He may "opine" all he wishes. In in turn will free to "opine" on his cluelessness.
War is ugly. It's brutal. It reduces man to his basest form. Fighting to lose is pointless. Setting an arbitrary moral standard that Christ himself would envy for only our military to adhere to is stupid, and provides the enemy weaknesses to exploit.
The savage, brutal tactics of the enemy are hardly even mentioned while some leftwingnut slams our military in some sorry-ass attempt to slam the administration because partisan politics trump all in tiny little pea-sized minds.
If my choice is assault a defended line with my Marines or call for CAS dropping Napalm or cluster munitions on the enemy and they're pos is close to civilians -- or they are hiding among them, a favorite tactic of Islamic fundamentalists -- tough shit. I'm calling in the air and lighting them up. |
Amen.
With some folks, it's alll about the "moral high ground." what they don't realize (or refuse to admit) is that when it gets down to brass tacks, morality doesn't mean squat in a knock down, drag out, snot slinging, rolling in the mud war. War is about chaos, destruction, and killing. It is not pleasant, glorious or any of those other high minded adjectives one may choose to apply. It is downright nasty business and if one wants to survive, one had better be prepared to do many things that would otherwise be considered horrendous in civilized society.
Ironically, the same folks who whine about our soldiers not having enough protection, modern equipment or other material support are the same ones who want our soldiers to adhere to moral standards that are more applicable to the Moromon Tabernacle Choir than they are to soldiers fighting to stay alive. Because of that advocacy, they think banning effective weapons will somehow raise the morality of war to that of a sporting event. I am surprised that we haven't heard someone campaigning for our troops to use muskets instead of modern weapons just to give our adversaries a "fair" chance.