And....let's not forget.....he's ready......now.....to send someone else's kids to the ME. For them.....no conditions apply. Standard nutbag shit.
"Fine, as soon as you, your son, and/or your daughter sign up to be on the front lines, I'll start a petition to send you over there to fight."
I ask everyone here, who does it sound like is ready to send someone else and their kid to the ME?
No draftees in the military, they're all professional soldiers who wanna fight. Arguements against sending the military somewhere today using arguements from draft-eras don't work.
It's always someone's else's kids being sent to fight and die. Never been anything else. But unlike wars of conquest and oil, a war against a group bent on world domination and subjugation justifies any tactic used. There hasn't been such a clear cut good vs evil effort facing the world since WW2. And compared to even the Nazis, though fewer, ISIS and militant extremists want it all, not just a few neighboring countries.
We need to wipe them out and anyone happy about them. Hasn't been an opportunity to unite the planet against a common threat for most peoples' lives. There is now, and we need to take advantage of it and bring everyone together. Christians, Muslims, Jews, and everyone else. Because we're all under threat by ISIS and their allies.
Delenn: [addressing the Grey Council] Three years. For three years I warned you this day was coming, but you would not listen. Pride, you said, presumption. And now ISIS are on the move. The Russians and the French are at war, the Europeans have fallen, even the Syrians are fighting one another. The pride was yours, the presumption was yours. For two-thousand years, we have been awaiting the fulfillment of prophecy. And when it finally happens, you scorn it, you reject it because you no longer believe it yourselves. "We stand between the candle and the star, between the darkness and the light." You say the words but your hearts are empty, your ears closed to the truth. You stand for nothing but your own petty interests. "The problems of others are not our concern." I do not blame you for standing silent in your shame. You, who knew what was coming, but refused to take up the burden of this war. If the Americans will not fight, then the rest of us will. The government has lost it's way. If it will not lead, if we have abandoned our covenant with God
[takes staff from council leader]
Delenn: then the government shall be broken!
[breaks staff in two]
Delenn: As was prophesied. We must stand with the others now before it's too late. Between the Republicans and the military, we control two thirds of our forces. To you, I say, listen to the voice of your conscience. Break the government and come with me. Our time of isolation is over. We move now, together or not at all.
- "Babylon 5"
With apologies to the writers for a few small changes.
