your feeling on the war at this time?

shermanwlvl · Senior Member

your feeling on the war at this time?

Dovey · Senior Member

quote:
Originally posted by: shermanwlvl
"I guess the war didn't bother me much, and this maybe the same for others, but when you have a relitive hurt or even killed in the line of duty, your feelings defenely change. I just got news that one of my favorite cousins had his army tank that he was in blown up, now he was majorly lucky, because he only lost his toes on one foot but its going to be a long time till he can walk on it. so now i still have my cousin. thank you God."

So sorry about your cousin>Hope he gets better soon.The good side to this is he gets to come home.My friends son was hurt during the winter over there.Blew his knee up.Good news he's alive and is home......As I have said before I support our guys.Not there fault.But Mr.Bush on the other hand needs to bring these people home.....Once again I hope he makes out ok

Mindcrime · Guru

He sounds extremely lucky. My condolences to his foot. I hope he feels better very soon and comes home even sooner.

Although I like the idea of pulling troops out, at this stage it would prove disastrous on many levels. We're in this quagmire for the duration. As my grandfather used to say, "It's a big s--- sandwich, and we're all gonna have to take a bite." While I feel we never should have gone there in the first place, it's a moot point now.

I've always supported the troops from day one. It's our administration that is shamefully incompetant and powerblind.

mike of the mountain · Senior Member

so was your relative around an armor unit ? and if so was he involved in BDA ? did he examine destroyed iraqi vehicles and or armor ? or bunkers ? if yes he may have something much worse than a missing toe . this is one thing i oppose - if your relative was infected with radiactive contamination from our own ordnance . the jury is still out - our military is not talking much about this , Hilary Clinton was all over it a year ago when all of the sudden - the military said no , it is not a problem . silence . lottsa silence . and i cant find the old links to it . .... DU .

thank him for what he has done , freedom is not free .

Date: Mon May 23 8:54 AM, 2005

Anonymously Crusading says - If these deare and kind readers were to avail themselves of your post times for each topic start and your responding post times, they will see you for your true self as an agent of the darkside. With calculating thought you have made distracting posts away from conversation and debate of great importance to the Realm of Light.

Anonymously Crusading says - Mindcrime you have done this with smooth ease and seeming substance when each and every one of your posts in fact were for other purpose, for a distracting agenda at a very certain moment in time. Why?

Date: Mon May 23 3:48 PM, 2005

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Originally posted by: mike of the mountain
" the jury is still out - our military is not talking much about this , Hilary Clinton was all over it a year ago when all of the sudden - the military said no , it is not a problem . "

A buddy of mine said the Army had the same position 40 years ago concerning defoilants, like agent orange. He had three friends that died of cancer because of their exposure to it.

Date: Thu May 26 11:45 AM, 2005

A few hundred thousand leather-clad, motor-revving bikers will once again make the trip to Washington D.C. this weekend for the 18th annual Rolling Thunder motorcycle event.

The overwhelming majority of the bikers will be war veterans — mostly from the Vietnam War — who will take the ride to the nation’s capital for two reasons — to fraternize with fellow bikers and veterans from across the country, and to remind the government of prisoners of war and those missing in action that have been left behind.

The event typically draws anywhere from 200,000 to 400,000 bikers.

“I’m looking forward to being with my brothers again, my biker brothers and my brothers from Vietnam,” said William Paton of North Tonawanda. Paton, a veteran who was disabled in Vietnam, will participate in the event for the first time.

Paton is one of seven members of the Niagara Falls chapter of the Harley Owners Group making the trip. HOG is a nation-wide organization of Harley Davidson motorcycle riders.

“We are at war now, and as a disabled Vietnam Veteran, I think it’s a duty to let my government know we have POWs and MIAs out there,” Paton said. “It’s happening now in Iraq.”

Mike Welch, a Grand Island resident, is not a veteran and has never rode in Rolling Thunder before, but has seen it. He can’t wait to take his 2003 Harley Davidson Fat Boy down south.

“I’ve seen Rolling Thunder when I’ve been in my car on vacation,” he said. “It’s awesome.”

Welch, 55, was an officer candidate in the Navy during the Vietnam War but a a spinal injury prevented him from completing his training. He ended up graduating from Buffalo State College and avoiding the war — a fortuitous break because all but three of his platoon members were killed overseas.

“I was protected by my guardian angels and guardian spirits by being denied from officer school,” he said. “If you were in college in the 1960s and 1970s, you had to have known somebody that was involved in Vietnam. I lost a number of friends of mine.”

Welch, a teacher with the Buffalo Board of Education, is bringing down war mementos from his father, a World War II and Korean War veteran.

City of Tonawanda resident Bob Gabri went on the ride last year and is chomping at the bit to go back.

“I loved it,” he said. “There are thousands of people cheering you on.”

Gabri, a General Motors employee, is planning to attach a skeleton to the front of his body to represent those missing in action. He’s not yet sure how to attach it, but he said he’ll have it figured out by the time the group heads out Friday