re gulf war and peace niks in article apr batman bmd trw com jbrown batman bmd trw com writes in article apr bmerh bnr ca dgraham bmers bnr ca douglas graham writes actually i rather like your idea perhaps the rest of the world should have bombed or maybe missiled washington when the us invaded nicaragua grenada panama vietnam mexico hawaii or any number of other places wait a minute doug i know you are better informed than that the us has never invaded nicaragua as far as i know we liberated grenada liberate is the way an invader describes an invasion including if i m not mistaken the iraqi liberation of kuwait never invaded nicaragua only with more word games can you say send in the marines so if you mean by the word invaded some sort of military action where we cross someone s border you are right out of but normally invaded carries a connotation of attacking an autonomous nation if some nation invades the u s virgin islands would they be invading the virgin islands or the u s so from this point of view your score falls to out of mexico panama oh good word games if you let the aggressor pick the words there s scarcely ever been a reprehensible military action what s a peace nik is that somebody who doesn t masturbate over guns n ammo or what is it supposed to be bad to be a peace nik no it s someone who believes in peace at all costs in other words a person who would have supported giving hitler not only austria and czechoslakia but poland too if it could have averted the war and one who would allow hitler to wipe all all jews slavs and political dissidents in areas he controlled as long as he left the rest of us alone that s a convenient technique much seen on alt atheism define those who disagree with you according to a straw man extreme that matches virtually nobody is it supposed to be bad to be a peace nik you ask well it depends on what your values are if you value life over liberty peace over freedom then i guess not but if liberty and freedom mean more to you than life itself if you d rather die fighting for liberty than live under a tyrant s heel then yes it s bad to be a peace nik very noble and patriotic i m sure the fine young americans who carpet bombed iraqi infantry positions from over the horizon destroyed iraq s sewer and water infrastructure from the safety of the sky or further or who bulldozed other iraqi infantry into their trenches or more importantly the commanders who ordered them to were just thrilled to be risking death if not risking it by much in the defense of the liberty of well wealthy kuwaitis can t have those oil fields under a tyrant s heel if that tyrant is antagonistic to us interests the problem with most peace niks it they consider those of us who are not like them to be bad and unconscionable i would not have any argument or problem with a peace nik if they held to their ideals and stayed out of all conflicts or issues especially those dealing with the national defense but no they are not willing to allow us to legitimately hold a different point of view having pigeon holed peace niks in this context people who disagree with me about the conduct of the gulf war into peace at all cost hitler supporting genocide abetting wimps you can now express righteous indignation when they refuse to fit this mold and question the conduct of the war on legitimate terms how dare they they militate and many times resort to violence all in the name of peace what rank hypocrisy yes hypocrisy indeed those violent peace niks care to list an example here all to stop we warmongers who are willing to stand up and defend our freedoms against tyrants and who realize that to do so requires a strong national defense wow instant s nostalgia of course peace nik itself is a s cold war derogatory term equating those who promote pacifism with godless pinko communists yes indeed i felt my freedoms mightily threatened by iraq jim perry perry dsinc com decision support inc matthews nc these are my opinions for a nominal fee they can be yours
