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08-13-2005, 08:35 PM
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My brother the Solider
My brothers Guard Unit was taken this past weekend to fort dix for 3 months of training before doing a year in Iraq. I am proud of him for serving country and emailed pictures to all my family of him in formation etc. My question is my mother who is not related to him sends me this email back: "Now you see why I am a democrat" How do you respond to this.
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#2
08-13-2005, 09:02 PM
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Re: My brother the Solider
why would a mother's concern for her son's well being need a response?
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08-13-2005, 10:37 PM
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Re: My brother the Solider
In 1976, bob Dole referred to "Democrat Wars" because US involvement in WWI, WWII, Korea, and Vietnam all started under Democrat Presidents. I think this was ill-conceived of him, just as thinking of our war against terror as a Republican war is ill-conceived.
Maybe she is just not thinking clearly about this whole war thing. You know best whether you should challenge her flawed logic, or just let it slide.
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08-13-2005, 11:03 PM
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Re: My brother the Solider
Great reply. America was clearly right in getting involved in WWI, WWII, and Korea (unsure about 'nam). Who knows what the Democrats would have done after 9/11 had they been in power. It's much easier to criticise the current administration over their post 9/11 conduct than it is to suggest a constructive alternative.
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08-14-2005, 12:34 AM
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Re: My brother the Solider
100:1 odds that the democratic answer to 9/11 wouldn't be to invade a country that had no involvement in 9/11.
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08-14-2005, 12:47 AM
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Re: My brother the Solider
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100:1 odds that the democratic answer to 9/11 wouldn't be to invade a country that had no involvement in 9/11 [/ QUOTE ]
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#8
08-14-2005, 12:50 AM
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Re: My brother the Solider
And here I thought Afghanistan was our response to the 9-11 attacks. Silly me.
To the OP, I wish your brother well. I don't know if there's any polite way to respond to your mother's comment. You're probably not going to change her mind with any response so perhaps it's best to leave it be. But you know your own situation better than any of us.
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08-14-2005, 12:52 AM
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Re: My brother the Solider
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And here I thought Afghanistan was our response to the 9-11 attacks. Silly me. [/ QUOTE ] 'There aren't any good targets in Afghanistan' -Don Rumsfeld
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08-14-2005, 01:11 PM
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Re: My brother the Solider
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And here I thought Afghanistan was our response to the 9-11 attacks. Silly me. [/ QUOTE ] Are you suggesting that our involvement in Iraq right now isn't because of 9/11? Of course Afghanistan was one of our responses to 9/11 --- as is Iraq. For the most part, democrats supported going in to Afghanistan. Don't know if the same could be said of Iraq.
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