tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129011669439043954.post5951630635147174915..comments2022-06-21T08:41:36.763-04:00Comments on Pinkpackrat@Play: God Guns and GazaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09600365870806305125noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129011669439043954.post-73776436308338131232009-01-14T22:03:00.000-05:002009-01-14T22:03:00.000-05:00I like the way Eisenhower put it. He's right, of c...I like the way Eisenhower put it. He's right, of course, and so are you. There are more and more of us on a planet that is becoming more and more crowded-- we really have to learn to do things differently. I only hope that we can. Thank you, Willaim, for such a thoughtful comment. I look forward to checking out your blog for more:-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09600365870806305125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129011669439043954.post-50381948970814943412009-01-14T20:31:00.000-05:002009-01-14T20:31:00.000-05:00With the exception of U.S. General Patton, I think...With the exception of U.S. General Patton, I think most military and civilian leaders understand the futility of war. President Franklin D.Roosevelt said it best in 1936: "We must remember that so long as war exists on earth there will be some danger that even the nation which most ardently desires peace may be drawn into war ... I hate war ... Let those who wish our friendship look us in the eye and take our hand." President Dwight D. Eisenhower, perhaps America's greatest general in World War II, said it another way: “I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.”<BR/><BR/>But, too many people believe the old philosophy that "might makes right." Too many people shun the help of international or nongovernmental agencies who do their best to be peacekeepers.<BR/><BR/>Until we learn to resolve of national and international problems through peaceful means, these conflicts will continue -- at a very high human cost.William F. Torpeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13617231738799590278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129011669439043954.post-39004285526392880212009-01-13T19:18:00.000-05:002009-01-13T19:18:00.000-05:00Thank you for your thoughtful comment on the reali...Thank you for your thoughtful comment on the realities of war, Adam. Thanks too for the reminder that armies are made up of human beings and that soldiers who give their lives for the cause they serve are worthy of respect, always.<BR/><BR/>Wherever the war is being fought, the looks on the faces of the innocents caught in the crossfire is always the same and it is heartbreaking.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09600365870806305125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129011669439043954.post-1230161796714324952009-01-13T14:35:00.000-05:002009-01-13T14:35:00.000-05:00I'm going to do something here that I don't do ver...I'm going to do something here that I don't do very often, and that's talk about something other than the Environment.<BR/><BR/>I'm an ex Special Forces guy with 3 combat patches from 3 different counties. Now that, in and of itself means nothing, just that my opinions are based on things I've done and seen and learned.<BR/><BR/>It's an unfortunate situation when there are two morally opposed armies who are committed to not only protect the lives of the people they love, but committed to give their own lives to their cause. (which they believe in)<BR/><BR/>Both the Israelis and Hamas are good at what they do. They have been taught to kill, and the best of them take enjoyment from it because you always do better at those things you enjoy. This is a truth.<BR/><BR/>The other truth is that in war, people become things, and when you kill or break a thing, even if it is a child, it is just a broken thing.<BR/><BR/>I don't know what will happen, but neither side will "win." <BR/><BR/>But I do think that it is unfair to judge an army based on it's success. The Israeli soldiers are doing what has been asked of them, what they have been trained to do, what they are good at and what they believe in. <BR/><BR/>That's all for me.Adam Shakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00470494574263908375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129011669439043954.post-13237913040822061832009-01-12T20:51:00.000-05:002009-01-12T20:51:00.000-05:00Amen, ppr!Amen, ppr!JamaGeniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16973656461323918279noreply@blogger.com