Quote Originally Posted by Bong30
Im sure Kid D....was cheering for when Pat Tillman was killed by Friendly Fire.

It is Sad that anyone has to die, but it is war, (that Radical Islam started), and people die in war.

Death is Reality, peace is a dream.....
Excuse me? I dont know who Pat Tillman is, but im sure as hell not happy he's dead. Why would i cheer that he was killed by friendly fire? You think that im happy when America looks incompetent, you think i find it funny? Because i dont, especially when it results in loss of life, whether that be British, American or the life of an innocent Iraqi citizen. And i accept that accidents happen in war, but when the American government covers up such incidents, such as in the case of Pat Tillman and Matty Tull, well that is truly abhorrent and disgraceful. The least that these people deserve is that their families receive an accurate report of the events leading to the deaths of the husbands sons or fathers. They deserve to know the truth about how their loved ones died.

And i agree, peace is a dream. I dont object to all war, because sometimes war is necessary. But i do object when a war is started under false pretences...and im sure you won't agree, but radical islam didn't start the war in Iraq. The war in Iraq started because Saddam stopped being friends with the U.S, and an invasion was necessary to protect their interests in the Middle East, primarily oil, and the interests of Isreal. Before you start blaming radical Islam for the confilct in the Gulf, please remember that Osama Bin Ladens Afghani Jihad was funded by the CIA during the 80's to combat the Soviet influence in Afghanistan. The backlash or radical islam is a response to repeated and numerous american interventions in the middle east. It didn't come out of nowhere. And i dont disagree that Saddam was pure evil, and deserved everything he got. But was the toppling of his regime really worth the result, plunging Iraq into a bloody sectarian conflict that has no forseeable end? However much you supported the war, bong30, you can deny that it has been a fuck up of the highest proportions.

Please excuse me for ranting and raving, but i have strong views on this matter,especially when it means that my countrymen are being killed in a war that we shouldn't be involved with in the first place.

rant over.