Originally posted by Brother Edwini dont know where you got the information that saddam is dead... maybe you should think about that a lil more closley before you speak. no big deal just a slight oversight on your part. and killing someone doesnt make you great. i just had a buddy get seriously wounded in battle over there. i am sure most iraqis think that the person who got him was "great". great is a matter of opinion. i for one would die for anyone in my country not because of blind patriotism but for the fact that they might be able to do something great in their life. if i am told to go play in the sandbox for awhile, it is a duty i willl accept. most of the people on this site think of me as a killer and a murderer, but that is not the case. you all bitch about our armed forces but what if we were not here? how quick would we go under? to people like STANG we are the fanatics... i think it is the other way around. i am sorry for rambilng but me and a couple of buddies tied one on for our wounde brother tonight so i am a little pissed off and drunk.
Bust killed Saddm therefote he is great.
Originally posted by usmc7257I'm genuinely sorry to read about your friend. I'm not saying you are a fanatic but I am saying that there are fanatics on all sides, including America, and it needs to be moderated if we are to have less suffering.
i dont know where you got the information that saddam is dead... maybe you should think about that a lil more closley before you speak. no big deal just a slight oversight on your part. and killing someone doesnt make you great. i just had a buddy get seriously wounded in battle over there. i am sure most iraqis think that the person who got him was "grea ...[text shortened]... ple of buddies tied one on for our wounde brother tonight so i am a little pissed off and drunk.
OK, I'll repeat myself as there's been few meaningful and details replies.
I see the world as one big project - the mission being sustainable existence for all.
As with any project, there are a number of stakeholders and there will inevitably be conflict of interests. The challenge in the world project is that there are many stake holders. The responsibility of managing the project therefore needs to be shared by people not necessarily at the top of the heirarchy. We therefore all have a higher degree of responsibility than we might think.
An important characteristic of a good project manager is their ability to conceive possible situations, to consider and to make contingencies for these.
Here’s a question regarding a likely situation …
How much concern do American's have when allowing for the possibility that the balance of power is going to shift over the next 50 years whilst America continues to be perceived as an aggressor with suspect motives ?
This is a question about how the world will be when America no longer enjoys its current level of control and the world is short of diplomacy and full of weapons. By diplomacy I mean a past and present where fair and peaceful outcomes have been negotiated.
This is not a debate about whether America will or will not survive as a super power.
What do you see the outcomes being in the situation and to what degree do you feel concerned ?
usmc7257: From most of the authors/supporters of anti-war movements I have seen the problem isn't with the soldiers, it is with the guy sending them into battle(Who usually has never gone himself.)
People don't blame the soldiers, they blame the leaders.
On the other hand, soldiers who go with the specific aim of killing people are a problem.