Ahhhh....ya...okay....I see what your saying...I'm down with you. Well, this is why I am kinda backing both of those guys...I mean, they both are making good points about the situation. I mean, the war does suck....honouring the dead is noble. I don't know...it's also a very emotional topic...and, as can be seen by this thread, seems to generate some heat...lol.
My opinion on the poppies is to turn that into a legitimate business where the folks can make legitimate money with their crop and can pull away from the taliban. Morophine is in high demand around the world for medical use. Morophine is a derivitave of the poppy. If a those poppies could be used for legit pharmacuticals purchased by the west, and keep it off the streets as heroin...I think that would be a good thing for the people of afghanistan AND the west. It would be the development of an industry to help support the nation, with western dollars coming in to help build things up, give people jobs, etc...and the west gets the medicine that is in demand. Sounds like a win win situation...unless there is something I don't know?
Well...then...something she be done to prevent that from happening. A nice collective of poppie growers...essentially a union. They pretty much will have a monolopy on the market, so that gives the farmers some power. I don't think it necessarily has to play out as you have described it...I think that is the worst case scenario...
Okayyyyy...that's....fine. If that is what it is about to you, good...nobody is saying it can't be...or shant be...or what have you....
Um....I think a very rational discussion is going on...I'm not sure what you are even talking about here?
Je me Souviens.
Bless you WC.
Your right...I'm not getting it...I'm not getting what you are trying to tell me exactly. I mean, those are lovely words. You seem to have strong feelings. But...how does this affect the rest of the conversation? Or how does it tie in? I don't even know what I'm asking, because I'm not even sure what I'm supposed to be asking.Je me Souviens.
Bless you WC.
Like this...
A Fathers Pride.
The men they marched
The same in stride
But the one he loved
The one that died
Stood out with grace
A stern face, resolved to free
He stood his ground
He would not flee
His heart, a lions
Strength and bravery
He would give his
To end their slavery
A fathers pride.
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Oh Great Spirit,
Here my prayer.
Take care of those,
that have fought and fallen.
Let them know,
they are not forgotten.
A payment in blood,
the price demanded.
Vanquish our foes,
their inner voices commanded.
We hear a new voice now
and loud it screams.
End our wars,
peace is our dream.
No Soldier died,
nor did one bleed.
Because in his heart,
war had need.
Purge their thoughts,
of these deniers.
While you keep them warm,
by the councils fires.
Let them know,
we see their faces.
While we pass down their stories,
of these hellish places.
Stories now dying,
day by day.
as the tellers are all,
coming your way.
Hold them up
and praise their honour.
The legacy they leave,
I will not let them squander.
Oh Great Spirit,
hear my prayer.
Let them know,
That we still care.
My Boy...
My Pride...
Brothers in Arms, tribute.
Je me Souviens!
How many threads do you need to trash the Americans, the war, friendly fire etc.?
You asked WC, "Like what?", I posted my sorrow for the fallen, a Soldier that was someones son, brother. Do I have to break it down into smaller words or do you think you're up to speed now?
Of this I have no doubt.
