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From: oconnor@sunset.steinmetz (Dennis M. O'Connor)
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Subject: Re: Historical and Geographic inaccuracies.
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Date: 19 Feb 88 05:50:37 GMT
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An article by steve@crcmar.crc.uucp (Steve Ardron) says:
] > It's much easier indeed to be like all other European countries who 
] > carefully avoid to get directly involved in the Middle East. 
] > Let French and American and Israeli idiots die in Lebanon, while Royal 
] 				      ^^^^^^
] Exactly! The only reason Americans died is because they were stupid!
] (I'm refering ot marines, not civilians, many other countries have lost
] civilians) Their Goddamned weapons weren't even loaded! and their
] security measures were ludicrous.

That does it. There aren't enough insults in the whole world for
you, you half-brained uninformed oppinionated asshole.

The IDIOTS who died in Lebanon were the Civilians. They didn't have
to be there and should have left. Same for the damn civilian
hostages : to hell with them, they knew the risks. I'm pretty
god damn tired of our servicemen paying the price for these
self-important assinine civilians who go to these war zones.

The Marines were ordered in there, ordered NOT to load their weapons,
and NOT ordered to build proper defenses. They did what they were
ordered to due. Obeying lawful orders is the essense of any
military organization, but it's part of the pride of the Corps.
Those men died because they were Marines, not idiots.

The IDIOTS who killed them where mainly CIVILIANS. Assholes
who wouldn't let the Marines shoot back. Who told them to
hold ground without fighting back. Who didn't have a foriegn
policy that could have dealt with the situation more safely.
Who care more about symbolism than human life.

The principle IDIOT who got those good soldiers killed was Ronald Reagan.

So when a meally-mouthed half-baked ungrateful asshole opens
his fat trap and calls those men IDIOTS, well DAMN IT sh*t like
that can't be stood for. I politely suggest you RE-THINK
you half-assed opinion, and then apologize to the memory
of those men, to their families, and to the US Marine Corps.

I'm not in the military, never was. But I don't like seeing
people who died just doing their job as best they could
slandered by other people who don't know sh*t about the subject.
--
	Dennis O'Connor 	oconnor@sunset.steinmetz.UUCP ??
				ARPA: OCONNORDM@ge-crd.arpa
    "Nuclear War is NOT the worst thing people can do to this planet."