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nutxo

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drewshin

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please! give me a break...while I respect and honor every person who volunteers to protect our country, it irks me when veterans ask, ive served my country, have you? of course i have, i didnt have to join the military to do so though. you chose that path, and it's a brave person that does so, but every american serves their country by paying their taxes, supporting the principles of the constitution, doing their civic duties, and voting.

i hear veterans say that if they didnt defend us, we couldnt enjoy the wealth that we have now...well that's definitely true, but without us working our butts off day in and day out, our military would be fighting with sticks and stones. i just wanted to state that while people that have served in the military definitely deserve more of our respect, they certainly arent more american or served our country more than any other decent american.
 

chess9

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drewshin:

I agree. Being a good citizen counts for a lot in my book.

None of my 4 brothers served either and I only whip their asses once a year for it. :) j/k

-Robert
 

preslove

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Originally posted by: nutxo
Its time to start fighting this war.

We've been dealing with muslim terrorists for 100 years, maybe they need to look to the past to see whast effective.

You don't know anything about the history of the region, moron. The United States first gained a presence in the Middle East during the second world war. Started dealing with Iran around 1944. Muslim terrorists first hit the U.S. in Beirut, Lebanon (a predominantly muslim country) in the attack on the Marine barracks on October 23, 1983. 21 years ago. Guess what the Republican President Reagan did? He ran away. So 21 years. saying 100 just show everybody that you are an idiot.
 

nutxo

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Originally posted by: preslove
Originally posted by: nutxo
Its time to start fighting this war.

We've been dealing with muslim terrorists for 100 years, maybe they need to look to the past to see whast effective.

You don't know anything about the history of the region, moron. The United States first gained a presence in the Middle East during the second world war. Started dealing with Iran around 1944. Muslim terrorists first hit the U.S. in Beirut, Lebanon (a predominantly muslim country) in the attack on the Marine barracks on October 23, 1983. 21 years ago. Guess what the Republican President Reagan did? He ran away. So 21 years. saying 100 just show everybody that you are an idiot.

LOL, learn how to read . I was talking about dealing with Islamic terrorists, I didnt say that it was in the middle east 100 years ago. I suppose you are the new middle east expert here. Peease tell me you are Islamic and can give us better insight.

You remind me of that old thing.
Normal guy+ anonymity+ audience = a**hole.

Your name calling is weak. I won't do it.


except for the above reference.
:beer:
 

preslove

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Originally posted by: nutxo
Originally posted by: Xiety
Originally posted by: nutxo
Originally posted by: 0marTheZealot
100 years for muslim terrorists? They didn't even exist until we started f***king their land and exploiting them.


Umm, do the research.

please show some credible material to support your claims.

wtf, don't they teach this in school anymore?

http://www.h-net.org/~hns/articles/2003/030703b.html

this helped

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Sorry, didn't see this post. The only problem with this is that 92% of the Philipino population is Christian. It is INDONESIA that has all those muslims. The Philipines were a Spanish colony for decades and was heavily christianized by the imperialist spaniards. So they weren't muslims and they weren't terrorists. They were indigenous freedom fighters who just wanted to get rid of colonialists. Our subjugation of the Philipines is one of the most disgusting pieces of American History.


Scroll down to demographic info and look for religion.
 

preslove

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Originally posted by: nutxo
Originally posted by: preslove
Originally posted by: nutxo
Its time to start fighting this war.

We've been dealing with muslim terrorists for 100 years, maybe they need to look to the past to see whast effective.

You don't know anything about the history of the region, moron. The United States first gained a presence in the Middle East during the second world war. Started dealing with Iran around 1944. Muslim terrorists first hit the U.S. in Beirut, Lebanon (a predominantly muslim country) in the attack on the Marine barracks on October 23, 1983. 21 years ago. Guess what the Republican President Reagan did? He ran away. So 21 years. saying 100 just show everybody that you are an idiot.

LOL, learn how to read . I was talking about dealing with Islamic terrorists, I didnt say that it was in the middle east 100 years ago. I suppose you are the new middle east expert here. Peease tell me you are Islamic and can give us better insight.

You remind me of that old thing.
Normal guy+ anonymity+ audience = a**hole.

Your name calling is weak. I won't do it.


except for the above reference.
:beer:



You're digging yourself into a whole, dude. Your ignorance is quite astonishing. Catholics and Protestants in the Philippines killed a few thousand Americans over the years following the Spanish American War. They did so because the Americans came as "liberators," but were in fact just another set of Colonialists. There weren't many Muslims in the Philippines, just christian tribesmen fighting for independence. Hence, your "reference" is Bullsh!t.

Idiot