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I suppose. One word in a sentence can make a difference. I'm sorry you misread it.
Poor Bob, he gets picked on no matter what. I may not agree with your politics, Bob, but I admire and respect your toughness in standing up for what you believe.
BobF deserves no pity. Certainly won't get any from me.
I'm old enough to remember the trouble the IRA caused the English.
This was real and very effective terrorism that had its causes in Irish history and in UK policy/policing in Ulster.
These guys were real terrorists but they had their supporters and financial backers in many countries, including the USA. Counter terrorists were just as bloody in their oppression of the IRA and their families.
The supporters were drawn from the ranks of catholics who saw their cause as just, ignoring all of the teachings of Christ who did not endorse violence, much less murder of innocents. Am I the only one who sees this comparison with the problem of the Middle East and jihadi terrorists?
Perhaps we should learn from the history of the road to peace in Ireland. It began with Ulster women, catholic and protestant, calling for peace and gradually adding more voices to their cause. Then the protagonists began to talk. Ceasefires were begun and failed and were attempted again. Slowly, painfully but eventually a fragile peace was established, then consolidated. This process took decades but the Queen and Prince Charles have now been to Ireland to demonstrate that peace and forgiveness can triumph over terror and hate.
There is no quick solution. All the surveillance of the population will be but a bandaid unless something happens in the troubled Middle East countries to bring the warring elements face to face in a common desire for an end to the carnage. Only then will countries like the US and Australia be free from jihadi attacks.
When one makes statements of a political nature here or elsewhere he must be prepared to be rebutted. Provocative post titles indicating the President is a communist is an example. In this post you suggest that some vague figure suddenly disarmed our military personnel, you suggested it was Clinton. Absolutely untrue. At no time have our military men and women walked our streets armed. Bob, I have no designs on controlling this forum and it is insulting that blow back on your posts here in the political arena results in your charges of that. If you don't want rebuttal to your posts, stick to the truth. BTW I never saw you called a liar. I even did an advanced search and still found no such thing.
Jim, this post is a total distortion of what I have posted and that makes it a big LIE. Get honest for once.
I never said the President was a communist. In fact I actually said the opposite for the President. Go back and read my early on posts.
I did not say some vague person disarmed our military. Show some proof of that statement mister distorter.
I do stick to the truth and often post supporting articles.
I does not have to be the word liar as many insult get folded into the words presented.
Now I did use the word lie for this post you put up. As it is just more junk posting and not at all facts. Can you post facts for your claims? I don't think so.
When one makes statements of a political nature here or elsewhere he must be prepared to be rebutted. Provocative post titles indicating the President is a communist is an example. In this post you suggest that some vague figure suddenly disarmed our military personnel, you suggested it was Clinton. Absolutely untrue. At no time have our military men and women walked our streets armed. Bob, I have no designs on controlling this forum and it is insulting that blow back on your posts here in the political arena results in your charges of that. If you don't want rebuttal to your posts, stick to the truth. BTW I never saw you called a liar. I even did an advanced search and still found no such thing.
Some years back our military could have fire arms and wear uniforms. But a particular government put an end to that sort of stuff. I think we should put the arms back into the hands of the military when in their work stations.
I promised myself I wouldn't do this, but I will... just once. there seems to be a kind of "disconnect".
Bob-
#16 , you say:
Some years back our military could have fire arms and wear uniforms. But a particular government put an end to that sort of stuff.
# 20, you say:
My comment about a certain government that hated military was the Clinton years. Hillary just did not want all those parties and meetings and what ever the had in the White House filled with military folks in uniform. So formal was not military it meant formal citizens attire.
Your comment in post # 16 was NOT about a certain government that hated the military and or military attire, #16 stated a particular government put an end to the firearms and wearing uniforms .
So, what particular government PUT AN END TO FIREARMS?
Bob feels I pick on him because I demand that he stick to verifiable facts when he is pontificating. For that reason and because he can never be debated with without him coming up with convoluted diatribes that makes continuing futile, I have given up on him.
Apparently you did not read my post just above your post. I admitted that I was wrong. Apparently wrong about the weapons Not good enough for some I guess. So now I am confused about what confused you.
Bob, I agree with you that the military should be allowed to carry firearms in their work stations if they prefer to. From what I understand, it wasn't any particular government, but it was directives issued by the Department of the Army in March of 1993, in conjunction with directives issued by the Department of Defense in April of 2011. I don't know much about these regulations, care to comment?
Army Regulation 1993:
http://www.apd.army.mil/jw2/xmldemo/r190_14/main.asp
Department of Defense Directive 2011:
http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/521056p.pdf