as huge as what?

Or,
maybe its related in a way I could talk myself blue about and you'd still never understand.

Why. because you only know what you read!!

I served with Tim McVeigh. He was one of those soldiers that found it hard to adapt back to civilian life.
After spending years of being "brainwashed" to fight against oppressive gov's. The first thing you notice upon returning to civilian life is that your gov has exactly the same attributes you were taught to fight against.
For some this transition is never fully made and they find it hard to adapt back to civilian. I fear this is exactly what happened to Tim, and I feel you will see it many times over when this war is over.




is the part we talked about

these endless wars with various names

that encompass one location after another

and all of the tragic repercussions of the wars



that is huge...

i have friends who are in the war

and those who have been in the war


and they tell me to not read the news,

cause the media only tell us

what they want us to hear...


so, it is not hard to understand

how i and others

who have not been exposed

to the war first hand...

can be so oblivious

to what is really going on...

in these threads...you have to remember that everyone has a side and different views. just read the threads etc and see what you can get out of them from all sides

i understand that...

i have been around quite a while...

I am here for my soldier thread online...

to visit with my new and old friends, make new friends

to post my opinion & communicate ideas with others...

and to extract the best i can

from the intelligent comments & links out there...

Rapunzel;

I do not think there is any one set of 'definitive' links out there. You are on one right track though - gather information.

As you gather - give it the 'reasonable' test: Is this reasonable information, from a reasonable source?

From there, you will see - some of the self-proclaimed 'authoritative' sources are, well, constantly self-proclaiming. Others you will find live in a sort of Camelot, have no basis for the information, and constantly b*tch about everything, but propose no definitive solutions to anything.
These are information sources you talk with a grain of salt. (Bit of whiskey doesn't hurt, but that is a different topic)

And the best way? Ask questions about which you are confused. See who can give a rational, logical reasoned answer, and who just 'rants' Generally - you will want to read and listen to the rational logic person for good information.

<----knows he's serious because I didn't get a wink

Yellow -

Well, there was only a touch of sarcasm in there...figured you would let that slide this time....

ummmmm lack of sleep here...hello mcfly

walk with me talk with me

ummmmm lack of sleep here...hello mcfly

walk with me talk with me