” do onto others as you would have them do onto you” ? doesnt always work…

we need to monitor situations in some volatile countries were human rights are questionable.but we dont need the kind of responses that America in its self appointed role as the world’s policeman has used..We dont need the kind of discriminatory morals that their Administrations have displayed over the years.

and to be frank i would rather not die at all ….and definitely not for a questionable War at the behest of a questionable American president and a questionable British PM.

Hole in one!!!!!!! 😀 😀 😀 Mark 😀

As a civilised person I don’t feel violence is justified. It can never be justified. But honestly, I hear right-wing Americans boast about how their country bombed other nations to the ground, it makes me sick.

I hope the American people now know what its like to come under attack.

I have to say TT, that I think you have a very good point there.

I also think that America is a little too confident in their abilities as a world superpower. Over confidence, in my opinion and experience, is perhaps worse than no confidence.

If you believe that you are invincible, it with hurt a lot more when a small, inadiquate foe shows you otherwise.

That’s how the Germans lost the Second World War – they were so confident in their abilities that they simply ‘went too far’ and ended up being defeated and I look at incidents like 9/11 in the same context. The unfortunate result of a nations over-confidence.

Happy Birthday Dan.

Unlike Gary, I can actually remember mine (as it was only a couple of years ago). I spent all night drinking and was completely fine, sober as a judge. However, after only ONE MORE PINT, I was as legless as Darth Vader 😀 😀 😀

Just remember – What is a good night out if you can’t remember it???????????

Still, I hope you have a great time 😉 😉 😉

But, for God’s sake, drink sensibly 🙂 🙂 🙂 Mark :dev2:

Plenty but I haven’t got enough time to put them on here just yet. I will do tomorrow though.

My mother told me that if I was not in bed by 7pm tonight, I was to come home 😀 😀 😀 Mark 😀

The best way to do it is by tandem. Tandems are good fun. Go for it but leave the Spit at home.

Ali 😎

Will do 😀 😀 😀 Mark 😀 ROFL 😀 😀 😀

Blair and bush do seem to get on rather well. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDGJPM-AbyU 😀

A bit TOO WELL, me thinks 😀 😀 😀 Mark 😀

SpitFire Pilot

For your information.

32 Canadians have been killed in this action.
2300 still remain on “Peace Keeping” Duty.

I was talking to a very experienced “OLD SCHOOL” RCAF pilot today and this very subject came up – His views were very pointed and concise in regards to losses during a conflict – we talked about “Friendly Fire – which isn’t”, mistakes made during the heat of conflict, and most importantly that those who “volunteer” – we have no draft in Canada – do so with the intentions of protecting our way of life -“Democracy”.

In addition his comments to me about the fact that all that stands between those who wish to do evil towards us and ourselves is a group of men and women tasked with the most unpleasant of all occupations.

Any loss of life is too much – but is the nature of the task at hand that all risks cannot be mitigated – people get killed on a daily basis – by cars, sting rays, and by aircraft accidents as well as during the conflicts of war operations. The one great mystery of life is that we never know the exact timing of our demise – perhaps that is just as well as it would probably lead us to do some very interesting things.

My condolences go out to the families and friends of everyone killed in action – and I pay my respects in many different ways including on November 11. I have never “Had” to go to war – my Father, Uncles, Great Grandfathers etc. sacrificed and made that a possibility – Some of them did not come back home at the end of the conflict – but that does not mean that we don’t still think of them.

And always remember – sometimes there are more in the fight than just those getting front page news!!

I genuinely didn’t know if there were any other troops in Afganistan. I feel sorry for the poor beggars doing peace keeping though. I’d rather be killed in combat than be killed in “peace-time”.

The way I look at these things is that “I have no intorest in occupying foreign countries, just as long as they don’t try to occupy mine”.

I have no doubt that the Taliban feel the same.