Ted turner: I think it's good us troops are commiting suicide (deaths, fence)

[Bideshi]

Originally Posted by GregW

Having survived a war some 45 years ago . [/font][/color]

I assume you were in Vietnam (I was too); may I ask where you were there?

[GregW]

I was part of the US Navy's Riverine Forces operation in and around the Mekong Delta in 1966-67. We were tasked with separation the Vietnamese from their guns. Frequently they vehemently objected and a lot of people on both sides died violently.

[Bideshi]

Originally Posted by GregW

I was part of the US Navy's Riverine Forces operation in and around the Mekong Delta in 1966-67. We were tasked with separation the Vietnamese from their guns. Frequently they vehemently objected and a lot of people on both sides died violently.

I worked on the Navy Huey gunships out of Vung Tau at that time. Yeah, I got lucky. I was a contractor.

[GregW]

Remember the beach in front of the main street with bakeries and the wine shops. It was like the 1930's.

[Bideshi]

Originally Posted by GregW

Remember the beach in front of the main street with bakeries and the wine shops. It was like the 1930's.

I remember all the round kiosks down by front beach, but all I remember is 33 beer and Bier LaRue...I never saw wine. Lot's of Hennesee and coke. Lot's of Saigon tea bars.

[GregW]

"Those were the days, my friend.
We thought they would never end."

So goes the song.

[hotair2]

Originally Posted by cometclear

While it is tragic that suicide is the end result, his point that people are naturally inclined to be peaceful is an interesting one. Is it easy or difficult to make killing machines of ordinary men? The uncomfortable truth, I suspect, is that it is not overly difficult. While I would like to believe that the reason most of these men turn to suicide is because their consciences overcome them, I suspect there are a whole host of reasons apart from that in many and probably most cases. Broken relationships, economic limitations and so on.

You are talking above their heads.

[hotair2]

Originally Posted by OhioIstheBest

He said he started it, not owns it.

Keep up with current posts.

I was responding to post #11. He mentioned nothing of the sort in that post. Don't be so quick to correct, when you are simply wrong.

[Bulldawg82]

Ted Turner is the Donald Trump of the left. Heads up/Spoiler Alert: Both extremes are morons.

[Yellow Jacket]

Originally Posted by uggabugga

MORGAN: You made the point to me in the break there, more American servicemen have –

Every Liberal/Leftist American: — are dying now from suicide over there than are dying in combat.

MORGAN: That’s shocking, isn’t it?

Every Liberal/Leftist American : Well, what — no, I think it’s — I think it’s good, because it’s so clear that we’re programmed and we’re born to love and help each other, not to kill each other, to destroy each other. That’s an aberration. That’s left over from hundreds of years ago. It’s time for to us start acting enlightened.

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