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<blockquote data-quote="ToxicAvenger" data-source="post: 559970" data-attributes="member: 8538"><p>Alice, I hesitated in my reply until I was sure where you were going. Wasn't going to waste my time arguing with a liberal who is running down servicemen. I'm glad to see this was not your intent. Your grandson's curiosity is understandable and I see no harm in him asking. Just explain to him not to push the issue if his granddad chooses not to talk about it. </p><p></p><p>Always kinda figured I would be like John Wayne but the first time someone trained their weapon on me I'm pretty sure I was the scared-est SOB in the country. Might have even wet myself. I don't really remember. I just did what I had to do. While I don't have the 100 yard stare I do have a few faces on the wall that I have to contend with from time to time.</p><p></p><p>The important thing for your grandson to understand is that Hollywood is a poor historian and what you see and hear on the news is at best suspect. There has been a lot of liberal talk on the board lately about how cruel our soldiers are in Iraq. I beg to differ as they are using the utmost restraint. Sure bad stuff happens but when our soldiers choose to walk door to door in a town routing out insurgents rather than calling in an air strike and levelling the town - this is restraint. (We sure didn't extend this same courtesy to Japan when we used incendiaries on cities made mostly of bamboo.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ToxicAvenger, post: 559970, member: 8538"] Alice, I hesitated in my reply until I was sure where you were going. Wasn't going to waste my time arguing with a liberal who is running down servicemen. I'm glad to see this was not your intent. Your grandson's curiosity is understandable and I see no harm in him asking. Just explain to him not to push the issue if his granddad chooses not to talk about it. Always kinda figured I would be like John Wayne but the first time someone trained their weapon on me I'm pretty sure I was the scared-est SOB in the country. Might have even wet myself. I don't really remember. I just did what I had to do. While I don't have the 100 yard stare I do have a few faces on the wall that I have to contend with from time to time. The important thing for your grandson to understand is that Hollywood is a poor historian and what you see and hear on the news is at best suspect. There has been a lot of liberal talk on the board lately about how cruel our soldiers are in Iraq. I beg to differ as they are using the utmost restraint. Sure bad stuff happens but when our soldiers choose to walk door to door in a town routing out insurgents rather than calling in an air strike and levelling the town - this is restraint. (We sure didn't extend this same courtesy to Japan when we used incendiaries on cities made mostly of bamboo.) [/QUOTE]
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