Aneirin -> RE: Suprised no one posted the new video of our military murdering Iraqis. Here it is. (4/6/2010 4:42:33 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Aneirin Perhaps what it will take, is some of the soldiers on these forums to reveal the nitty gritty, the actuality of killing for one's country for people to understand the reality beyond what the politicians say. And then we as voters may decide. Truly I can not think of anything worse than letting voters decide whether or not a war should be waged. Since he's already been brought up a few times... "The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter" -Winston Churchill I cite this forum as Exhibit A. I don't think you understand what I was getting at with my closing sentence. Politicians are elected to run countries, they are not god, they are not anything other than what they are elected to be, the voter can empower them, and disempower them, that is the way of democracy. War not only depletes the gene pool, but also depletes a country of wealth in monetery terms, chemical, mineral and whatever other that is required to come out on top. Post war a winning country often nearly collapses, normal life, back to old times is hard to complete as so much has changed, materials that were once obtainable now become scarce and the money simply is not there. Britain I believe rationing of food and materials only finished in 1952, seven years after the end of hostilities As to Churchill, he was a of a different class to the average voter, he could not see what the average voter could see, because of his dissimilar upbringing. He might have been good in the war years, but after the war, he was voted out of power.
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