Re:The WAR! – Who is on Who’s side?
[quote=”Logan”]Sorry ADM, I had no idea your brother was over there; that does put a new perspective on things. Sometimes when one is distanced from such events one can get rather coldly academic. BTW, I have admired the restraint of the British forces around Basra, and I do appreciate Blair’s push for meaningful U.N. involvement after the war.
Take care, and I wish your brother godspeed. May he return home quickly and safely.
Take care,
Logan[/quote]
Thankyou Logan, for your words, I think people sometimes do need to distance themselves sometimes to get some perspective, and I don’t think there is ever a right or wrong in war, just lot’s of conflicting views.
I see people’s need for peace, I also would like to see peace prevail and it’s good as a whole that the world pursues it with such fervour, but I do think that the initial stages of war come as a shock too many, and this results in anger and bitterness.
But as time goes on we realise that maybe we were hasty in our opinons and then we take a step back and get that perspective.
My brother is looking at it in a remarkably casual way, but I guess the armed forces are trained to always look at things objectively. In a letter I received from him last week he told me what he faced, he apologised about the fact he couldn’t say too much (for obvious reasons), but suffice to say that a lot of what the press has reported isn’t all propaganda.
As brothers always do, we used to argue, but I pray he comes back because I find I’m actually missing those arguments.
But spare a thought for our friends in the US army, my brother tell’s me they’ve been great to ‘our boys’, he describes them as extremely friendly and generous, they are always ready to help out when my brothers attachment is short on provisions, which I think say’s a lot about the American GI’s.
Anyhoo, thanx again for your thoughts Logan.
ADM