tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507673653895812509.post6847422077303112616..comments2024-03-27T09:33:37.646+01:00Comments on Omnium: Soldiers are (potential) murderersSean Jeatinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08978285783271305489noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507673653895812509.post-73838189252520831222010-12-14T17:31:21.505+01:002010-12-14T17:31:21.505+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Claudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06775039539331403794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507673653895812509.post-1837306313563835272010-12-12T07:19:23.444+01:002010-12-12T07:19:23.444+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Claudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06775039539331403794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507673653895812509.post-21519136265718242302010-12-12T04:01:24.741+01:002010-12-12T04:01:24.741+01:00Paul,
these are tragedies of whoch many have to su...<b>Paul</b>,<br />these are tragedies of whoch many have to suffer - except of those who are responsible.<br /><br /><b>Bertus</b>,<br />feel yourself virtually hugged, my friend.<br /><br /><b>Jams</b><br />... which is exactly the crux.<br /><br /><b>Claude</b>,<br />... and how 'furiously' our discussions were ...<br />And nowadays? I consider the second a wonderful one, in which you decided to stumble upon Omnium. :)<br />Merci de tout coeur.<br /><br /><b>Susan</b>,<br />interesting you mention this.<br />I did not think of, let alone care about any soldiers psyche, in the beginning.<br />I was 13. On my way back home from school passing a news agency I saw a face. A face of a one year old boy. Never I shall forget this face. The face of an old man.<br />A face of a Biafran boy whose mother's breast had no milk to feed him.<br />1967 this was. And I remember that when coming home I <i>could</i> not eat. <br /><br />With hindsight, I do find interesting that when six years old, I did not miss to read a newspaper; and yes: never, these days, I'd come to think of those 'poor soldiers', only of those 'poor people'.<br />And it took quite couple of years until I started to think of those who would send soldiers (not their sons, of course) to cause so many individual tragedies.<br />'Tragedies' is, of course, the wrong word.Sean Jeatinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08978285783271305489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507673653895812509.post-83381176429799211832010-12-09T03:51:34.233+01:002010-12-09T03:51:34.233+01:00Back in the days when I was a protester of the Vie...Back in the days when I was a protester of the Vietnam War one of the first things I realized was the incalculable harm that was done to the spirits of the soldiers.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507673653895812509.post-45027698467411415782010-12-08T06:40:06.586+01:002010-12-08T06:40:06.586+01:00Certainly not exactly murderers, but certainly not...Certainly not exactly murderers, but certainly not exactly <a href="http://tetrapilotomie.blogspot.com/2009/11/on-celebrating-remembrance.html" rel="nofollow"> heroes</a>.<br /><br />As we have discussed many times on many previous posts. Hoping I'm linking here to Nov.11, 2009. With much love, understanding and respect.:)Claudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06775039539331403794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507673653895812509.post-83730756778866549212010-12-07T22:26:00.720+01:002010-12-07T22:26:00.720+01:00True they are but their political and other master...True they are but their political and other masters must take teir due part of the blamejams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507673653895812509.post-1845883655863680642010-12-07T22:06:38.673+01:002010-12-07T22:06:38.673+01:00How many people were killed in my name since my bi...How many people were killed in my name since my birth, and why? I don't know. Do i feel safer? I don't know. Were these people killed for peace and stability? I don't know. For democracy? I don't know. For my personal well being and that of my compatriots? I don't know. Did they kill others so as to give my mother a happy and peaceful old day? I don't know, she doesn't know. We need more than wikileaks to know this.<br />But one thing is for sure: weapons are there to kill people. For any reason. And weapons make money.<br />And it is clearly not healthy to be a soldier. As soldiers may be killed. Or don't stop being soldiers, as Paul describes it...<br /><br />BertusVLRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16773649615548032716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507673653895812509.post-65221530257334524132010-12-07T14:25:25.914+01:002010-12-07T14:25:25.914+01:00I live in a town with five nearby military bases -...I live in a town with five nearby military bases -- including an Army division. When the Division is back from Afghanistan or Iraq, the local rates of violent crime soar. <br /><br />As one officer said to me, "We teach them to solve problems with violence, then they come home and 'solve' their personal problems with violence. Go figure!"Paul Sunstonehttp://cafephilos.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com