Fair points. All but the second from the last line, Mark.
By accident of birth I was born an American, in my time, and to my parents.
Had I been a Russian I would have helped pull the trigger on any American asset I was ordered to kill/destroy, and I would do it gladly. Because it would be my job and responsibility to the State to do so (Nuremberg be Damned!).
But it did not shake out that way.
I'm an American. Once, an American fighting man. You and many of the readers here are American's. Do you like it here? Want any other country to impose their will on us?
I am not a victim of circumstances.
I EXPLOIT circumstances!
I'm a patriotic opportunist!
Those men and boys who served aboard the KURSK had one job: KILL AMERICAN/NATO SAILORS. That's all that boat was designed for, and if and when the balloon goes up, that is what those boats, maned by men and boys, will do: KILL AMERICAN's.
So, I want those men and boys of the Russian navy who man and support Russian/Soviet submarines DEAD! Let their wives and sweethearts marry farmers and factory workers.
(at this very moment, my Russian doppelganger has just typed out the same message, with appropriate venue changes, to his Russian friends).
No apology. No quarter.
David,
By accident of birth I was born an American, in my time, and to my parents.
Had I been a Russian I would have helped pull the trigger on any American asset I was ordered to kill/destroy, and I would do it gladly. Because it would be my job and responsibility to the State to do so (Nuremberg be Damned!).
But it did not shake out that way.
I'm an American. Once, an American fighting man. You and many of the readers here are American's. Do you like it here? Want any other country to impose their will on us?
I am not a victim of circumstances.
I EXPLOIT circumstances!
I'm a patriotic opportunist!
Those men and boys who served aboard the KURSK had one job: KILL AMERICAN/NATO SAILORS. That's all that boat was designed for, and if and when the balloon goes up, that is what those boats, maned by men and boys, will do: KILL AMERICAN's.
So, I want those men and boys of the Russian navy who man and support Russian/Soviet submarines DEAD! Let their wives and sweethearts marry farmers and factory workers.
(at this very moment, my Russian doppelganger has just typed out the same message, with appropriate venue changes, to his Russian friends).
No apology. No quarter.
David,
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