The existence of a difference between a criminal act and national and international warfare.
Following your specious example, the US would be guilty of mugging Iraq.
And do keep in mind that what you perjoritively call a cliche' is part of the training and instruction in the US Military academies. This is a paraphrase of Karl von Clausewicz' "War is a continuation of politics by other means."
If you think that is a "crappy cliche'" I am afraid that says more about you than about the concept. All ring knockers have had this indocrination and is part of the common training of the entire military leadership of this country. But then, perhaps you had in mind to question the intelligence of all members of the US military, except of course preznit Bush.
Gee fella, I had hopes you were growing up since I haven't seen a "buttmonkey" out of you for some time. Now comes "crappy cliches."
If you don't exclude merit in economic development and rewards system, why are you excluding it conceptually?
Publius
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Definitely intellegent enough to recognize.......
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- And one last bit on the armor flap...
- Okay, a bit more.
- From here on out, I don't want to hear anything further from you about 'The Troops'
- And they qualify---must be part of Homeland Security
- Hummers as a business write-off?
- So, I show the entire flap was largely baseless, and that's your comeback? (n/t)
- You showed nothing--you merely found an apologist to get the spin that reinforced this admin..... (n/t)
- Yeah, what the hell would the Defense Department know about it? (n/t)
- Enough to know their jobs are on the line if they come up with the wrong answer.
- Shot at
- Being shot at is being in the wrong place at the right time......
- re: Being shot at
- And war is always about the failure of the political process.......... (n/t)
- I'd like to think you're too intelligent for crappy cliches like that.
- And war is always about the failure of the political process.......... (n/t)
- re: Being shot at
- Being shot at is being in the wrong place at the right time......
- Shot at
- Enough to know their jobs are on the line if they come up with the wrong answer.
- Yeah, what the hell would the Defense Department know about it? (n/t)
- You showed nothing--you merely found an apologist to get the spin that reinforced this admin..... (n/t)