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Old 06-20-2008, 04:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Skerlnik View Post
From what I have heard, Iraq is like Vietnam in the sense that you can't trust anything. That's what I mean by war being fundamentally different, now.
correct... both were occupied countries... with no front lines... and a civilian insurgency that could very well be working with you in the daytime and try to kill you at night...

a theoretical I love asking...

if your country was invaded by a superior force, your infrastructure destroyed, your citizens killed or maimed, your own friends and family included, your leaders killed or captured...

would you...
a) collaborate with the occupiers?
or would you...
b) fight back with every fiber of your being?
or...
c) both.
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