What You Don't Know About War - Democratic Underground

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Sat Oct-09-04 01:00 PM
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What You Don't Know About War

Edited on Sat Oct-09-04 01:02 PM by Indie Media Magazine

By John Cory

10/02/04 "ICH" -- Slogans -- that's war for most folks. War is Hell. Support The Troops. Uncle Sam Wants You. Yellow ribbons and candlelight vigils. War.

Listen friend, war, is electric. It's a jangle of short-wired nerves; raw blue sparks that jump the gaps of politics and twist the ignition key of survival. War is living fast, hard, and furious, life between the teeth. You are never so alive as when you're about to die. War is a five-and-dime store of friction toys and cheap tin thrills. War, is all the power of heaven accessed through the front door of hell.

What You Don't Know About War

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whistle

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Sat Oct-09-04 01:04 PM
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1. You are posting non-effective links

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Sat Oct-09-04 04:02 PM
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2. Holy cow, that is an amazing read....

...thanks for clearing up the link. And welcome to DU!

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Sat Oct-09-04 06:28 PM
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3. Blew me away

This guy has amazing force in his writing. I copied it to some of my friends.

Powerful shit.

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Sat Oct-09-04 08:13 PM
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4. Impressive evocation of what war is like for those who fight.

He mentioned some of the mundane annoyance but I'm not sure he mentioned the boredom and the waiting, which I understand are a big part of duty in a combat zone.
(As a female baby boomer, I never served in the military myself.)

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