"I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in." - George McGovern

Posted by Fall Guy from pool0173.cvx19-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net on August 14, 2001 at 05:29:59:

In Reply to: It would be ironic for a major war to break out, and you were the first to be drafted. Then maybe we could communicate.(nm) posted by Fedora on August 14, 2001 at 02:11:45:

"It doesn't require any particular bravery to stand on the floor of the Senate and urge our boys in Vietnam to fight harder, and if this war mushrooms into a major conflict and a hundred thousand young Americans are killed, it won't be U. S. Senators who die. It will be American soldiers who are too young to qualify for the senate."
- George McGovern

"Older men declare war. But its the youth who must fight and die!"
- Herbert Hoover

"Fighting for peace is like f#cking for virginity."
- unknown

"But in modern war you will die like a dog for no good reason."
- Ernest Hemingway

"He who makes war his profession cannot be otherwise than vicious.  War makes thieves, and peace brings them to the gallows."
- Niccolo Machiavelli         

"The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his."
- George Patton

I bet YOU like the Patton quote much better than the others.

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Follow Ups:

• Yep, and if it weren't for the "old" men, you would be goosestepping now, and eating a heck of a lot of rice and fish. (nm) Fedora 12:28:29 8/14/2001 (6)
  • Actually, I eat a lot of fish and rice. Fall Guy 13:19:27 8/14/2001 (5)
    • A racist? Those are fighting words.(nm) Fedora 22:00:44 8/14/2001 (2)
      • Well, that rice and fish comment of yours said a lot. Fall Guy 23:24:52 8/14/2001 (1)
        • PS: Better stick to topics regarding hats. Fall Guy 23:28:23 8/14/2001 (0)
    • Dr. Strangelove? Hey, he the man.(nm) Fedora 19:41:29 8/14/2001 (0)
    • Fedora... Briede 15:11:13 8/14/2001 (0)

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