Baghdad ER

**peasea** · 21st June 2007, 22:26

Did anyone see that shit?

It should make us think about how lucky we are to be in 'Godzone'.

We're a world away from that hell, that unimaginable bloodbath. To think that the bottom line is 'oil' is sad, really sad.

This country is the paradise that my father saw in WWII, the guy I've spoken about on KB. (He brought us here in 63.) Tonight's program showed how many lives it takes to be free, tonight's program puts some emphasis on it.

War sucks, and for America to be sending their young into the face of it on a daily basis makes me wonder WTF is going on. Surely there's enough for all of us? To combine all the thinking and materials this planet has to offer would make us the masters of the universe, would it not?

Or at least get all the oil, then we'd be riding motorcycles for ten cents a year!

**Colapop** · 21st June 2007, 22:34

Fark'n'hell! We just don't realise what we're blessed with.

**Steam** · 21st June 2007, 22:35

Originally Posted by peasea

Tonight's program showed how many lives it takes to be free...

apart from the fact that the war "over there" has nothing to do with "freedom".
But yeah, it was an interesting programme. I wonder what the Iraqi hospitals are like?

Has anyone seen the series "Over There"?

**peasea** · 21st June 2007, 22:37

Originally Posted by Steam

apart from the fact that the war "over there" has nothing to do with "freedom".
But yeah, it was an interesting programme. I wonder what the Iraqi hospitals are like?

Has anyone seen the series "Over There"?

I was thinking about the Eye-rarki hospitals, no air con, no drugs. Those guys do it hard.

**Lissa** · 21st June 2007, 22:44

It was just awful. I cant believe the job those doctors and nurses do, and to have to do it over and over, day in, day out. That they have to witness once young healthy men dying, or with serious injuries..

**MyGSXF:Me** · 21st June 2007, 22:49

Yeah.. I had a quiet tear at the end when the young fella died..

**peasea** · 21st June 2007, 23:05

Originally Posted by Lissa

It was just awful. I cant believe the job those doctors and nurses do, and to have to do it over and over, day in, day out. That they have to witness once young healthy men dying, or with serious injuries..

I guess, after a while, you'd become like a butcher at the Affco meatworks.

Better money tho'

**Chrislost** · 21st June 2007, 23:57

Originally Posted by peasea

Did anyone see that shit?

It should make us think about how lucky we are to be in 'Godzone'.

We're a world away from that hell, that unimaginable bloodbath. To think that the bottom line is 'oil' is sad, really sad.

This country is the paradise that my father saw in WWII, the guy I've spoken about on KB. (He brought us here in 63.) Tonight's program showed how many lives it takes to be free, tonight's program puts some emphasis on it.

War sucks, and for America to be sending their young into the face of it on a daily basis makes me wonder WTF is going on. Surely there's enough for all of us? To combine all the thinking and materials this planet has to offer would make us the masters of the universe, would it not?

Or at least get all the oil, then we'd be riding motorcycles for ten cents a year!

lets be glad we dont live in a country dominated by ragheads with no regard for life whatsoever!
ALLA ALLA ALLA ALLA ALLA ALLA BOOM woohooo!

**kevfromcoro** · 22nd June 2007, 06:07

yes oil= MONEY..its just greed.i have been over seas many times,,,,seen familys of 10 people.working like shit,,,and cant even afford a bag of rice....godzone is the place allright.......GREED hate the word...what happened to happyness and good health....which in NZ we have

**Beemer** · 22nd June 2007, 09:22

Amazing programme, I couldn't believe the severity of the injuries they were facing. The guy whose flak jacket was torn apart just shows what they are dealing with. Very sad when you think of how many are dying.

**peasea** · 22nd June 2007, 13:11

Originally Posted by Chrislost

lets be glad we dont live in a country dominated by ragheads with no regard for life whatsoever!
ALLA ALLA ALLA ALLA ALLA ALLA BOOM woohooo!

Give it time...............

**Sniper** · 22nd June 2007, 13:56

Brings life into perspective doesnt it?

For all the shit medics get, I dont envy them.

**SARGE** · 22nd June 2007, 14:47

Originally Posted by peasea

Did anyone see that shit?

It should make us think about how lucky we are to be in 'Godzone'.

We're a world away from that hell, that unimaginable bloodbath. To think that the bottom line is 'oil' is sad, really sad.

This country is the paradise that my father saw in WWII, the guy I've spoken about on KB. (He brought us here in 63.) Tonight's program showed how many lives it takes to be free, tonight's program puts some emphasis on it.

War sucks, and for America to be sending their young into the face of it on a daily basis makes me wonder WTF is going on. Surely there's enough for all of us? To combine all the thinking and materials this planet has to offer would make us the masters of the universe, would it not?

Or at least get all the oil, then we'd be riding motorcycles for ten cents a year!

if you really believe the Greenie hype that this war is all due to oil, you are severely deluded... this war started at the end of WW1 and the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. Oil may be a MINOR point in this but if you look at the big picture and out of your 1/4 acre paradise you may learn a thing or 2 .

absolutely no disrespect meant here but stop buying into the bullshit right wing hippy media hype

I fought in a few battles in the so called "War on Terror" back in the EARLY 1980's.. back prior to "Embedded Journalists" and CNN showing every missle hitting its target. War is NOT entertainment..just turn off the TV and let us do our fucking jobs.

Originally Posted by Beemer

Amazing programme, I couldn't believe the severity of the injuries they were facing. The guy whose flak jacket was torn apart just shows what they are dealing with. Very sad when you think of how many are dying.

i was in Beruit in 83. ever see what 2000 pounds of explosives in a truck, driven into a building full of sleeping men would do??

read my sig

"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." GEORGE ORWELL

**SARGE** · 22nd June 2007, 15:40

Originally Posted by peasea

War sucks, and for America to be sending their young into the face of it on a daily basis makes me wonder WTF is going on. Surely there's enough for all of us? To combine all the thinking and materials this planet has to offer would make us the masters of the universe, would it not?
!

just as an afterthought .. NONE of the young American troops are conscripts ..every single one of them volunteered for duty knowing full well what they are expected to do and live through. it IS frightening..anyone who tells you that being in a situation like that isnt has never been there . it does show you who and what you are to the very boot-sector of your soul. thank God (alah, Odin, Neptune, Bessie the Wonder-Cow) that there are young people who know the value of freedom and don't shirk their duties. ( i am guessing, not unlike your father in WW2)