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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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A whole bunch of the flowers and s of a multitude of nations youth were doing their last checks, writing their wills, doing the last post card home, saying a prayer or however they got ready.
It wasn't a politician or philosopher or poet or singer or great artist who paid the price for freedom in the morning and over the days weeks and months to come. It was just as likely a street corner thug or aprentice that went up the beaches or dropped into enemy territory.
Freedom has never been brought by the free it's been brought by a volunteer or draftee with a gun.
Wether they wanted to be there or not.
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Surely the professional military have also done their fair share."
They'd be volunteers?
I know off the back of my hand, during operation banner they stopped 80% of terrorist activity. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Surely freedom has sometimes been achieved through political debate?
When?
The dismantling of the Berlin wall and the unification if East and West Gernant ?"
After that whole cold war / fighting by proxy thing.
Won in places like chilli, Aden, Oman etc  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Abolition of slavery in US
End of apartheid in South Africa"
Civil war?
Then that whole sanctions thing while South Africa had wars in Mozambique, Angola and lasoto.
I'm Rhodesian btw  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Surely freedom has sometimes been achieved through political debate?
When?
The velvet revolution?"
Posibly The exception that proves the rule. Not familiar tho |
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By *ony 2016Man
over a year ago
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When people talked in Ireland ( from all sides with all sides ) the situation became more peaceful , yet those who talked are still criticised for talking -------------- Unfotunately WW2 appears as though the only way to win was matching force with force |
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"When people talked in Ireland ( from all sides with all sides ) the situation became more peaceful , yet those who talked are still criticised for talking -------------- Unfotunately WW2 appears as though the only way to win was matching force with force "
Think the talking In Ulster came after limiting the terrorist options. |
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