brainwashed or fooLing themseLves?

[sniffa]

Mass. guardsmen will hunt Iraq for deadly chemicals
By Brian Ballou
Friday, June 18, 2004

Teary-eyed relatives and friends said goodbye yesterday to approximately 80 Massachusetts National Guard soldiers heading to Iraq to seek out dangerous chemicals.

``I'd rather go there and take the fight to them than stay here and have to fight at home,'' said Sgt. Thomas Lanzon, 38, of the 272nd Chemical Company from Reading. ``This is why I'm going,'' he said, clutching one of his seven children. ``To keep them safe.''

http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=32339

i understand the need to keep their spirits up and stay aLive, but do they actuaLLy beLieve this stiLL?

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. It's either believe it or be sent away on a hopeless

mission.

Psychology dictates that for some of these people, they need the lie to keep their sanity.;

[sniffa]

2. weLL

there are soLdiers fighting there now that do know the 'score' and acknowLedge it. i used to taLk to them aLmost every day... but LateLy they've been offLine. :(

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. Oh, I know some of them do get what's going on.

But some really can't handle the truth. It won't fit inside their little pigeon hole for how the world works.

I hope you hear from your friends soon!

[Bandit]

5. Curious what's with the Capital Ls

:shrug:

[sniffa]

6. i'm not sure if i can teLL you

i'm gonna add it to the FAQ section eventuaLLy once it's vetted.

[GreenPartyVoter]

7. L for Liberal??? Left?? Love??

[sniffa]

8. it is for LiberaL

it's something i started doing probabLy over a year ago when i didn't have boards Like this to hang out on. now it's second nature.

[GreenPartyVoter]

9. Isn't it great to have a place like this to hang out?

There are other liberal type boards out there, and I do visit them no and again. But I need the fast pace of DU to keep me happy. *g*

[sniffa]

10. agreed

i'm stiLL kinda feeLing my way around here.

this board is more active so i have peopLe to taLk to during my incredibLy bored times (Like now).

[GreenPartyVoter]

11. What, there's nothing to do down in beantown today? *g*

We were going to go down there on vacation this summer, but had to scrap those plans. Oh well, there's always next year. :)

[sniffa]

12. be gLad to have you here

and no, there's pLenty to do here... but i'm at work. there's onLy so much sLacking i can do. :P

[GreenPartyVoter]

13. Oh yeah, work. I'm supposed to be doing some myself just now but

I work out of the house, so it's SO easy to get distracted. *l*

[Bonhomme Richard]

3. It's only reasonable that the guy has...................

to believe that he may die for a real reason. Delusional or not.