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Originally Posted by IRescue452
Most of those dogs couldn't be brought back to civilian life anyway. They'd be potentially dangerous. I know even the belgian shepherd police dogs we boarded last summer can only be retired to their handlers because they are dangerous.
I don't see what your problem is with eating them, remember these people just got pulverized by a pointless war and many didn't have much food to begin with. If the dogs were going to be killed, they might as well serve a noble purpose in the end.
Today, I don't see too many soldiers caring. After all, so many animals are abandoned in dumpsters the day before the soldiers ship out to Iraq.
Hmmmm.....nice to know that the full extent of your so called noble purpose in life is eating dogs.
Wom


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Happened in WW II. too. Hundreds of dogs went and never came back. As for the question of eating dogs, I'm not going to judge what's on a starving man's plate. Their culture is very different than ours, it's hard for us to understand sometimes. Still, I hope none of the brave dogs of war ended up as dinner.


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Nice job twisting my words around wombat that's very PT of you


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Originally Posted by IRescue452
Nice job twisting my words around wombat that's very PT of you
Awwww...thats ok. Being nice to people is what I do.
Wom


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Jenna, trust me, that is exactly what I heard. Thanks for the link, dukedogsmom, it's very useful. I'm looking at it right now.


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BTW, in response to the blanket comment that "Soldiers don't care", BULL!
Blanket statements about a group of people who are a cross section of American society are inaccurate at best. Most soldiers care very much about what happens to family members, and that includes any pets they may have.
In some cases, however, they run out of help. Shelters and kennels don't want to provide long term care (1yr +/-) for an animal, sometimes families aren't in any position to help out, and that leaves a soldier with damned few options when it comes to taking care of pets while they are deployed.
I'd be interested in where you came across this info to begin with, as there are few if any permanent party personnel deploying out of FT McCoy, only reservists and national guard troops who are not allowed to have pets while they are in pre-deployment training.


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Yeah, soldiers don't care
Obviously you are very unaware. View that documentary on the war dogs and look at that site I posted. "Soldiers that don't care" don't break down in tears over a dog they couldn't bring back home with them. Before making statements like that, do some research.


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Originally Posted by IRescue452
Most of those dogs couldn't be brought back to civilian life anyway. They'd be potentially dangerous. I know even the belgian shepherd police dogs we boarded last summer can only be retired to their handlers because they are dangerous.
I don't see what your problem is with eating them, remember these people just got pulverized by a pointless war and many didn't have much food to begin with. If the dogs were going to be killed, they might as well serve a noble purpose in the end.
Today, I don't see too many soldiers caring. After all, so many animals are abandoned in dumpsters the day before the soldiers ship out to Iraq.
Soldiers and war dogs together in war share a very important bond, and that is one of mateship and reliance on each other.....so any soldier wouldn't want to see or know that their mate was eaten.
As for your post in general, I find it hard to accept that it was anything other than your obvious disgust for war and the military.
Soooooooo....how about you save the world your way.....and we'll save it ours.....k ????
Wombat


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Originally Posted by Maltese_Love
Jenna, trust me, that is exactly what I heard. Thanks for the link, dukedogsmom, it's very useful. I'm looking at it right now.
I don't think that anyone is disputing what you heard mate....I'm sure that sort of stuff goes on all of the time.....some people like the keeper of that memorial, tend to exaggerate to impress people....and it affects people like yourself.....so it is good that you have found the truth here in PT.
Thanx for posting this thread....it is a subject very close to my heart.
Wom