Alaric....WTF are you talking about?I was trying to compare neutrality to defending yourself.Its is you who is patting himself on the back for going thru the unfortunate time of playing cowboys and indians.
As for you saying you understand bible....LOL!!If God had destroyed A&E immediately there would be no human race.You sound so grateful to be alive!!!Yeah right!!!
Nobody's talking about playing any games with cowboys, and please don't insult our noble native Americans who were here long before any of us immigrants arrived and exterminated them and took this continent from them.
You have no realistic understanding, no concept of defense when you choose to defend only yourself and your immediate family. You claim to have been willing to sacrifice yourself on flight 93 against those heathen moslems, unfortunately, you never had the chance to show how much of a hero you could have been on that flight, or in any other way, but you can talk about what you would have done, if only you had had the chance to show what a hero you are. What have you ever actually accomplished in your life, except, of course, your heroic loud mouth?
Contrary to you, I never claimed any heroics, I don't need to. "Patting himself on the back?" I never did that, I simply served in the Army for many long years. I served 12 years in Germany helping to defend that country against the Soviets, not one German has ever found it appropriate to give me a word of thanks for my service, at least the Korean government gave me a coffee cup as a token of thanks. When I see uniformed service members, I make it a point to walk over to them, shake their hands and thank them for their service. During all my years of service, none of my own people in the USA have ever bothered to express a single word of thanks for my service, only my own fellow soldiers and officers.
And then, no surprise, there are the a-holes like you, who could never be expected to show any gratitude for the service of the many, many thousands of military personnel out there all around the planet trying to protect your worthless lives. Not having the courage to serve, even for just a few years, you, nevertheless, have the courage to insult people like me by saying we're "playing cowboys and indians." It's never been a game for us in the military, but you go ahead and stay safely at home in your bedroom, hide your head under the covers if you feel there may be some danger anywhere near you, don't worry, somebody like me will come around to protect you.
And, yes, I do know the bible very well, almost certainly better than you do with your confused mythological, mystical jehovah's witless nonsense. I've read the bible and many, many other books that have to do with historical, archeological and cultural studies of that part of the world.