Why must everything be sugarcoated?
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It is not a question of sugar coating, it is a question of very high ranking officers in our armed forces making public statements which aid our enemy. That looney tune general who some time ago explained that he kicked butt in Mogadishu because "his God was bigger than their God" turned our effort to bring democracy into another Christain Crusade. That is just plain stupid. And the second highest ranking officer in the Marines should not be making public statements that it is fun to shoot people who "slap around women".
Something many people don't realize: You do NOT NOT NOT NOT have freedom of speech if you choose to serve in the military. On the contrary: if you make public statements that are detrimental to the readiness or cohesion of the service, you can be prosecuted under the UCMJ. And this guy's statements will serve to send young men stampeding into the ranks of our enemy.
This guy needs to buy a clue and realize what the little red light on the front of the cameras means. :barf:
NSO_w/_SIG
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I realize that
I am just saying . Hey somebody said what they really meant for once. Like it or not. I say thank you to that man for finally being honest. I have to bite my tongue everyday or else I would have lost my job a thousand times over, but this guy just goes out there and says it.
I admire him for that!
I am just saying . Hey somebody said what they really meant for once. Like it or not. I say thank you to that man for finally being honest. I have to bite my tongue everyday or else I would have lost my job a thousand times over, but this guy just goes out there and says it.
I admire him for that!
That "looney tune" general happens to be a good friend of mine and one hell of a goose hunter. His comments didn't change a damn thing since the enemy was already calling for Jihad from the start. They made it into a religious battle not him. He's a fine man and I'm proud to know him.
Exactly where was that said or even intimated, save the race card for when you really needs to grasp straws
And speaking of Towelheads, gooks and so forth.
Where do you think those terms came from and why?
They are an attempt to dehumanize the enemy and convince our fighting men that soldiers don't kill, they inflict casualties on the enemy
Anybody that can not see this for what it is, nothing more than military gallows humor, either has never served in the military or has very little idea of what the military is actually tasked with
Anybody that would take severe offense to what was said is probably somebody that I would not want to share a foxhole with anyway, if they were even inclined to join up
GeorgeStraub
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Comments like these help to bring people who are sitting this fight out into battle against us. Just because some muslims claim this is some kind of crusade doesn't mean all of them do. People should be honest, but some comments should be held when they will recruit insurgents and get Americans killed.
Personally, I think if someone is going to join a terrorist group, they're going to do it regardless of what our soldiers say. Our culture has enough to piss them off as it is. Not that I'm saying we should change so we don't offend the religious crazies, but come on, they hate us already, this won't make them hate us anymore.
psycho...
It's hypocracy to excuse FF for using a murderous analogy to describe our written interaction and then to whine and complain about a general who tells the truth about killing in war. You need to pull your head out occasionally and get some air.
BTW...I find it interesting that no one spoke of 'towel heads and brown people' before you did. Who's the racist here?
It's hypocracy to excuse FF for using a murderous analogy to describe our written interaction and then to whine and complain about a general who tells the truth about killing in war. You need to pull your head out occasionally and get some air.
BTW...I find it interesting that no one spoke of 'towel heads and brown people' before you did. Who's the racist here?
This guy is a general........as in lead by example which I am sure he did.... The media loved his poor use of words in front of civilian types and on camera.... I think this guy just stated to those above him "Can I be retired now?" As Jack said (You can't handle the truth)
This Marine made the mistake of talking shop in a non shop -shark tank....
I have a few great friends whom are Marine Vet's and they said as I did...... Opps somebody forgot to brief the general he is being seen by a gazillion CNN worship watchers.....
Now if a young Sergeant said this in front of the press....hmm what do you think the Corp would do with him? I'm sure a good Sergeant would be smarter than this guy....
BUT......you know what, one mistake this guy made in verbal communication doesn't do anything bad to the Marine's.... They are the few, the proud and the best......... My hat is off to each and everyone of them......alive and dead
This Marine made the mistake of talking shop in a non shop -shark tank....
I have a few great friends whom are Marine Vet's and they said as I did...... Opps somebody forgot to brief the general he is being seen by a gazillion CNN worship watchers.....
Now if a young Sergeant said this in front of the press....hmm what do you think the Corp would do with him? I'm sure a good Sergeant would be smarter than this guy....
BUT......you know what, one mistake this guy made in verbal communication doesn't do anything bad to the Marine's.... They are the few, the proud and the best......... My hat is off to each and everyone of them......alive and dead
Fred Hansen
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I saw this post this morning and spent the day trying to think of something that would be more satisfying than doing the duty of a real civilized man - read that eradicating a death-cult psychotic, and giving him the martyrdom he seeks - thereby making the world a better and brighter place.
I couldn't think of anything, but I did manage to come close. I imagined a group of handwringers sniveling to each other about the "outrageous" words of General Mattis while they were snug and safe in their favorite chai house or internet cafe. Then I tried to imagine the look of terror on their faces in the unlikely event that General Mattis might stop in on their little snivelfest and invite them to express their opinion to him in a more man to man fashion. Then I imagined the other look that would invariably pass across their faces as they realized they just wet their pants.
Now that is fun!
I wouldn't expect people who are unable and unwilling to do a man's duty to understand it any more than I would expect a pig to be able to type. That's just the way of the world. The only reason civilization exists at all is because a "happy few" of us are willing to do our duty. The rest just do whatever it is that they do. Such is life.
See you in the funnypapers.
I couldn't think of anything, but I did manage to come close. I imagined a group of handwringers sniveling to each other about the "outrageous" words of General Mattis while they were snug and safe in their favorite chai house or internet cafe. Then I tried to imagine the look of terror on their faces in the unlikely event that General Mattis might stop in on their little snivelfest and invite them to express their opinion to him in a more man to man fashion. Then I imagined the other look that would invariably pass across their faces as they realized they just wet their pants.
Now that is fun!
I wouldn't expect people who are unable and unwilling to do a man's duty to understand it any more than I would expect a pig to be able to type. That's just the way of the world. The only reason civilization exists at all is because a "happy few" of us are willing to do our duty. The rest just do whatever it is that they do. Such is life.
See you in the funnypapers.
This is similar to many gun owners who think that if only we quit using certain words or talking about certain subjects, the antis will learn to love us. 
The people we are at war with hate us. No matter what we do, or what we say, they hate us. Sugercoating things is going to make certain Americans feel better about themselves because they prefer to view the world as they would like it to be rather than how it really is.
It makes me sleep better at night to know that men like that are serving in our armed forces: AND enjoying it. It also does my heart good to know that there are still real men out there that can tell you where you can stick that PC crapola.
The people we are at war with hate us. No matter what we do, or what we say, they hate us. Sugercoating things is going to make certain Americans feel better about themselves because they prefer to view the world as they would like it to be rather than how it really is.
It makes me sleep better at night to know that men like that are serving in our armed forces: AND enjoying it. It also does my heart good to know that there are still real men out there that can tell you where you can stick that PC crapola.
The battlefield is the ultimate Darwinian stage where his theory comes to pass every day: The Survival of the Fittest.
The terrorists become more fit by their training and by their rhetoric. That is a given in any military or paramilitary group.
Our forces become more fit in the exact same manner: training and rhetoric. Yes, sometimes the rhetoric uttered may not be as palatable to sensitive ears (read: crybabies), . . . but neither is the discussion of the torso opening incisions necessary for a full cavity autopsy palatable to most folks just as they make the first cut on their medium rare steak at Appleby's.
He's definitely my kind of leader, . . . and I think we need more like him and a whole lot less who are trying to jockey for the next promotion, knowing that this "War Thang" is bound to wind down soon enough, . . . and the promotions and such will also wind down like it always does.
May God bless,
Dwight
The terrorists become more fit by their training and by their rhetoric. That is a given in any military or paramilitary group.
Our forces become more fit in the exact same manner: training and rhetoric. Yes, sometimes the rhetoric uttered may not be as palatable to sensitive ears (read: crybabies), . . . but neither is the discussion of the torso opening incisions necessary for a full cavity autopsy palatable to most folks just as they make the first cut on their medium rare steak at Appleby's.
He's definitely my kind of leader, . . . and I think we need more like him and a whole lot less who are trying to jockey for the next promotion, knowing that this "War Thang" is bound to wind down soon enough, . . . and the promotions and such will also wind down like it always does.
May God bless,
Dwight