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grateful for our troops
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DearthOfCouth wrote: And yet we persist with this outrageous lie that the U.S. government gives a flip about freedom, democracy, or ordinary people, anywhere in the world.
Matt Maupin was a tragic pawn of international business interests. There are thousands more just like him, and we keep feeding young lives into the machine.
When are we all going to wake up and get angry? And which one are you? propagation of Communism or the muslim sharia law? like i said before this troops sign up to serve for a lot of reason and one of that reason i know for sure is to make this country and its citizen great. go and try to live in one of this country and say what you are saying here, i bet you wont last a day.GOD BLESS THIS GREAT COUNTRY AND ITS BRAVE TROOPS!
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ixlnxs
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grateful for our troops wrote: <quoted text>
GOD BLESS THIS GREAT COUNTRY AND ITS BRAVE TROOPS! Yes GOD bless this country and our troops. Now can we all agree that the administration running the country right now are a danger to our country and our troops and do our damndest to get them out and fix all the things that they've messed up? It is the patriotic thing to do. Wanting to protect our country from those within our borders who would subvert our Constitution, The Bill of Rights, and sell our country down the river in the name of profit and corporate greed is after all the truly American thing to do. Or you could spout off on a forum about how great this country is compared to the rest of the world while those in office make it a damnded sight worse than alot of third world nations.
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“smokin'”
Joined: Oct 25, 2007
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moline, il. denver
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DearthOfCouth wrote: Oops ... make that "peace." oops, make you "stupid" and a liar. most brits do not see the usa as threats to world "peace" no doubt most brits are worried about getting their asses blown up by your own home grown terrorists. get a clue and stop speaking for the brits with a brain in their head.
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“smokin'”
Joined: Oct 25, 2007
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moline, il. denver
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Dream Theater wrote: <quoted text>
excuse me sir or madam, but regardless of your jibberish, we aren't important to any development in any nation other than our own.....which we don't take care of. How about, lose the arrogance that our country has taught you so well, and learn that the middle east will stay the same way it always has been unless we plan on staying illegally for years to come like the past few.......and many more will die......but like the ocean when the waves come in, the beach is refreshed and back in order.....so will the middle east be when we pull out.....it won't take long, then what will you say? Oh, you're probably the one who'll vote for the 100 year war man, gumball in his jaw McCain either you're a liar or an idiot. McCain never said anything about a "100 yr. war". try knowing what your talking about or stfu.
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“smokin'”
Joined: Oct 25, 2007
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moline, il. denver
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Kenhunt wrote: <quoted text>He did not just die. He was killed, and he knew he could be killed in the service of his country, yet he volunteered to serve. He volunteered to serve something important, the United States of America, with all its blessings and freedoms and pimples. When all is said and done, the USA is all that stands between human rights and subjugation to mullahs. If you've been to any Islamic state, you'd know how important the USA is to the future of civilization, and thus how important heroees like this young Sergeant are. you'll never convince this moron, he's hopeless and clueless. he's so unhappy all he sees is bad. he should do the world a favor and put a bullet in his brain. or at least venture out from his mom's basement.
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DearthOfCouth
UK
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BADGE wrote: Dearth,
You should be aware that a village near you is lacking an "IDIOT". Please move there now to take your place in the pecking order. Badge: ...did not address any of the issues I enumerated, any related matters, or the subject of the thread. Did not advance an argument. Did not contribute anything at all except a personal insult. Well, I’m calling you out. You don’t have to be an irrelevancy. I want to know what you think. I promise not to call you any names, which is a good deal more courtesy than you’ve shown me to this point. I’ll be waiting….
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DearthOfCouth
UK
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harmonious wrote: <quoted text>
oops, make you "stupid" and a liar. most brits do not see the usa as threats to world "peace" no doubt most brits are worried about getting their asses blown up by your own home grown terrorists. get a clue and stop speaking for the brits with a brain in their head. The subject, as I recall, was my employees. I know what they think because they tell me. And I can’t think of a reason for any of us – them or me – to lie. People who cannot seem to express a point of view without personal invective strike me as oddly fragile; I didn’t threaten you and I certainly did not call you names.
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curious
Nashville, TN
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Appalled wrote: <quoted text>
No country attacked us on 9-11. A radical faction of a religion attacked us. And religions as a rule have no physical boundaries. So those who use physical boundaries to argue for or against this war really don't understand what we are up against at all. Correct!
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curious
Nashville, TN
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DearthOfCouth wrote: <quoted text>
Does that apply to soldiers from other countries? Or only Americans?
Just curious. I feel that it should apply to all service men and women, yes, including our allies.
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DearthOfCouth
UK
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grateful for our troops wrote: <quoted text>
And which one are you? propagation of Communism or the muslim sharia law?
like i said before this troops sign up to serve for a lot of reason and one of that reason i know for sure is to make this country and its citizen great. go and try to live in one of this country and say what you are saying here, i bet you wont last a day.GOD BLESS THIS GREAT COUNTRY AND ITS BRAVE TROOPS! I won't claim to have spent a lot of time in Muslim countries, but I have spoken with Muslims in Turkey and Egypt about these matters, and found them uniformly reasonable and respectful, even when we disagree. The people of my acquaintance who quickly become intolerant, hostile and abusive during conversation are, oddly enough -- Americans.
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curious
Nashville, TN
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Kenhunt wrote: <quoted text>We must follow legal orders. Legal. Including lawful orders as well, if the manual I read is correct
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curious
Nashville, TN
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I am reading through an old book a friend of mine gave me called a IET Soldier's manual of basic skills
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curious
Nashville, TN
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it is interesting
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DearthOfCouth
UK
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curious wrote: <quoted text>I feel that it should apply to all service men and women, yes, including our allies. Interesting issue, I think. The more I think about it, the more I become convinced that anyone and everyone who dies because the rest of us cannot find a better way to settle our differences is a victim of the same tragedy. Whether he wraps a towel around his head or wears a brad in his nose really makes no difference. It’s all a stupid, useless waste. The belief that all will be well if we can just kill enough of those nasty people is a fantasy on all sides. I think, we have to get smarter than this crap. Maybe it’s not possible, but I choose to think it is. I’ve observed people to demonstrate an astounding ability to learn to get along as soon as they stop listening to “authorities”– chiefly politicians and religious leaders. For whatever it's worth....
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“Nurse Anesthetist, U.S. Army”
Joined: Jan 25, 2008
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Where ever the Army sends me..
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Dream Theater wrote: <quoted text>
Don't you have to be brave for a noble reason though? Don't you have to have had impact on a situation of a proufound nature? I thought so. Not according to the Princeton Dictionary....looks like YOU ARE WRONG ONCE AGAIN. I think there is a pattern to your postings, they are juvenile and erroneous. So you have absolutely no credibility behind your words. Have a nice day.
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“Play Nice”
Joined: Nov 27, 2007
Comments: 3627
Orlando, Florida
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smith1 wrote: <quoted text>
Draft donna from ga. At least give her basic training. Doubtful she would make it through. Awww... whatsamatter Smith? You can't debate worth a tinker's damn, so you have to target those who can in order to make yourself feel like a big man? Tactics of a bully.
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“Play Nice”
Joined: Nov 27, 2007
Comments: 3627
Orlando, Florida
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Kenhunt wrote: <quoted text>He did not just die. He was killed, and he knew he could be killed in the service of his country, yet he volunteered to serve. He volunteered to serve something important, the United States of America, with all its blessings and freedoms and pimples. When all is said and done, the USA is all that stands between human rights and subjugation to mullahs. If you've been to any Islamic state, you'd know how important the USA is to the future of civilization, and thus how important heroees like this young Sergeant are. I think these thoughts are admirable, but probably not exactly on the mind of every service man or woman who signs up. With a 20 year old stepson in the Air Force and a 22 year old son talking about joining the Army, I can tell you that neither of them have ever said a word about saving civilization or freedoms or any of that other patriotic B.S. heaped onto service personnel. Most young people join the military to: a. get a career b. get an enlistment bonus c. leave home d. get money for college That doesn't mean they aren't doing their job while in the military, but mostly, they're doing what they're told to do NOT because they agree with it or sanction it, but because it's something they're thrown into by a bunch of idiots WE THE PEOPLE elect. It's very easy to overlook death when it comes to war. If we make it seem as if the deceased was a willing participant to some degree, it makes that death seem somehow less senseless. All the deaths in Iraq have been senseless. There is nothing patriotic about it.
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“SUPPORT OUR TROOPS”
Joined: Sep 30, 2007
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Cheshire, CT
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Dream Theater wrote: <quoted text>
I am wrong by nature of a dictionary? Maybe then he was a hero, the pointless and irrelevant kind? I have no credibility because I don't recite a dictionary verbatim? Wow, you know how to use a dictionary.... we all know the context of the word hero that I was describing.... the same hero that we all grew up understanding when it came to what it takes to be one..... not your verbatim dictionary blurb.
And shame on you if you truly are into anesthesia in the military.... overseas though, for knowing what happens over there all for nothing Man, what a spoiled selfish immature child you are.
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GEORGE W BUSH
Bayville, NY
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I am very proud of the 4000+ who have given their life to serve me...oops..I mean the country. Those efforts are not in vain. We will "accomplish our mission". We will bring a stable democratic government to Iraq and have permanent militry bases there. I will meet with General Petraus and my closest advisor, Dick Cheney, and decide on strategies and new "surges". I will then follow the suggestions of Dick. Additionally I pledge that no General or Staff person in the White House will disagree with our direction of the war.I will have noone give me a differing opinion. If they do - they will be fired.
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Joined: Apr 2, 2007
Comments: 5959
The United States of America
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Huntsville, AL
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Donna Atlanta GA wrote: <quoted text>
I think these thoughts are admirable, but probably not exactly on the mind of every service man or woman who signs up. With a 20 year old stepson in the Air Force and a 22 year old son talking about joining the Army, I can tell you that neither of them have ever said a word about saving civilization or freedoms or any of that other patriotic B.S. heaped onto service personnel.
Most young people join the military to:
a. get a career
b. get an enlistment bonus
c. leave home
d. get money for college
That doesn't mean they aren't doing their job while in the military, but mostly, they're doing what they're told to do NOT because they agree with it or sanction it, but because it's something they're thrown into by a bunch of idiots WE THE PEOPLE elect.
It's very easy to overlook death when it comes to war. If we make it seem as if the deceased was a willing participant to some degree, it makes that death seem somehow less senseless. All the deaths in Iraq have been senseless. There is nothing patriotic about it. People join the military for all of the reasons you list. And rarely do they talk about the risks involved and the love of country motive. And one rarely hears vets sit and chit-chat about combat experiences. But love of country is there. How nice we have "men" like you to tell us which of our soldiers' deaths were senseless and which made sense. Perhaps your sons can sit around and chit-chat about their coward father one day soon. God bless them.
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