Iraq's Economy is booming!Follow

Buzzed, but yeah alcohol is in the blood. :)

Does that make a difference? I'm pretty sure I thought Smash was a POS when I was sober too...I'll repost it tomorrow, that will fix the situation :)

Got a point there friend...and it's well taken. I need some sleep anyway.

Deby,



Have you been to south dallas? Like many other spoiled rich kids you have no idea what the real world is like.

http://www.dallasnews.com/s/dws/spe/2004/dallas/crime2.html

And in many major cities there are areas the police won't even go.

You spoiled brats need to leave the ivory tower for one freaking second and you'd see lifes not all hugs, flowers, and kisses.

Achileez

That sad part is that you equated armed violence with drugs and whores ...

The thievery the article referred to that drives off builders is the snatch-n-run jobs where they steal all the tools and pawn them for cash ... not armed robberies with nail guns.

Dallas is just like any other big city, high crime rate and not entirely a great place to live, but as Deb said, there are not ARMED gangs blowing the town to pieces and then marching to the next spot.

Well how about you link to an article that states 50 hostages were excuted at a local bank or 35 people were blown to pieces by a car bomb at the Ranger's game... not some article depicting how horrible South Dallas is by stating out the freakin obvious, drugs and whores are abundant.

Drugs and whores are everywhere, yes even in Iraq. However, artillery shells and bombs are not being dropped on DC or NYC, as me and Deballic pointed out.

If you can provide contrary to the point that armed gangs are not blowing the **** out of everything they come in contact, then please by all means stroll to these mean streets and get first hand proof that the cities are so terrible that even a dirtbag such as yourself could be killed there.

There is only one thing I have to say about the F-16 Pilot. I am in the military and in the military reguarless on how you feel, you support and defend the constitution of the united states and you follow the orders of those above you. You do your job and do what you are ordered. There is no time to "think" about if it is right or wrong, you have to do it or you might end up dead or your fellow solders, sailors, marines, or airmen might end up dead. We do what we are told. That is what a chain of command is there for.

How dare you say "Oh if he could have seen this"

It doesnt matter. He was told to do his job simple as that.

Smashed,

You think showing a picture with a few dead bodies is saying something? American soldiers have died for your freedom to show such images. Perhaps those in the picture were supporting the communist in the north? Anything can be taken out of context depending on whose financing the paper.

Achileez

Wow, that's the first time I've ever read about My Lai, disgusting. It also sheds a whole new light on Colin Powell.

[quote][/quote]Hussin butcherd a few hundred radicals trying to overthrow him. radicals WE bankrolled, while Bush closed off an entire city and killed every living being in it in Falujja.

Oops, I guess you forgot about those few thousand Kerds he gassed. And the several thousand that have already been found in mass graves.

I know I will probably be flamed for this. However, do you want to know why Iraq is the way that it is? Iraqis do not use the same type of toliets as Westerners do. Some may ask why I say this makes a difference, but really think about it. Iraqis squat over the toliet when they are ******** or pissing. When is one of the most relaxing times to think? When you are sitting on a toliet taking a ****. Think about some of the inventions that were probably thought up when people were utilizing the latrine.
Not only do they not use the same type of bathrooms as us, they do not use TP. WTF !!!! If they do clean their *** (which I personally have seen some not do it *will explain in a moment*), they use their left hand and water. That is why you never shake with or signal an iraqi with your left. Since I work with the iraqi army as an American army advisor, I know of some ****** up stuff that they do. There are reports that some american soldiers have recieved Hepititis A from eating a type of bread that Iraqis make. Ok getting back to how I know some Iraqis dont wipe at all, We were out with an Iraqi Army company the night that Iraq voted for there constitution. Us Americans had our Night Vision Goggles on and we see about 10 Iraqis jump off their truck. So we are wondering WTF are they doing? Then we see it, about 15 feet away, they all drop there pants take a **** and pull them up and jump back in their trucks. ******* disguting if you ask me

Uhh...I'm sorry but comparing My Lai to this F-16 bombing is just silly.

I agree. Good thing I didn't.

Give reading the posts a shot instead of making wild assumptions like a functionally retarded supermarket checkout boy.

There are things called rules of engagement. some of them state that anyone who isnt wearing the same uniform as you and is in that area is considered a hostile and will be taken out. yes it has brought me some moral issues, but when i have taken someone out who was in an area where they were not supposed to be and they didnt have a weapon, yes i felt guilty, but i got over it because down the street, my buddies were getting shot by that guys friends. if you know there is a gunfight down the street, you dont go down to check it out. if you dont see a rifle, there might be an explosive belt. ive been doing this thing since 2003 and had to make many decisions both for myself and my Marines. any douchebag can pull up news that vindicates their views on things. hell i saw a news article from 2003 stating that we hadnt caught saddam and that the pictures we saw were digitally fixed.

Oh gee I'm sorry Smash, btw, paper or plastic?

So what point exactly was it your were trying to make then? That following orders blindly is bad? Wouldn't it just have been simpler to say "Look guys, if [insert authority figure here] tells you to jump off the [insert closest bridge to you here] bridge, would you do it?". Cause I seem to remember learning the lesson you're trying to teach with you're awesome linkage skills when I was like...I dunno, five maybe?

But you reiterated it so well and brought it to task in a situation where it was probably not even called for. Well done...now let me get back to bagging *****.

ed. to kill all "!", checkout boys get over excited sometimes

Edited, Wed Dec 14 14:41:15 2005 by xtremereign