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As soon as you say something this simpleminded everyone realizes you have no clue about how things work.

Of course politicians will play politics. Of course they'll use the military to do so. It goes right along with flag waving and longwinded speeches about freedom.

What do you reckon politics to be, anyway?

I shortend this to keep it from being a wall of text. I still think it gets the point across.

I understand politics. I know that people play the game that way. Doesn't make it right. Weather any of us like it or not, we're at war. It's time to get over the petty squabbling and constant posturing that's being done. People need to buck up and face it that their opinions of weather we're doing the "right" thing or not, and realize that we're committed, and we need to finish the mission, if for no other reason than to make sure that those that died already, didn't die a wasted death because of a wasted effort from those that support them. We need to get behind those that are over there and show them the same commitment and loyalty that they show to us, nevermind politics. Call me an idealist, but I don't give a sh[/red]it what you think about me anyway.

Oh, and I never said that they went on to be huge success after war, however my point stands, MacArthur and Patton were soldiers that led their war efforts, rather than the politicans in Congress.

Since I should "go fu[red]ck myself", why don't you try and un-fu[/red]ck yourself first. Rather sad and funny that you bi[green]tch and whine about your karma...and still didn't clarify. Had you, I would have taken my comment out and apologized as it was unwarranted. But hey, if you're that worried what a bunch of people on the internet think about you that your precious rating means that much to you, here's a rate up to boost your e-peen!

If it's a sockpuppet that's been to Iraq, does that make it a terrorist?

I'm for the war but only because I'm a huge woman's rights believer.

I'm for smoking crack because obesity is a big problem.

Smoking crack WILL help kids lose weight.

I've been shot at thank you, and I'd like to show the same support for my friends that are still over there, that was showed to me. I've done my time in Afghanistan, spent time in Kandahar (out of Bagram), and I pray daily that those still over there come home safely, as I did.

I'm going to ask that you please show a little more consideration, and compassion to veterans. I don't hold much for your support of me personally, but I would hope that you could at least bring yourself to support those that took an oath to defend the freedoms that you have, and do their best to protect the Constitution of the United States of America, even if the morons in Washington don't.

Metastophicleas, you ignorant ****...


I've been shot at thank you, and I'd like to show the same support for my friends that are still over there, that was showed to me.

What the fucck does that even MEAN? Do you even have any clue what you're asking for, or are you just so in love with the phrase "support the troops" that you spew it out randomly without regard to logic or pretense? I'm fairly sure I probably didn't show you any support for being a meaningless infentissimally small cog in a machine that barely knows you exist. Really. What is it you propse? That I should blindly pretend that a pintless war that has failed miserably thusfar and resulted in tens of thousands of kids maimed for life is suddenly a 4th of July parade because you hid in an RV in the desert?

Thanks, no.


I've done my time in Afghanistan, spent time in Kandahar (out of Bagram), and I pray daily that those still over there come home safely, as I did.


Blag, blah, blah. Praying helps less than you voulunteering to go back and protect them personally. Why do you hate the troops so?


I'm going to ask that you please show a little more consideration, and compassion to veterans.


I give them money for whiskey whenever I see them panhadnling. Compassion? Saying this war is a tragic and foolish exersize in forieng policy as planned by people who never got past being 10 years old and playing with army men doesn't have anything to do with compassion for poor suckers who wanted to pay for college and instead got stuck being traffic cops in Mosul. I think everyone has compassion for the suckers. The suckers don't make policy though. Making the connection that not supporting the people who made the policy equates to not supporting people who get shot because of their decisions is mindmubingly stupid. Even for an elisted man.



I don't hold much for your support of me personally, but I would hope that you could at least bring yourself to support those that took an oath to defend the freedoms that you have, and do their best to protect the Constitution of the United States of America, even if the morons in Washington don't.


When they're doing any of those things, I do. Let me know when that's the case, because it sure as hell isn't right now.

See, I don't think you do. It's possible you're being deliberately obtuse, of course.



Wasted lives don't get un-wasted because we resolutely throw more lives on the bonfire. "I'm too arrogant to admit I was wrong" is not a valid reason to continue on a misguided path.

If we're not doing the "right" thing, we need to rethink what we are doing.



First of all, "idealist" is hardly an insult; nor is it the label I'd apply to your rather jejeune understanding. Second, you're confusing the troops with the policy makers, again. No one is criticizing or ostracizing or castigating the troops. We reserve that for the, you guessed it, politicians.



Well, if they weren't successful it's kinda pointless to bring them up, isn't it? Aside from that, they led the war effort on the battlefield - not in the war rooms in Washington. Again, it's that little bit of difference between policy makers and soldiers.

Who says I ever fit in?

Besides, interrupting an ostentatious and trite two page wad of self indulgent, meaningless rhetoric, that was by far not even worth the time to skim let alone read with an obscure reference to a year old thread that 3 people will even remember is not cool here anymore? Well if thats the case then I have even less of an urge to fit in that I did at the beginning of this abomination of a thread.

In short,

no, youshutup.

Edited, Jun 25th 2006 at 8:29am EDT by xythex