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Originally posted by Pyros
As far as I am concerned, he should be strung up by his heels. How bout the men back in his original unit in Iraq? What if one of them gets killed because this chicken-shyte dirtbag is off back in the states parading around in front of the cameras spouting off about a "evil war"?
You sign on the dotted line...you do your damn duty. No one made you sign up.
The fact of the matter is that war is not only Hell, but it is hard and uncomfortable. To me it smells like slacking.
If this schmuck is a conscientious objector, he should have never joined in the first place.
Originally posted by COOL HAND
ECK:
Why don't you tell us when the last time it was they executed someone for desertion.
If I were you I would say "use the mighty google search," but since I am not you I will tell you. It was in WWII. Need more info than that?
That is what we call antiquated. Don't worry. I didn't expect you to know what that means.
What is there to understand, you made the claim that Bush did worse than this guy in a time of war, now you agree that there was no war declared.
Again, semantics. What Bush did was far worse. First, his father used his connections to get him a plum assignment that more qualified men were in line for. Second, he took the National Guard job to get out of going to Vietnam - where his countryment were daily being maimed and killed - b/c he's a chickenshyte and third, he just walked away - for an entire year.
Keep defending the INDEFENSIBLE.
Originally posted by COOL HAND
Originally posted by Satyr
Originally posted by COOL HAND
Our job involves risks, but in exchange for taking those risks we get to leagally blow things up and shoot guns.
That statement just showed your mentality. I'd say you must be one of those dimmer bulbs.
Well, no I would say that I am not.
I choose to show the lighter side of life in the military since most people do not want to hear about how much the hours suck, how bad it is to be away from your family for months at a time, etc.
Sheesh, you try to bring a little levity here and you get accused of being dim.
Originally posted by Satyr
Yes, but there are so many people in the services who are more than willing to kill people. They're usually the ones who think that way.
Originally posted by COOL HAND
That is what we call antiquated. Don't worry. I didn't expect you to know what that means.
Means you, right?
Yet more childishness. Btw, I'll be 35 this year and I'm proud of it. It's nice to reach a place in life that you realize there is so much in life yet to learn.
I have yet to see proof of how chicken he is. Can you cite some examples for us. After all, he went to visit troops in a war zone, landed on a carrier, etc. Doesn't sound too chicken to me.
One quick trip. Yeah, Bush is a real heeero, alright.
From the article "Ultimate Betrayal" by Howard Zinn
- The quick Thanksgiving visit of Bush to Iraq, much ballyhooed in the press, was seen differently by an army nurse in Landstuhl, Germany, where casualties from the war are treated. She sent out an e-mail: "My 'Bush Thanksgiving' was a little different. I spent it at the hospital taking care of a young West Point lieutenant wounded in Iraq. . . . When he pressed his fists into his eyes and rocked his head back and forth he looked like a little boy. They all do, all nineteen on the ward that day, some missing limbs, eyes, or worse. . . . It's too bad Bush didn't add us to his holiday agenda. The men said the same, but you'll never read that in the paper."
www.progressive.org...
Originally posted by COOL HAND
Since Bush got away with it, so should Mejia.
Originally posted by COOL HAND
Originally posted by Satyr
Yes, but there are so many people in the services who are more than willing to kill people. They're usually the ones who think that way.
Really, I have yet to meet them. Have you
That is what exactly happens among all areas of our Society under any type of institution. Those who are in power are basically those who remain immune from the laws. I think all these ruling elite people don't really care about everyone else, which is why I like to refer to them as a Cabal. They control every area of Society, from the oil cartel, banking and finance, health sectors, defence industries, and the police. Because they control all these, they control everybody that relies on these areas of society. Think about the CIA and their involvement with SRA and how nobody wants to help those who experience it, because the authorities are involved themselves. A Cabal I tell you.
Originally posted by EastCoastKid
Ya gotta love it. Resident George W. Bush went AWOL for a year back in '72 - in a time of war and was never held accountable for that.
See what happens when you're not the son of a wealthy government official and you go AWOL during a war? That's what really happens - to regular folks. Those born into privelege are not held to the same standard as the rest.
It's complete Bu#!
[Edited on 19-09-2003 by EastCoastKid]
That is what exactly happens among all areas of our Society under any type of institution. Those who are in power are basically those who remain immune from the laws. I think all these ruling elite people don't really care about everyone else, which is why I like to refer to them as a Cabal. They control every area of Society, from the oil cartel, banking and finance, health sectors, defence industries, and the police. Because they control all these, they control everybody that relies on these areas of society. Think about the CIA and their involvement with SRA and how nobody wants to help those who experience it, because the authorities are involved themselves. A Cabal I tell you.
Originally posted by IMMORTAL