Veteran Vs. Veteran: A Visit to Washington

re: Veteran Vs. Veteran: A Visit to Washington

Chapalody — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:05:34 GMT

I do see history repeating itself. John Kerry did the same thing in attacking his comrades, his leaders, and this country. Whats the reward for doing so. Well, John Kerry has his picture hanging on the wall of the Hanoi Museum honoring him for speaking out against his country. The communist says Kerry made a great contribution to the war effect of the Communist. Where I was stationed, those who didn't want to fight, didn't have to. They just sat outside motor pool playing checkers and soaking up the sun. They were in uniform, yet they complained this wasn't their war. No one wanted someone they couldn't trust them with in the field anyway. With an attitude like that, you can't trust that person to have your back. When the military newspapers visited our base, who were the first one's to speak to the media. Those who sat outside of motor pool who claimed this wasn't their war. They had a lot of stories to tell from a sitting position while playing checkers. According to these checker players they saw it all. They knew everything that was happening. They had all the answers on how to fight the war, what we were doing wrong, and why it's our fault the enemy hates us so much. It's amazing how much you can learn playing checkers every day.

re: Veteran Vs. Veteran: A Visit to Washington

Gabe KCMO — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:20:20 GMT

Great Post Chapalody. All the armchair quarterbacks these days are sitting in the comfort of the suburbs or on the Hill in Washington. This is an all volunteer army. Those that join know of the possibility that they could be sent to fight. My brother wasn't even with a unit that was slated to deploy, yet put in for a transfer to go. That's heroism if you ask me. If you don't agree with the war, that's your right, however, as a member of an all volunteer army, there should be no reason to make a big deal out of something you signed on to do.

re: Veteran Vs. Veteran: A Visit to Washington

C. MacLean — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:15:43 GMT

It is one thing to volunteer to defend one's country. It's another thing entirely to know of atrocities and say nothing. That includes both atrocities committed by US soldiers, and atrocities committed against our soldiers. Both types of atrocities need to be talked about, and people who need to talk about them the most are those who have been there.

The true test of loyalty is not to blindly follow, no questions asked lemmings and sheep do this, not Americans. True loyalty to something you believe in demands examination, questions, and honest evaluation; otherwise, how can things improve?

As an officer in the Army Nurse Corps, I took an oath - the same oath the president of the United States takes, by the way - which says in part that I will uphold the Constitution of the United States. In too many instances, our Constitution has not been upheld in this war, and any soldier of conscience (like Admiral Fallon) has a duty to speak out.

As Americans, we have a duty to listen.

re: Veteran Vs. Veteran: A Visit to Washington

RemyMartin — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 04:37:20 GMT

What's pathetic is that the US military is accepting CONVICTED rapists, murders, drug addicts, thieves, etc to fill its "Wonderful", "100% Hero" ranks. Then in BLANTANTLY OBVIOUS US military fashion tries to DENY that its ranks are rife with criminal trash committing HORRIFIC, GRUESOME MURDERS in the same country where the US military says it is creating a UTOPIA.

In fact as impossible as it may seem to ANYONE with even an ounce of justice in their body NOT ONE of the murdering scum in our US military charged to date has been convicted of murder in ANY degree...PATHETIC for America.

In Desert Scam I bush sr true propagandist that he was unjustly labeled all returning US troops "heroes" for a "war" he concocted, and which was conducted in hours. Calling ANYONE "hero" who was returning from a "war" where the "enemy" was ALWAYS shot in the back whilst RUNNING AWAY is at best a slap in the face, to the MILLIONS of humble but REAL American heroes who fought and died fighting a REAL ADVERSARY and a REAL THREAT to American freedom in the Second World War. You're NOT a hero just because bush jr aka Ol' Gutless calls you that, you're just EASY to CON. NOT something you should really brag about LOL!

Desert Scam II was initiated by george jr to 1) Protect Israel from Sadaam paid bombers, 2) To claim the second largest oil fields in the world for bush's coporate masters the oil companies, and 3) To guarantee a pathetic one term president a second term