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Defense Secretary Suggests Civilians Are 'Pussies' For Sitting On The Sidelines
Newsweek ^
| August 16, 2017
| Harriet Sinclair
Posted on 08/22/2017 4:03:28 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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And?
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Totally agree: all those so-called men who avoided serving their country in one of the services - particularly when their country needed them in wartime - are useless.
I served from 1965 to 1969 as an enlisted Marine and it was maddening to come home to see twits - able-bodied twits - standing around while we did all the hard stuff for our country. Or worse yet, making idiots of themselves, pretending they were "conscientious objectors" or carrying the enemy's flag.
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posted on
08/22/2017 4:09:17 AM PDT
by
Chainmail
(A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
And Newspeak's misinterpretation of Mattis' comments is wrong and an attempt to smear him and to smear the Trump administration.
Newspeak is your enemy; they are leftists. They lie all the time, about everything.
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posted on
08/22/2017 4:09:44 AM PDT
by
NorthMountain
(The Democrats ... have lost their grip on reality -DJT)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Yep - so many who have never served want to criticize those who have served/do serve - and do some armchair quarterbacking about strategy around the messy world that Clinton/Bush/Obama left.....
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posted on
08/22/2017 4:11:38 AM PDT
by
trebb
(Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
IMO it would have been more fitting for him to focus on the “pussies” already in the Armed Forces.I'm taking about the ones allowed in by our former Community Organizer-In-Chief.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
"Then there's one thing you men will be able to say when this war is over and you get back home. Thirty years from now when you're sitting by your fireside with your grandson on your knee and he asks, 'What did you do in the great World War Two?' You won't have to cough and say,
'Well, your granddaddy shoveled shit in Louisiana.' No sir, you can look him straight in the eye and say 'Son, your granddaddy rode with the great Third Army and a son-of-a-goddamned-bitch named George Patton!':
Speech to the 3rd Army Gen. George Patton
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posted on
08/22/2017 4:12:36 AM PDT
by
mazda77
To: Chainmail
Thank you for your service.
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posted on
08/22/2017 4:12:38 AM PDT
by
caver
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Because Mattis' dreams of a New World Order require far fewer young white American men.
Now it is not good for the Christian's health to hustle the Aryan brown,
For the Christian riles, and the Aryan smiles and he weareth the Christian down;
And the end of the fight is a tombstone white with the name of the late deceased,
And the epitaph drear: "A Fool lies here who tried to hustle the East."
- Rudyard Kipling, 'The Naulahka'
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posted on
08/22/2017 4:14:48 AM PDT
by
jjotto
("Ya could look it up!")
To: 2ndDivisionVet
We all knew that was coming. Everyone is the same and none are outstanding or exceptional or brave.
When I first heard that Mad Dog said it, I immediately was reminded of the President of the PGA, Ted Bishop, WHO WAS FIRED for tweeting that Ian Poulter was squealing like a little school girl during recess. End of his job just like that because he broke a political correctness rule.
But there is a lot of distance between what Ted Bishop did and Mattis. I don't think this is going to gain traction.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
all animals are equal
some animals are more equal than others
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posted on
08/22/2017 4:16:43 AM PDT
by
vooch
(America First Drain the Swamp)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
B.S. Trying to drive a wedge into Trump supporters. Do not believe it.
To: Chainmail
As a vet I’d say that was a bit self serving.
To: Buckeye Battle Cry
I’d be surprised if a Marine didn’t talk like that.
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posted on
08/22/2017 4:20:23 AM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
To: jjotto
So every American flag officer who has ever served is part of the “New World Order” scheme as far as you’re concerned?
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posted on
08/22/2017 4:22:39 AM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
He hit a Mark. Look at the squeeling schoolgirls upset that he said this.
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posted on
08/22/2017 4:26:11 AM PDT
by
MrEdd
(Caveat Emptor)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
And the pussies at Newsweak are offended...
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I’m fine with it :)
Tried to enlist at 33 after 9/11. At 240 pounds they said come back when you lose enough. In my weakness, I couldn’t get to the required weight.
I boxed for a number of years in my late teens and 20s.
And I’ve always thought if you haven’t boxed and you are watching a boxing match you are watching something you can’t possibly fully understand unless you’ve boxed. EVERY punch hurts!! :)
Not an insult. Just the truth.
What Mattis said was the truth.
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posted on
08/22/2017 4:30:35 AM PDT
by
dp0622
(The Left should know that if Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
To: dp0622
And YES. Cardio boxing is for faggots :)
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posted on
08/22/2017 4:31:34 AM PDT
by
dp0622
(The Left should know that if Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
The Cold War was forced on the USA in the aftermath of WW2. It was not the choice of America or the US military. With the breakup of the Soviet Union, a lot of things changed.
Any flag officer that won’t say ‘Islamic terrorism’ is serving the politically correct New World Order, regardless of other fine qualities. There are warrior heroes on every side in any war, but that tells us nothing about their views of the future.
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posted on
08/22/2017 4:31:35 AM PDT
by
jjotto
("Ya could look it up!")
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Doe Mattis cut Trump slack because he went to military school?
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posted on
08/22/2017 4:32:34 AM PDT
by
Night Hides Not
(Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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