[cripplecreek]

I know a female National Guardsman who went to Afghanistan as some sort of liaison with the idealistic belief that she was going to help the Afghan women. After a year she says “F em”.

They’re just as bad or worse than the men. She said they smiled in her face and happily called her a Christian whore only worthy of death. They counted military personnel and weapons so they could send the kids to run the info to taliban men.

[bboop]

Thanks for posting re the National Guardsman who went to Afghanistan to save the women. That is exactly it - seeing folks as victims just never jibes with Reality.

[EvilCapitalist]

I was in one of my stores on Friday and met a kid 19-20 who told me he was going into the marines. I told him “good for him”, and kill plenty of muslims. He corrected me and told me he would be fighting Taliban. I said what’s the difference.
Before I left I wrote the following words on a piece of paper: Nidal Hassan, Fort Hood, 2009. Naturally he had never heard of Nidal Hassan. I thought he seemed quite naive so I told him to type those words into a computer when he got home. Hopefully I opened his eyes a little before he gets into the marines.

[Madame Dufarge]

When you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains,

and the women come out to cut up what remains,

jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains

and go to your gawd like a soldier.

Rudyard Kipling