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Former Marine removed from Iraq, criticized for telling the truth
The Coach's Team ^ | 2/11/17 | Suzanne Eovaldi

Posted on 02/11/2017 9:02:01 AM PST by Oldpuppymax

When Steven Gern--a ten year veteran of the Marine Corps working in Iraq--put up a video telling Americans what average members of the local population in Iraq really thought about the USA, not only did the video garner 8 million views, within hours he was airlifted out of his work zone into Baghdad by private plane because his boss was concerned about the numerous death threats which had been made against him. The former marine was the only passenger on the plane.

YouTube initially took down Gern’s video for "violating YouTube's Policy on hate speech." Imagine that! We've come to the point in America's curse of political correctness that makes it impossible for an individual to tell the truth to his own countrymen without facing censorship, banishment and work related sanctions. Gern was given only thirty minutes to pack a bag and get on a waiting private plane, already in takeoff mode, for his flight to Baghdad.

But now, Steven Gern is even more resolved to reveal the truth about what is going on in one of the seven banned countries affected by President Trump's EO. "What would happen if I went in town…out of the compound?," Gern asked locals who were yelling and screaming about the travel vetting process. They gave him a chilling, four step outline of what he would undoubtedly face; namely he would be "snatched up, tortured, KILLED WITHIN ONE HOUR, probably by beheading." His murder, by the very people he and all Americans have been trying to help for many years, would "be filmed for everyone to see." For his honesty and courage, Steven Gern now faces employment sanctions and other attacks. But he made a second video—this one during his forced getaway flight--in which he tells viewers...

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TOPICS: Government; Religion; Society
KEYWORDS: gern; military; muslims; stevengern
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1 posted on 02/11/2017 9:02:01 AM PST by Oldpuppymax
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To: Oldpuppymax

Love the guy. He should be hired to be Secretary DeVos bodyguard. No one would dare come close to her


2 posted on 02/11/2017 9:06:42 AM PST by McGavin999
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To: McGavin999

BTW the kids would not be scared of him. I have alway found great big intimidating warrior types usually have soft hearts that kids can spot a mile away


3 posted on 02/11/2017 9:08:53 AM PST by McGavin999
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To: Oldpuppymax

I saw that video a couple days ago. Sure made us sit up and take notice.


4 posted on 02/11/2017 9:11:31 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (“Great spirits have always encountered opposition from mediocre minds." A. Einstein)
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To: McGavin999

As a child, and now as a woman, I’ve always felt most safe around large men like this.


5 posted on 02/11/2017 9:18:43 AM PST by BykrBayb (Lung cancer free since 11/9/07. Colon cancer free since 7/7/15. Obama free since 1/20/17. PTL ~ Þ)
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To: Oldpuppymax

Telling the truth about muslims and Islam is becoming a crime in Canada and many European countries.

We must never allow that to happen here or we may as well just kneel down and bare our necks now.


6 posted on 02/11/2017 9:26:14 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Oldpuppymax

Yep.

Other nations compete with us.

They compete economically and politically and theologically.

I expect that.

That’s the nature of the world.

What I don’t understand is the Americans aiding and abetting these other countries.

Sure, some Americans are being paid to be traitors, but what is the desired outcome for them?

Someone else takes us over?

The first thing they would do is to murder everyone who had been a traitor to their country.

Who could trust them?

And the kids just barely grew out of Goldilocks so they think socialism/communism will work.

They’re just naive big mouths.

But who are these people screeching and desperately grabbing government vehicles?

What is their excuse for their behavior?


7 posted on 02/11/2017 9:26:57 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Oldpuppymax

Later


8 posted on 02/11/2017 9:28:02 AM PST by gaijin
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To: Oldpuppymax

It’s not necessarily true that all Iraqis feel this way.


9 posted on 02/11/2017 9:29:06 AM PST by Crucial
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To: Oldpuppymax

Nothing is more loathed by a liberal or a muslim than the truth.


10 posted on 02/11/2017 9:29:13 AM PST by null and void (Trump's critics have evolved from expecting Trump to be Hitler to preferring it.)
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To: Oldpuppymax

President Trump?...


11 posted on 02/11/2017 9:29:15 AM PST by onedoug
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To: McGavin999

> BTW the kids would not be scared of him. <

I like your bodyguard suggestion. I saw the video of DeVos being blocked from entering at DC school. It wasn’t kids who were trying to stop her. It was a group of fascist leftists.

In Texas there’s a saying. If you’ve got one riot, send in one Ranger. Apply the same idea here, with Gern being the Ranger in this case.


12 posted on 02/11/2017 9:31:22 AM PST by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: Crucial
Agreed, there might be a dozen or so who like us. Kurds and Yazidis, no doubt.

Although there are doubtless many muslims who will, under the doctrine of al taqiyya, assure you they absolutely adore you. While sharpening their scimitars...

13 posted on 02/11/2017 9:36:03 AM PST by null and void (Trump's critics have evolved from expecting Trump to be Hitler to preferring it.)
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To: McGavin999

I have been saying this for years, people dont get it. Or don’t want to get it. When some of my guys were held hostage, the state department was worthless, they had to escape on there own and race across the desert. Pitiful!


14 posted on 02/11/2017 9:41:07 AM PST by D Rider
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To: Leaning Right

I grew up with the saying, “Send in the Marines.” VERY Appropriate in this case.


15 posted on 02/11/2017 9:56:15 AM PST by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: Oldpuppymax

No such thing as a FORMER Marine. Once a Marine, always a Marine. USMC Retired


16 posted on 02/11/2017 9:57:59 AM PST by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Telling the truth about muslims and Islam is becoming a crime in Canada and many European countries. We must never allow that to happen here or we may as well just kneel down and bare our necks now.

It's already happened here. Just not in a criminal sense. Many people have lost jobs for telling the truth about that so called religion. The left has successfully associated any speech critical of Muslims taboo.

Bin Laden must be dancing in hell.

17 posted on 02/11/2017 10:09:08 AM PST by phoneman08 (qwiyrqweopigradfdzcm,.dadfjl,dz)
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To: BykrBayb

Me too.


18 posted on 02/11/2017 10:29:27 AM PST by Jean2
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To: Oldpuppymax

U-tube...nations protector of the first amendment....BS.


19 posted on 02/11/2017 10:30:12 AM PST by Hunterb
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To: Oldpuppymax
When he asked what would happen to him as an American mingling in the general population in Iraq being told he would be snatched up and murdered, he asked the Iraqis:

"If you would do this to me in your country, why would I let you in my country? Because all this means to me is that if you had the opportunity to take the life of an American, you would do it."

20 posted on 02/11/2017 10:31:23 AM PST by rlmorel (Orwell described Liberals when he wrote of those who "repudiate morality while laying claim to it.")
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