Our soldiers in Iraq aren't heroes (But Andy Rooney is! (not))

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[Fledermaus]

When is someone going to put one between this a-hole's eyes?

[Mo1]

There is a special place in hell for Rooney

What an a$$

[Mo1]

I can not believe what I just read..

Disgusting isn't it

[armyboy]

Andy Rooney poll:
1. Harmless old coot.
2. Menace to society.
3. Freakish waste of cabon.
Vote for one or all. Feel free to add your own.

If I posted my opinion of Rooney, I'd be in violation of a decency code.
but the postable version is Rooney is a F|_|<K!/\/G A$$hole!

[vikingchick]

I've read that on Saturn, really bushy eyebrows are indicative of demonic possession.

[MeekOneGOP]

Thanks, TGYC ! Copying your post/link so we can Freep the creep, Andy Rooney.

Our soldiers in Iraq aren't heroes
(But Andy Rooney is! (not))

OK FReepers, let Andy Rooney have it!
Just click on link to fill out a compaint form.

File a complaint against Andy Rooney

Please let me know if you want ON or OFF my General Interest ping list!. . .don't be shy.

[MeekOneGOP]

When is this creep gonna retire ?? He's been on TV
FOREVER, and has always been an old grouch !

I hope CBS gets FLOODED with complaints !!

[Coop]

That's the plan. It's cover fire for a weak RAT candidate who can't campaign on his own. And we're all falling for it.

We're "falling" for it? Are you presuming that we're not able to do more than one thing at a time? And are you balancing this "plan" against the risk that it truly fires up President Bush's base, plus pushes independents turned off by negative attacks over to his camp?

[Coop]

but even they were questioning me on Easter whether going into Iraq was a good idea, due to all the recent trouble in Fallujah, etc. Their favorable opinion of President Bush is slipping... *sigh*

So don't let it slip. Too busy for FR? Then send them selected E-mail articles, or print them out and mail 'em over. :-)

[Coop]

Excellent letter. I hope you sent that to Mr. Rooney, as well as to the Buffalo News and a few other newspapers for their Letters to the Editor sections.

[Coop]

Yesterday evening I sent this Rooney filth out via E-mail to a very large personal distribution list (which I use only infrequently). The response to this filth was the largest and most passionate I've seen in years. Even a Dem friend said it ruined his evening, and that he planned to write 60 Minutes. I hope he followed through on that.

[samtheman]

We're "falling" for it? Are you presuming that we're not able to do more than one thing at a time?

I take it back. You're right.

[Coop]

With each day that goes by, I become more and more fired up to see the President get re-elected - not only because I feel his Administration will truly fight this terrorist threat, but also because his defeat would in essence reward these unAmerican, hate-filled, hippies and Dem politicians. Our troops deserve so much better, and they need to see us on the home front fighting for them and their families.

[Steel Wolf]

Well, Mr. Rooney, since you asked.

1. Do you think your country did the right thing sending you into Iraq?

Yes.

2. Are you doing what America set out to do to make Iraq a democracy, or have we failed so badly that we should pack up and get out before more of you are killed?

America set out to remove Saddam Hussein from power, overthrow his government, inspect his country for WMD, and set up a republic (not a democracy) in place of the old Baathist thugocracy. We have done or are doing all those things. Leaving so soon, and with so much at stake, would simply set the stage for much worse down the line. It's far too early in the surgery to give up on the patient.

3. Do the orders you get handed down from one headquarters to another, all far removed from the fighting, seem sensible, or do you think our highest command is out of touch with the reality of your situation?

They seem sensible enough. Anyone who's set foot in Iraq knows that this place is a vipers nest of factions, tribes, and competing powers. The job of the 'high command' is to find a way to keep order, repair the country's physical and political infrastructure, and do so in a professional, timely, and careful manner. They may not be serving me breakfast in bed, or 'feeling my pain' but they are doing their job.

4. If you could have a medal or a trip home, which would you take?

I'd take a medal that reflected my actions, and a trip home when the mission is over.

5. Are you encouraged by all the talk back home about how brave you are and how everyone supports you?

Yes, the support is noted and appreciated. (The talk about bravery is speculation on their part, of course. I could spend all day cowering in a concrete bunker for all they know.) I suspect you asked the question like that to imply a certain level of 'brainwashing' from the public motivates us to fight more bravely.

Sneaky, sneaky, Mr. Rooney. In fact, all five of your questions seem a tad biased. Hinting at something, are we?

Our soldiers in Iraq are people, young men and women, and they behave like people - sometimes good and sometimes bad, sometimes brave, sometimes fearful. It's disingenuous of the rest of us to encourage them to fight this war by idolizing them.

Who was it that once said 'Show me a hero and I'll write you a tragedy?'. Few soldiers would actually call themselves 'heroes', but fewer still are perfect human beings. Some of the greatest heroes in history were scared silly on numerous occasions, but did the job anyway. Others were plagued by personal demons, but still tried to do the right thing when it counted.

A relatively small number are professional soldiers. During the last few years, when millions of jobs disappeared, many young people, desperate for some income, enlisted in the Army. About 40 percent of our soldiers in Iraq enlisted in the National Guard or the Army Reserve to pick up some extra money and never thought they'd be called on to fight. They want to come home.

Please report to supply immediately and sign for some Kleenex. While you're waiting in line, read over the enlistment contract you voluntarily signed, or recite the Oath of Enlistment you voluntarily took.

One indication that not all soldiers in Iraq are happy warriors is the report recently released by the Army showing that 23 of them committed suicide there last year. This is a dismaying figure. If 22 young men and one woman killed themselves because they couldn't take it, think how many more are desperately unhappy but unwilling to die.

23 our of how many? Care to check that number against a normal year of peacetime among a similar number of troops? It's not wildly different.

We must support our soldiers in Iraq because it's our fault they're risking their lives there. However, we should not bestow the mantle of heroism on all of them for simply being where we sent them. Most are victims, not heroes.

Now we're talking! What kind of compensation are we talking here, Mr. Rooney. I'm feeling kind of victimized myself, and I think that a little recompense is in order. Are we talking more pay per month, or a lump sum?

As far as the 'mantle of heroism', that's in the eye of the beholder. One man's hero is another man's overpaid crybaby athlete.

Choosing your hero, is like choosing to enlist. It's entirely up to you.

[Peter J. Huss]

Outstanding Private Pyle! We finally found something you're good at!

[Conspiracy Guy]

Done. The little troll needs to sit down and shut up.

[an amused spectator]

5. oxygen thief

I really, really liked that one. :-)

[txradioguy]

Just when I thought Andy Rooney couldn't get anymore disgusting, he slaps me and my fellow soldiers, of whom some gave their life, right in the face. This tripe from him is dusgusting.

[Fawnn]

Andy Rooney poll:
1. Harmless old coot.
2. Menace to society.
3. Freakish waste of carbon.
4. Living proof of everything that is wrong with the "Lame stream Media".
5. Oxygen thief.
6. Pious old fart
7. Off his Hormone Replacement Therapy
8. Waste of wrinkled old liver-spotted skin.
9. Poltroon.
10. Neither clever nor cute..
11. Cockroach!....
12. Anti-American turd
13. Old windbag
14. Traitor
15. Cialis reaction lasting for longer than 4 hours duration sufferer

[kellynla]

Thanks Coop,
This piece of garbage by Rooney made me physically ill yesterday. The Orange County Register published pictures of the KIA Marines and some of their widows and orphans in the Sunday paper and to have Rooney insult them and all veterans is an outrage!
I hope you and others will call the newspapers I listed and CBS and read them the "riot act." This BS cannot be tolerated any more!

It was bad enough during the Viet Nam war years that the people who voted for JFK and LBJ spat on and cursed the veterans but to have to put up with this again is just inexcusable.

Either these whining liberals are going to support those who are fighting and dying daily to protect their liberty or they need TO GET THE HELL OUT OF AMERICA! PERIOD!

Semper Fi,
Kelly