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Marine's Excellent Letter: "Blunders" are Part of War
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| 10/20/04
| U.S. Marine in Iraq
Posted on 10/20/2004 3:13:55 AM PDT by Timeout
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To: Timeout
Correct. It was always my understanding that anything in a uniform of the United States was 100% under the purview of the United States taxpayer. What can or should a soldier do or say while in uniform or while in the PAY of the taxpayers of the United States of America. Even here where I work, I cannot breach the conflict of interest rules, unless I want to start looking for another job. Of course this leads us right back to the current question of Kerry's excessively indulged misdeeds after he returned from Vietnam. That man IS a criminal and I don't know how he has stayed out of jail to this point.
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posted on
10/20/2004 4:55:43 AM PDT
by
SMARTY
('Stay together, pay the soldiers, forget everything else." Lucius Septimus Severus, to his sons)
To: SMARTY
How has he stayed out of jail?
Other than outright spying for another country, can you name the last time an American was prosecuted for treason? I'm no expert, but I suspect it's been a long, long time.
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posted on
10/20/2004 4:59:00 AM PDT
by
Timeout
(Bush isn't trying to shrink the SUPPLY of gov't. He wants to shrink the DEMAND for gov't.)
To: Timeout
Those sentiments have been expressed by some here on FR, and by people who served, no less. Very depressing.
There needs to be some very highly publicized courts martial, dishonorable discharges, and jail time. After the election.
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posted on
10/20/2004 5:05:34 AM PDT
by
Iwo Jima
To: HitmanNY; Timeout
I am a civillian, but I would add that blunders are part of LIFE, too!I'm just glad my PBP (Personal Blunder Percentage) is around the 30% range mentioned in the piece. :o)
GREAT post!
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posted on
10/20/2004 5:06:53 AM PDT
by
arasina
(So there.)
To: Iwo Jima
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posted on
10/20/2004 5:07:03 AM PDT
by
Timeout
(Bush isn't trying to shrink the SUPPLY of gov't. He wants to shrink the DEMAND for gov't.)
To: Timeout
Well, wasn't there recently an officer, a general I think, who said what he shouldn't have about Islam? I guess, if you challenge the holy cow of Liberal humanitarian indignation, then your butt WILL be fried.
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posted on
10/20/2004 5:07:39 AM PDT
by
SMARTY
('Stay together, pay the soldiers, forget everything else." Lucius Septimus Severus, to his sons)
To: Timeout
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posted on
10/20/2004 5:08:33 AM PDT
by
roaddog727
(The marginal propensity to save is 1 minus the marginal propensity to consume.)
To: Timeout
Political Correctness does not win wars. Fighting men do that. If one never does anything, they make no mistakes.
Example Kerry's 20 years in the senate.Kerry is a 20/20 hindsighter!!!!!!!
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posted on
10/20/2004 5:33:41 AM PDT
by
Jarhead1957
(Semper Fi)
To: brityank
Kerry knows full well the results of his actions and I am not shy to tell the truth: JfK your name is TRAITOR. A TRAITOR in every sense of the word! He should be and will be punished.
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posted on
10/20/2004 5:39:00 AM PDT
by
iopscusa
(El Vaquero)
To: Timeout
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posted on
10/20/2004 6:14:32 AM PDT
by
spodefly
(I've posted nothing but BTTT over 1000 times!!!)
To: Timeout
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posted on
10/20/2004 6:21:26 AM PDT
by
jimt
To: jimt; spodefly
Thanks for the bumps!
This is what my dad would have called a "swell letter".
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posted on
10/20/2004 6:36:01 AM PDT
by
Timeout
(Bush isn't trying to shrink the SUPPLY of gov't. He wants to shrink the DEMAND for gov't.)
To: brityank
"Kerry knows exactly what he did in Paris, and those further actions he has taken over the years in Washington. With Kerry we are well on our way to pre-1066 Britain, with the Landed Gentry controlling the Serfs -- and you know where he and his ilk and we who oppose them stand in that scenario."
Man, have you got Kerry pegged!!
BTTT
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posted on
10/20/2004 7:32:47 AM PDT
by
international american
(Support our troops!! Send Kerry back to Bedlam,Massachusetts!!)
To: brityank
pre-1066 Britain, with the Landed Gentry controlling the Serfs Except these serfs are armed to the teeth.
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posted on
10/20/2004 8:47:26 AM PDT
by
11Bush
To: 11Bush
Ever wonder why the 'Rats are so in love with "gun control"?
To: Timeout
I wish every TV host could be armed with that statement every time Wesley Clarke shows up to berate our soldiers for making "mistakes" in the fog of war. There are a few Keryboard Kommandos hereabouts who could learn something from the Marine who wrote this letter.
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posted on
10/20/2004 9:19:06 AM PDT
by
r9etb
To: ArrogantBustard
No wonder at all. The only way to get me to live on my knees is to remove my ability to defend myself. Won't happen, period.
Molon Labe!
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posted on
10/20/2004 9:36:30 AM PDT
by
11Bush
To: Timeout
"War is a series of catastrophes that result in victory."
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posted on
10/20/2004 9:37:09 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(It's sad that the news media treats Michael Jackson better than our military.)
To: Timeout
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posted on
10/20/2004 9:59:00 AM PDT
by
jjames001
(Hillary...? Hitler...? Hitlery...? sKerry is a perfect leader for the DemonRats, fits right in!)
To: cateizgr8
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posted on
10/20/2004 12:35:11 PM PDT
by
wingnutx
(tanstaafl)
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