You're 100% right.
The only ones who POed me when I was down range (15 months) were jerks like this reporter who is trying to sell some deranged perception of his personal reality.
If you go out from the premise that something is a certain way, you can find data, witnesses, or other pieces to prove nearly anything.
Here's reality for him. Reenlistment is not bad. Over 75% of the military voted for Bush. We made our recruiting goal again. After announcing to the world that we didn't make it for some time they won't report on the fact that we are back on track again and made the quota. I guess good news is no story for the NYTs? But sure, our young, inner-city minority soldiers, who all feel disenfranchised and smoke pot and have sex with local woman are fed up by a pointless war that is fought for some interests (oil) and led by incompetent officers and abusive NCOs. Did I miss a stereotype? I wasn’t able to stuff jungle, drafted, average age 19, and fragging in there (sorry). All he did was to dig for some new dirt that really isn’t new. The same old liberal slanted “force fed” crap.
Red6
Thank you for your service.
Here's reality for him. Reenlistment is not bad. Over 75% of the military voted for Bush. We made our recruiting goal again. After announcing to the world that we didn't make it for some time they won't report on the fact that we are back on track again and made the quota. I guess good news is no story for the NYTs?
I'm sure they reported that recruitment was back on track, I just must have missed it. Uh huh.
But sure, our young, inner-city minority soldiers, who all feel disenfranchised and smoke pot and have sex with local woman are fed up by a pointless war that is fought for some interests (oil) and led by incompetent officers and abusive NCOs. Did I miss a stereotype?
LOL It's amazing how the libs, who are supposed to be so anti-discriminatory, are the ones who trade in cultural stereotyping ALL THE TIME. Meanwhile in my 40 years on this planet I have found more conservatives in the blue collar jobs I've had, coming from the most "diverse" group you could imagine--of course I'm using the NYT version of diversity, which is skin color. Amazing how the libs are all for diversity of skin color but not of thought, as in my experience veterans of the American military I've known over the years are a lot more diverse thought-wise than the NYT editorial offices.
I wasn’t able to stuff jungle, drafted, average age 19, and fragging in there (sorry). All he did was to dig for some new dirt that really isn’t new. The same old liberal slanted “force fed” crap.
I guess since Jason Blair (sp) isn't around to invent new crap for them they have to go back to the old reliables.