Yeah, he said he was an "artillery scout" whatever the heck that is. One things for sure, he was part of the don't ask don't tell platoon.
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Posted on 06/18/2006 9:27:28 PM PDT by infoguy
Liberal blogger Markos Moulitsas ("Daily Kos") appeared on CNN's Reliable Sources this morning (Sunday, June 18, 2006). Host Howard Kurtz asked Kos about a comment he made on his blog a couple of years back. In April 2004, in a thread about the coverage of the brutal murders of four Americans in Fallujah, Kos posted a comment in which he wrote (bold mine), "I feel nothing over the death of merceneries. They aren't in Iraq because of orders, or because they are there trying to help the people make Iraq a better place. They are there to wage war for profit. Screw them."
In part, here's how Kos responded to Kurtz. Video is at Expose the Left.
KOS: ... [I]n a way it’s funny that they have not updated their talking points in two years. And so they want to keep resurrecting an old quote. There’s nothing I can do about it. What I can do is I can say the fact is the reason, the context for that quote, was solidarity with my brothers and sisters in arms, Marines and soldiers. I wore combat boots. I served during the first Gulf war. And people are making a choice between private armies and mercenaries. I make my choice. I stand behind our men and women in uniform, and I’m not going to apologize for that. But they’re going to keep resurrecting that, and that’s fine. That’s what they do ...
Kos' remarks that "I wore combat boots" and "I served during the first Gulf war" may have led some viewers to believe that he was sent to the Middle East during the conflict. He was not. His period of service occurred during the same time as the first Gulf war, but Kos himself stated in an article earlier this year that he "missed deploying to the Gulf War by a hair." Moulitsas proudly served in the Army from 1989 to 1992, and his service and sacrifice should be commended.
Hopefully this post will be helpful to those CNN viewers who may have misinterpreted Kos' words.
It can be a multi-purpose phrase, much the same way derivatives of the F-bomb are so useful.
It is.
>>>Timothy McVeigh served "during the Gulf War" as well, and he was a POS too.<<<
> Actually, McVeigh served in the Gulf War and was awarded
> the Bronze Star. Personally, I served during the Vietnam
> War, but never served in the war zone.
That's what I said. McVeigh served "during the Gulf War" just like Kos (except that McVeigh was in a war zone), and they're both POS. What's our disagreement?
"It can be a multi-purpose phrase, much the same way derivatives of the F-bomb are so useful."
Such as the following:
"Mother kos blogger"
"What a kos blogging idiot"
"What the kos blogger was that?!"
I think that you may be on to something here...
That would be like me saying "I remember what it was like to carry live bombs over Iraq....of course I never dropped any."
It just had a certain ring to it.
"It just had a certain ring to it."
It certainly does! I think that I shall use it in place of other "colourful" words and word combinations. If I drop something on my foot, then I can yell "kos blogger!" When Alan Colmes says something amazingly stupid, then I can exlaim, "Kos blogger! Were you born that stupid or did your momma put paint chips in your oatmeal?"
This gut doesn't seem to even understand the meaning of "mercenaries"......they are soldiers for hire......NOT employees of contractors hired to rebuild the place, as were the 4 who were hung dead and mutilated on the bridge.
Of the 4 contractors whose deaths Kos applauded, all four had served in the United States' armed forces. Their names were Michael Teague, Scott Helvenston, Jerry Zovko and Wesley Batalona.
With regard to Michael Teague, he was a 12-year Army veteran who earned a Bronze Star for service in Afghanistan and also served in Panama and Grenada.
With regard to Helvenston, he enlisted in the Navy at age 17 and then became the youngest-ever graduate of SEAL training. He spent the next 12 years as a SEAL.
With regard to Batalona, he joined the Army in 1974 and took part in the 1989 invasion of Panama, the first Gulf War and the 1993 humanitarian mission to Somalia.
With regard to Zovko, he joined the Army in 1991 at age 19. was a member of the 82nd Airborne Division.
Given Kos' stated respect for people who have served in the United States' armed forces, one wonders how Kos could have possibly made the comments that he did about these veterans? Hopefully someone like Howard Kurtz will ask him about this discrepancy.
Could a guy that is 5' 6" tall and weighs 111 pounds even get into the Army?
Don't forget Jim McDermott. REMFs all.
did you forward that info to Kurtz? he was duped and should be aware of it.
Don't you just love it when Rush pretends to not know how to pronounce Kos, and says "K-oss", as in Chaos. I believe he does that just to tweak them, because it probably drives them crazier.
Leni
I almost served in the Viet Nam War
You know that is the maximum weight chart, right? Not that being over this limit would prevent you from serving if the military thinks they can whip you into shape.
There is no practical minimum if you can do the physical stuff. A lot of the light infantry guys are downright wiry -- slight builds but they can go forever.
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