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Army Recommends Death for Accused GIs
AP on Yahoo ^ | 9/2/06 | AP

Posted on 09/02/2006 11:42:57 AM PDT by NormsRevenge

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To: BykrBayb

I'm just sorry you missed out on all the fun Freema and I had after you left.


101 posted on 09/02/2006 1:47:29 PM PDT by Tammy8 (Build a Real Border Fence, and secure the border!!!)
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To: freema
Clintonoid holdovers are destroying the military legal system.


Had FDR followed Bill Clinton, Jimmy Doolittle would have been tried and convicted in the press for violating Japanese airspace.

102 posted on 09/02/2006 1:49:02 PM PDT by usmcobra (Beware of Southerners that start rattling of their National Origins, The correct answer is American!)
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To: Tammy8; freema

I read it when I came back. You ladies ROCK!


103 posted on 09/02/2006 1:49:10 PM PDT by BykrBayb ("We will not be silent. We are your bad conscience. The White Rose will give you no rest." Þ)
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To: jrooney

Also, look at the likes of the John Murtha's in the military.
This is making me so d!!! mad I can't type what I realy feel.


104 posted on 09/02/2006 1:49:27 PM PDT by buck61
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To: buck61

How about those Bacitracin Ointment loving John F'in Kerry lovers...they must be high-fiving it big time today.


105 posted on 09/02/2006 1:52:49 PM PDT by jhw61
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To: IronJack
BUTCHERED TO MAKE A DUTCHMAN'S HOLIDAY
by Harry Harbord "Breaker" Morant

In prison cell I sadly sit,
A d__d crest-fallen chappie!
And own to you I feel a bit-
A little bit - unhappy!

It really ain't the place nor time
To reel off rhyming diction -
But yet we'll write a final rhyme
Whilst waiting cru-ci-fixion!

No matter what "end" they decide -
Quick-lime or "b'iling ile," sir?
We'll do our best when crucified
To finish off in style, sir!

But we bequeath a parting tip
For sound advice of such men,
Who come across in transport ship
To polish off the Dutchmen!

If you encounter any Boers
You really must not loot 'em!
And if you wish to leave these shores,
For pity's sake, DON'T SHOOT 'EM!!

And if you'd earn a D.S.O.,
Why every British sinner
Should know the proper way to go
Is: "ASK THE BOER TO DINNER!"

Let's toss a bumper down our throat, -
Before we pass to Heaven,
And toast: "The trim-set petticoat
We leave behind in Devon."

At its end the manuscript is described -
The Last Rhyme and Testament of Tony Lumpkin -

First published in The Bulletin, 19 April 1902.

106 posted on 09/02/2006 1:59:18 PM PDT by quark
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To: BykrBayb

I can't even imagine that there are anti-military- though I surely know better; after all I do remember the Vietnam War...just hard for me to comprehend that we as a country send our young men and women off to fight our battles and then some of us sit at home just waiting for an opportunity to second guess or criticize their actions. At the very least you would think people would be willing to give our military the benefit of a doubt- What truly amazes me is that we still have people willing to join the military and fight for us. For that I am very greatful and I will never judge them in their actions that I know nothing about.

The above is a very nice version of what I am thinking right now. On these threads I have to consider the source of some of this crap that is slung around about the military- IMO it reflects worse on the posters that say it than our military.


107 posted on 09/02/2006 2:00:31 PM PDT by Tammy8 (Build a Real Border Fence, and secure the border!!!)
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To: All

begin sarcasm
Maybe its time the United States starts paying reparations to Al Queda as well?
end sarcasm

If it so happens that these soldiers are suntanned to death I will lose all hope that America can win anything militarily. Its a sad day when our troops sacrifice so much for the good of America and wind up in some cell in Kuwait. Seems to me that these people should be provided the best, not mediocrity and rules of engagement that are so burdensome that death is the outcome whether they fire their gun or not. If they are found guilty and executed it will be a sad day for America.


108 posted on 09/02/2006 2:00:42 PM PDT by barnbarn_2000
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To: All

begin sarcasm
Maybe its time the United States starts paying reparations to Al Queda as well?
end sarcasm

If it so happens that these soldiers are sentenced to death I will lose all hope that America can win anything militarily. Its a sad day when our troops sacrifice so much for the good of America and wind up in some cell in Kuwait. Seems to me that these people should be provided the best, not mediocrity and rules of engagement that are so burdensome that death is the outcome whether they fire their gun or not. If they are found guilty and executed it will be a sad day for America.


109 posted on 09/02/2006 2:03:26 PM PDT by barnbarn_2000
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To: Tammy8
IMO it reflects worse on the posters that say it than our military.

IMO too!

110 posted on 09/02/2006 2:03:36 PM PDT by BykrBayb ("We will not be silent. We are your bad conscience. The White Rose will give you no rest." Þ)
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To: NormsRevenge

give them a slap on the wrist!


111 posted on 09/02/2006 2:06:05 PM PDT by World_Events
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To: World_Events

Welcome to FR!


112 posted on 09/02/2006 2:09:09 PM PDT by jhw61
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To: usmcobra

They're popping out charges like whores pop tricks. And ALL of this started with Murtha's (Joe Blow) mouth.


113 posted on 09/02/2006 2:10:06 PM PDT by freema (Marine FRiend, 1stCuz2xRemoved, Mom, Aunt, Sister, Friend, Wife, Daughter, Niece)
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To: Tammy8

It blows my mind. It's good to see you, too!!


114 posted on 09/02/2006 2:13:09 PM PDT by freema (Marine FRiend, 1stCuz2xRemoved, Mom, Aunt, Sister, Friend, Wife, Daughter, Niece)
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To: NormsRevenge

You bastards do this and you will pronounce the death sentence of America! Back off!!!!!


115 posted on 09/02/2006 2:17:12 PM PDT by RoadTest (- - - for without victory there is no survival. -Winston Churchill)
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To: All

I guess it must be really easy being a pacifist these days...life is just so great for you. Sit back and let the real patriots fight the fight! Honest to God, I am so happy to have my fellow FReepers but come on folks, FReepers took down Dan Rather, the Swifties took down J-f'n-Kerry, what are we going to do now? I feel like I've just been ferried out into Stellwagen Bank full of hundreds of whales and I have to figure how am I going to make it back safely to shore in a canoe!


116 posted on 09/02/2006 2:18:22 PM PDT by jhw61
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To: jrooney
"Paul Hackett made it to major. Go figure that one."

The last Major promotion list included a Captain who lost his weapon during a routine meeting with a Sheikh and another who was convicted of DUI 3 times (something the military doesn't look kindly upon). Promotion rate from Captain to Major is well over 95% and about 99% for 2LT to 1LT and 1LT to CPT. It is tough to imagine who doesn't make the cut.

117 posted on 09/02/2006 2:21:37 PM PDT by Axhandle
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To: NormsRevenge

WTF??? I heared nothing to give me an impression these men are guilty at all!


118 posted on 09/02/2006 2:25:19 PM PDT by eclectic (Liberalism is a mental disorder)
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To: knarf

what possible use is this cluster of words out of AP and into yahoo?"

Playing to public opinion.See how the general population feels about executing soldiers.Show the GP what a bad idea being in Iraq is.


119 posted on 09/02/2006 2:27:25 PM PDT by philetus (Keep doing what you always do and you'll keep getting what you always get.)
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To: jhw61
what are we going to do now?

If you haven't yet done anything, go to post #21 for starters and bring your FRiends!

120 posted on 09/02/2006 2:27:33 PM PDT by freema (Marine FRiend, 1stCuz2xRemoved, Mom, Aunt, Sister, Friend, Wife, Daughter, Niece)
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