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To: Nebr FAL owner
So a Marine sergeant who is awarded the Medal of Honor thinks selling some of the most sophisticated optical weapons sights to the Pakistanis is a bad idea.

The sergeant then states it publicly & you think that is evidence that he is as nutty as a squirrel turd?

I don’t buy it I smell a smear job by a weapons industry powerhouse trying to silence a critic.

I did not address the allegation that this company is selling weapons to Pakistan.

I was specifically addressing the company's stated reasons for not hiring the Marine. These happen to be consistent with a combat-related stress disorder, which is highly believable, given the Marine's background. I am an Army officer; I am trained to look for symptoms of combat injuries (physical and mental), and have encountered Soldiers who suffer from them.

Please keep in mind that I am in no way denigrating the Marine nor belittling his actions that led to his Medal of Honor award. I am concerned that perhaps he needs medical attention.

24 posted on 11/29/2011 4:41:37 PM PST by exDemMom (Now that I've finally accepted that I'm living a bad hair life, I'm more at peace with the world.)
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To: exDemMom

Oh, so the Marine who is an Afghanistan veteran and MOH recipient who objected to BAE selling sophisticated night vision weapon sights to Pakistan which trains and equips the Taliban should be medicated?

A 2-minute risk assessment of crowds produces a red outcome for many situations. Perhaps in your analysis shopping is considered a circle-X objective?

I’ve got news for you: just about everyone who has spent time in a combat zone is aprehensive of crowds. Yet this is something exceptional to you? FYI crowds have been referred to as Mortar Magnets since before the Civil War. Whether in war or psycho-infested societies crowds are the target of murderers.

Reasoning based upon experience, risk and acceptable outcome used to qualify as sound judgement.


33 posted on 12/14/2012 7:04:17 AM PST by Justa
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