TRAITORS! (Letter from USMarine in Iraq)

anti idiotarian ^ | August 03, 2003 | Imperial Sgt. Naviguesser, USMC

[MoJo2001]

Canteen Ping! Thanks for posting this dennisw!

[mystery-ak]

I loved this...I hope the author is for real...he sounds like my hubby...except mine uses a few more *choice* words...LOL

[GOP_1900AD]

Bump.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Bumpin' for later. The parts I've read......HOLY COW!

[dennisw]

Poor guy ... going by his first sentence he's going to be real unhappy the Jim Beam company had a huge fire at it's warehouses today. One million gallons of the good stuff ...killed in the raging inferno

[demlosers]

Cool read bump!

[mystery-ak]

Im glad it's not the Jack Daniels plant...that would send my hubby over the edge.

[fatima]

Bump.

[Nebr FAL owner]

HOOOORRAAAAY & SEMPER-FI

[skr]

Donks, I like that. What amazing people we have over there. May God bring them all back over here safely. And may all their hard work not be in vain.

[mystery-ak]

btw...the first and last time I asked Mike(hubby) how hot it is, he said, *Im living on the f---ing sun, what do you think*.....LOL

[caspera]

Tommy. By Rudyard Kipling, 1892

I went into a public- 'ouse to get a pint o' beer,
The publican 'e up an sez, "We serve no red-coats here."
The girls behind the bar they laughed an' giggled fit to die,
I outs into the street again an' to myself sez I:

O it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy go away";
But it's "Thank you, Mister Atkins," when the band begins to play-
The band begins to play, my boys, the band begins to play,
O it's "Thank you Mr Atkins," when the band begins to play.

I went into a theatre as sober as could be,
They gave a drunk civilian roo, but 'adn't none for me;
They sent me to the gallery or round the music-'alls,
But when it comes to fighting', Lord! They'll shove me in the stalls!

For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy wait outside";
But it's "Special train for Atkins," when the trooper's on the tide-
The troopship's on the tide, my boys, the troopship's on the tide,
O it's "Special train for Atkins," when the trooper's on the tide.

Yes, makin' mock o' uniforms that guard you while you sleep
Is cheaper than them uniforms, an' they're starvation cheap;
An' hustlin' drunken soldiers when they're goin' large a bit
Is five times better business than paradin' in full kit.

Then it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy 'ow's yer soul?"
But it's "Thin red line of 'eroes" when the drums begin to roll-
The drums begin to roll, my boys, the drums begin to roll,
O it's " Thin red line of 'eroes," when the drums begin to roll.

We aren't no thin red 'eroes, nor we aren't no blackguards too,
But single men in barricks, most remarkable like you;
An' if sometimes our conduck isn't all your fancy paints,
Why single men in barricks don't grow into plaster saints;

While it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy fall be'ind,"
But it's "Please to walk in front, sir," when there's trouble in the wind-
There's trouble in the wind, my boys, there's trouble in the wind,
O it's "Please to walk in front, sir," when there's trouble in the wind.

You talk o' better food for us, an' schools, an' fires, an' all:
We'll wait for extry rations if you treat us rational.
Don't mess about the cook-room slops, but prove it to our face
The Widow's Uniform is not the soldier-man's disgrace.

For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Chuck 'im out, the brute!"
But it's "Saviour of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot;
An' it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' anything you please;
An' Tommy ain't a bloomin' fool - you bet that Tommy sees!

[Angel]

Wow, if this is for real it's great. It's obvious this man has been watching the news (he even knows about CA recall) and he's mad! Wouldn't it be great if excerpts were published nationally?

[workerbee]

Some reporters (Arnett and Fisk come to mind with little effort) never bothered with accuracy or truth, and became the Iraqi Information Ministry’s propaganda whores. Those weren’t sweat stains on Arnett’s shirt in front of the cameras. It wasn’t milk, either.

Whoa.

[McGavin999]

What a worthy rant!

[MJY1288]

This was absolutely SPOT ON, This guy should write the next State of the Union address to the Nation

Thanks for posting this, It's great to know our troops know we are behind them, you made my day

[Soaring Feather]

Thank you for posting this article and MoJo for the ping.

[Paulus Invictus]

I suggest that this be sent to every Senator, Representative and burocrat in the land. Then, send it to every media outlet you can. The liberals will not print it, you can be sure, but perhaps it might make a few of them stop and think, who knows?

[FreedomCalls]

I have my doubts about the authenticity of this. It contains nothing one could not have learned from TV, in fact it quotes what is on the nightly TV news here in America. It contains no little details that make something like this read true. I reviewed it again and I'm pretty sure the person who wrote this is nowhere near Iraq.