You think I am objecting for humanitarian reason. Let me clue you in: I don't give a rat's hind-end that these prisoner's got badly handled and might have had their feelings hurt.
It's not about those prisoners. It's about us.
This is a Civilization War and this sort of dicking about only hinders that.
I've looked at your profile page. You like things that "go bang".
You ever serve?
Or are you just another one of the arm-chair commandos gloating over this?
Every Vet or service person *I* have talked to ( and i've talked to a bunch this week) is infuriated over what these idiots did. Our military is SUPPOSED to be more professional than this, and 98 % of it IS. These clowns just peed on that.
Then there's the "being in the field" ramifications, both for our troops and for any civilians on the ground.
What happened at the prison complicates things ENOURMOUSLY and will have both tactical and strategic fall-out. ( I feel really bad for that last American who got grabbed... that person is likely to suffer MORE and for a longer time because of these antics) There's going to be more of OUR GUYS dead because these idiots didn't have enough to do.
Then there is the honor, pride and dignity of our military and the fact that what these morons did reflects on them ALL, and they are P.O.'d about it.
England is going to be lucky if she lives long enough to get courted. It's entirely possible that she might have an "accident".
This is a Civilization War and this sort of dicking about only hinders that You're half right - it is a civilization war, or WWIII (or IV, according to your cold-war preferences). It hasn't properly kicked in yet, but it will. At that point, any chatboard outrage will be irrelevant.
I've looked at your profile page. You like things that "go bang".
Oh yeah. Love them. Can punch holes in things at speeds you wouldn't believe :)).
Or are you just another one of the arm-chair commandos gloating over this?
Armchair general, please. And I'm not gloating, just trying to get people to stop and get an e**ing grip.
What happened at the prison complicates things ENOURMOUSLY
No. The media handling complicates things. The screaming from the left complicates things. The right falling straight into syncopation with the media, the Arabs and the left complicates things.
England is going to be lucky if she lives long enough to get courted. It's entirely possible that she might have an "accident".
So, based on your conversations with your military friends, there's a death threat against England? Am I understanding you correctly?
I don't think we have more to discuss, really.