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WANNABE SOLDIERS
New York Post ^
| 3/31/02
| John Ringo
Posted on 03/31/2002 3:42:54 AM PST by JAWs
Edited on 05/26/2004 5:05:31 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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John Ringo is a former paratrooper and is a science fiction author. His novel
A Hymn Before Battle is by Baen.
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posted on
03/31/2002 3:42:54 AM PST
by
JAWs
To: JAWs
Anybody who's ever gone through Basic Training would know that standing in the middle of the street during a firefight is not exactly the best way to stay alive. But Ringo is right, the idiot did look cool, until he got blown away.
To: JAWs
and they clearly enjoy their workI pretty much guarantee that they understand that they need to do their job, but they do not "enjoy" doing it. Anyone who has been in combat will tell you the same. (All wannabes will tell you that they love combat - the hallmark statement of a neverbeenthere).
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posted on
03/31/2002 3:51:25 AM PST
by
SBeck
To: SBeck
Some soldiers, especially the elite units, always seem to be itching to go to war.
Some of the vets here on FR say they'd love to get back into combat (SOME, not all).
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posted on
03/31/2002 3:53:40 AM PST
by
xm177e2
To: JAWs
Wannabees in training:
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posted on
03/31/2002 3:54:06 AM PST
by
TomGuy
To: JAWs
Good read! And good point. After being around the IDF a bit and the Pali's a bit it is very much the barbarians vs civilization. The Jews don't celebrate death, or talk loud about it, they hate it. A good solder does not want to kill, he has to kill. I have a lot of respect for the IDF, always treated me with dignity. A whole lot better than the LAPD...
To: JAWs
Picture #2
Cue Queen: We are the champions.
Mr. Mercury: "...another one bites the dust, and another one gone and another one gone, another one bites the dust..."
5.56mm
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posted on
03/31/2002 3:58:33 AM PST
by
M Kehoe
To: ABG(anybody but Gore)
This article and the photos of the schmuck in the kaffiyah should be an object lesson used by every DI during basic training.
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posted on
03/31/2002 4:03:05 AM PST
by
JAWs
To: JAWs
Cheesy American action movies are immensely popular in the third world. Has anyone ever seen Rambo aim a gun? I haven't. My guess is that explains why OSB needed to expend so many resources on terrorist training camps. The punks need to unlearn everything they've seen on the screen.
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posted on
03/31/2002 4:03:11 AM PST
by
stiga bey
To: stiga bey
Okay, the new guy is acting like an idiot already. I meant OBL. Acronym-challenged.
To: JAWs
Another interesting discussion yesterday was that the schmuck in the green OD's looks like a Chechnya terrorist, not Palestinian. Birds of an Islamic feather flock together. I wonder how many OBL pukes have joined the Jewish holidays?
To: SBeck
" I pretty much guarantee that they understand that they need to do their job, but they do not "enjoy" doing it. Anyone who has been in combat will tell you the same. (All wannabes will tell you that they love combat - the hallmark statement of a neverbeenthere)."
Amen Bro
Nam Vet
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posted on
03/31/2002 4:09:53 AM PST
by
Nam Vet
To: JAWs
Bump
To: TomGuy
Many Thanks for the photos. I'm passing them on to the liberal friends who believe that the hatred rests with Jews.
To: stiga bey
Why were you lost in lurkdom before the upgrade?
To: SBeck
But I WOULD join this fight. In a heartbeat. Not for the fun, for the just cause.
Nam Vet
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posted on
03/31/2002 4:14:01 AM PST
by
Nam Vet
To: TomGuy
Annan: "
These are our future New World Order (we hope)"![](http://focusonjerusalem.com/annan.jpg)
![](http://www.idf.il/idf_in_pictures/images/2000/november/1nov00_4.jpg)
To: stiga bey
LOL, a typo doesn't make you an idiot. You'll see PLENTY of idiots around here, insulting, baiting, using ad hominem attacks, ignoring clear rebutals to their posts, tossing verbal 'hand grenades' simply to inflame the emotions of others, and your ever-present garden-variety disruptor. You just need to use the "Preview" window for a few more seconds.
Welcome to FR!
(And don't let the whining about the new format scare you off... it'll pass after a few days)
To: Teacher317
and "rebutals" shoulda/woulda/coulda been "rebuttals". =^)
To: American in Israel
We dont fire our weapons on auto in the Israeli army always single shot, the soldiers in question are paratroopers judging by there red boots probably 'Shaked' The pic of the palis looks staged to me if the guy was taken down it would have been a chest shot {it's the largest target, also a 5.56 anywhere in this area would kill} if he was shot by a designated marksman using an A3 {Israeli M16 varient} this has a round with a steel penetrator and more grains, quite powerfull. All in all judging by the lack of any real wound and blood I think this picture is a staged fake.
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posted on
03/31/2002 4:22:52 AM PST
by
Duvdevan
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