WANNABE SOLDIERS

New York Post ^ | 3/31/02 | John Ringo

[JAWs]

THIS is a story about Wannabes - you know, people who "want to be" something special and unique. There are SEAL wannabes and Green Beret wannabes. The Palestinians are soldier wannabes.

They have several pictures of dead Palestinian terrorists, at least one of which is a "before and after."

[JAWs]

John Ringo is a former paratrooper and is a science fiction author. His novel A Hymn Before Battle is by Baen.

[ABG(anybody but Gore)]

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.

[SBeck]

and they clearly enjoy their work

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).

[xm177e2]

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).

[TomGuy]

Wannabees in training:

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[American in Israel]

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...

[M Kehoe]

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

[JAWs]

This article and the photos of the schmuck in the kaffiyah should be an object lesson used by every DI during basic training.

[stiga bey]

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.

[stiga bey]

Okay, the new guy is acting like an idiot already. I meant OBL. Acronym-challenged.

[American in Israel]

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?

[Nam Vet]

" 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

[Fiddlstix]

Bump

[gortklattu]

Many Thanks for the photos. I'm passing them on to the liberal friends who believe that the hatred rests with Jews.

[American in Israel]

Why were you lost in lurkdom before the upgrade?

[Nam Vet]

But I WOULD join this fight. In a heartbeat. Not for the fun, for the just cause.

Nam Vet

[Diogenesis]

Annan: "These are our future New World Order (we hope)"

[Teacher317]

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)

[Teacher317]

and "rebutals" shoulda/woulda/coulda been "rebuttals". =^)

[Duvdevan]

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.