Posted on 10/24/2002 10:18:49 PM PDT by xzins
Both you guys have serious trouble with reading comprehension. I was indicating a desire to know, if he had connections to Islamic terrorist organizations. I never said anything about understanding. Get some new eyewear and check out my post at RE:#33. Then shut up already.
My money is still on his inherent decency.
Thus, he'd better pound the !&#@ out of them soon.
Nam Vet
They are just Islemmings, racing for a cliff, and are too stupid to see it.
We are very indulgent in the West, but if our neighbor's nasy terrier keeps running out and biting our ankle, sooner or later we will drop kick that mutt into tomorrow.
Wirestripper.......12d40 Combat Engineer, Expert M-14,16 and grenade (and now apparently a trained sniper as well!)
Who woulda thunk it!
It's not likely that he is Al Qaeda. He may or may not be a "wannabe". But he clearly is a loser, sociopathic killer. Apparently not as sophisticated as we thought. Just lucky. You give him too much credit to call him a terrorist, he's just a crazy serial killer killing for sport.
As he spent most of his life as a soldier and his army training explains his shooting abiltiy to most non-military citizens, it is not an unusual descriptor. As for your feeling that it is a slur against the army, well thats your supersensitive interpretation.
You overlooked the preferred solution....
WE KILL THEM.
Semper Fi
The part that I find even more hilarious, OF COURSE HE IS QUALIFIED AT SOME LEVEL ON A RIFLE!!! He was in the F*(&!ng Army!!!! He better KNOW how to use a rifle.
For Pete's sake, I made expert more times than I can count on range..It got so old, my buddies and I used to go to the e-club the night prior to see who could get the most plowed and still shoot expert the next day. I know, bad example, but nonetheless, I still hold multiple award expert badges (hey, you never know when the enemy is going to throw Guiness at ya! )
This conflict we've been engaged in, with Islamic fundamentalists, has lasted now for some 23 years, ever since the Iranian Revolution of 1979. This latest round of terror attacks against America, will only further fuel the fire against Islam and Muslim's in general. A quick look back.
Iran Hostage Crisis, November 4, 1979 Bombing of U.S. Embassy in Beirut, April 18, 1983 Bombing of Marine Barracks, Beirut, October 23, 1983 TWA Hijacking, June 14, 1985 Berlin Discotheque Bombing, April 5, 1986 Naples USO Attack, April 14, 1988 Lockerbe Pan Am 103 Bombing, December 21, 1988 U.S. Embassy Bombed in Peru, January 15, 1990 World Trade Center Bombing, February 26, 1993 Attempted Assassination of President Bush by Iraqi Agents, April 14, 1993 Attack on U.S. Diplomats in Pakistan, March 8, 1995 Khobar Towers Bombing, June 25, 1996 U.S. Embassy Bombings in East Africa, August 7, 1998 Attack on U.S.S. Cole, October 12, 2000 Terrorist Attacks on U.S. Homeland, September 11, 2001 Beheading of Daniel Pearl, passover massacre in Israel.
" Crazed Democrat Sniper Captured!!"? Priceless!.
Nam Vet
Sometimes they bangalor a fence.
They are combat support. But being expert with an m16 is good but not great....about 25-33% do it.
Exactly! It's no big deal. Just some crap on your class As that everyone else has.
That's just the recent history.
I can still remember right after 9-11, when President Bush called the military action in Afhganistan, a crusade. That really seemed to piss off everyone. I thought it was great.
But yes, it is a combat support role. No doubt about it.( especially nice when we got the hot coffee and showers) LOL!
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