A Thread To Honor Our Military In Iraq

[babylonDon]

Originally Posted by Kanadesaga

U.S. deploys more than 43,000 unfit for combat

By Gregg Zoroya, USA TODAY

WASHINGTON — More than 43,000 U.S. troops listed as medically unfit for combat in the weeks before their scheduled deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan since 2003 were sent anyway, Pentagon records show.
This reliance on troops found medically "non-deployable" is another sign of stress placed on a military that has sent 1.6 million servicemembers to the war zones, soldier advocacy groups say.


Another example of our morally bankrupt, criminally motivated adminstration!!

I heard this today.

Where are our cheerleaders now? Our misty eyed patriots, hearts swollen with pride as Audie Murphy storms the beach?

This is an abomination. Why can't we make them stop this?

[Kanadesaga]

Originally Posted by babylonDon

I heard this today.

Where are our cheerleaders now? Our misty eyed patriots, hearts swollen with pride as Audie Murphy storms the beach?

This is an abomination. Why can't we make them stop this?

because the military is stretched so thin without the "medically incapable" they couldn't pull off this crime of the millennium. does anyone still believe this war was for anything but oil?


and don't expect any answer from the tighty rightys. They'll just ignore it for a few days and try to forget. Or worse, they'll rationalize it with such bullshit as; "if they couldn't so it, they wouldn't send them" or my favorite, "This is war and alll stops have to be pulled". Unless that stop is making the rich pay more taxes. Well then, that's just too much to bear. AFTER ALL THEY'RE ONLY PROFITTING FROM THIS WAR.

[bornright]

Originally Posted by JeffinCO

Yes Tic, but -

a) consider the original author and intent of the thread.

and...
b) Frankly, man I think it's a PERFECT place for it. Like a criminal being forced to face his victims. The neo-cons who pound the podium are the ones who need to see the bodies coming home. .....every fucking one of them.

Actually the purpose of the thread was to honor the military personal by telling of honorable deeds that they have performed in Iraq. I did not bring the politics in as I felt it would take away from their service in Iraq.

With a thread to honor the military personnel in Iraq I am suprised that any of the liberals would want to post on it. I did expect some would deny some of the heroic feats that many of these soldiers have done.

I have seen the bodies and I like the soldiers that fight this war realize that they have a purpose in Iraq inspite of the media and liberals such as you guys. These soldiers volunteer to fight their country's battles and should be honored for their sacrifices in time, family, and in some cases life itself. That is the bottom line. Make politics if you wish.

[Kanadesaga]

Originally Posted by bornright

Actually the purpose of the thread was to honor the military personal by telling of honorable deeds that they have performed in Iraq. I did not bring the politics in as I felt it would take away from their service in Iraq.

the purpose of this thread was to counteract mine. You failed.

With a thread to honor the military personnel in Iraq I am suprised that any of the liberals would want to post on it. I did expect some would deny some of the heroic feats that many of these soldiers have done.

We honor the soldiers, not their retard-in-chief. You bend over to service his agenda.

I have seen the bodies and I like the soldiers that fight this war realize that they have a purpose in Iraq inspite of the media and liberals such as you guys. These soldiers volunteer to fight their country's battles and should be honored for their sacrifices in time, family, and in some cases life itself. That is the bottom line. Make politics if you wish.

Oh, cut the shit! You're nothing more than a hide-in-the-basement patriot. Stepping on the bodies of the dead to further YOUR political agenda. you disgust me.

[JeffinCO]

Originally Posted by bornright

Actually the purpose of the thread was to honor the military personal by telling of honorable deeds that they have performed in Iraq. I did not bring the politics in as I felt it would take away from their service in Iraq.

With a thread to honor the military personnel in Iraq I am suprised that any of the liberals would want to post on it. I did expect some would deny some of the heroic feats that many of these soldiers have done.

I have seen the bodies and I like the soldiers that fight this war realize that they have a purpose in Iraq inspite of the media and liberals such as you guys. These soldiers volunteer to fight their country's battles and should be honored for their sacrifices in time, family, and in some cases life itself. That is the bottom line. Make politics if you wish.

Yep here I am. A motor-sport loving, hunter / liberal.
Pigeon hole someone else, Rush. Doesn't work with me.

and ...So have you honored their sacrifices in time, family and life?
Do any va issues apply to this criteria? How about the GI bill? I would think thats pretty relevant to your soap box. ....oh, too political.

... As I understand it, you want to point out heroism while ignoring REASON.

[bornright]

Originally Posted by JeffinCO

Yep here I am. A motor-sport loving, hunter / liberal.
Pigeon hole someone else, Rush. Doesn't work with me.

and ...So have you honored their sacrifices in time, family and life?
Do any va issues apply to this criteria? How about the GI bill? I would think thats pretty relevant to your soap box. ....oh, too political.

... As I understand it, you want to point out heroism while ignoring REASON.

I explained to you why I started this thread. Perhaps the debate of whether the Iraq war is justified or not could have been better suited on another thread. The truth is you and Kanadesaga just can't bear the though of a soldier performing a heroic deed.

The soldiers in Iraq want all the people of America to respect them and their sacrifices but they will survive just as we from the Vietnam war did. They will one day realize that the spoiled liberals in America really don't matter anyway as they accomplish nothing. The liberals just resent everything without being for nothing.

[BillCosby]

... As I understand it, you want to point out heroism while ignoring REASON.

ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!

[babylonDon]

Originally Posted by bornright

I explained to you why I started this thread. Perhaps the debate of whether the Iraq war is justified or not could have been better suited on another thread. The truth is you and Kanadesaga just can't bear the though of a soldier performing a heroic deed.

The soldiers in Iraq want all the people of America to respect them and their sacrifices but they will survive just as we from the Vietnam war did. They will one day realize that the spoiled liberals in America really don't matter anyway as they accomplish nothing. The liberals just resent everything without being for nothing.

Are you having a tantrum?

You sound like a child.

Maybe the soldiers in Iraq will come home one day and help fight the Obama rioters. At least the ones who aren't killed or crippled.

[Kanadesaga]

What I find very curious is a man who purports to be a vet and a cop, who starts a thread to honor those in service, hasn't posted an article about the bravery and good our soldiers are doing in months. Have they stopped doing good works? No. Has the media totally ignored these stories? No. Or have you not the committment to follow through on your own stated purpose of honoring the troops? Most likely.

I continue to post the DoD Press Releases. Not because I am happy at their death, far from it, I grieve for the families left behind. But because I am committed to knowing their names. It is the least I owe them. To acknowledge their life and their sacrifice is the least any of us owe them. You blame everyone for not honoring the troops but who truly is at fault, the criminals bush and cheney.

General Sanchez just released a book. He was telling bush in 2003 about a growing insurgency, why did the retard wait 3 1/2 years to finally address it with "the Surge"? How many soldiers would be alive if steps had been taken to protect them? Steps your fucking president chose NOT to take!

You are blind to the truth by your hatred of those you label "liberal", as if it were an epithet. You owe your very lifestyle to the Liberals. If not for liberals you'd be working 12 hour days, 7 days a week, for pennies, with no breaks. Schools would still be segregated, (I presume you regret that day), and faulty products that maimed and killed would have no redress. So you should thank your god there are Liberals. and we're nice enough to include all, even you, in our search for a better way.

[JeffinCO]

Originally Posted by bornright

Actually the purpose of the thread was to honor the military personal by telling of honorable deeds that they have performed in Iraq. I did not bring the politics in as I felt it would take away from their service in Iraq.

So you want to talk about Audie Murphie, but not about the Nazis.

You want to talk about Rosa Parks, but not about Racism.

Every day we ask these men and women to go over there and RISK EVERYTHING. ....but in order to honor them, we cant talk about the reasons why.
...as if these things are mutually exclusive.
...come ON, man!

These boundaries of etiquete you describe are the sort that one might employ if one were at a funeral. (Obviously it would be inappropriate to talk politics there).

...so I guess thats really it, huh. A funeral thread?

....In that case so be it, perhaps I SHOULD take my rantings about returning troops and their health, and that divisive GI bill, and the VA, etc, etc elsewhere.

Originally Posted by bornright

With a thread to honor the military personnel in Iraq I am suprised that any of the liberals would want to post on it.

Yeah, it's not like you were using it to call out the EVIL liberal scourge that lurks around here.

Originally Posted by bornright

I did expect some would deny some of the heroic feats that many of these soldiers have done.

on the other hand.....

Originally Posted by bornright

I have seen the bodies and I like the soldiers that fight this war realize that they have a purpose in Iraq inspite of the media and liberals such as you guys.

...well, except for the ones who did their duty bravely, then come home and speak out about it.

Originally Posted by bornright

These soldiers volunteer to fight their country's battles and should be honored for their sacrifices in time, family, and in some cases life itself. That is the bottom line.

We agree on something!

Originally Posted by bornright

Make politics if you wish.

Politics = military decisions = brave troops.