Browncoats that served, of know someone in Iraq right now...

POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Friday, June 30, 2006 01:29
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CHRISISALL

Monday, June 26, 2006 2:58 PM

One of my old friends from my Convention and College days is in Iraq as I type. He's been there for a LONG time now. He was supposed to be back already, but oh well.
He's a reservist, and a big comic and sci-fi fan.
Cool and level-headed, a very capable soldier.
He joined many years ago, knowing that he might be sent out on a politically motivated war, which he sees this one as being. But he's a true patriot, and wants to be by his buddies' side, whatever comes.
One of my other friends, much closer to him than I am, talks to him on the cell phone occasionally, and tells me that our friend jokes about the explosions heard in the background. "If I don't feel it, it's just a noise."
I worry that he might be put into a position where he might be forced to disobey orders...I worry that he might be hurt or killed. I hate that tiny, mean minds made it necessary for him to be there.
But there he is, doing his duty. A good man, like most of 'em.

I think he believes that it will all turn out for the best, whatever mistakes are made along the way. He is very Zen about most things. A better man than I on many levels.

Just throwin' it out there for any who are interested, or any who think liberals are cowards who won't fight for their country.

Any others have words?

Chrisisall

FUTUREMRSFILLION

Monday, June 26, 2006 3:01 PM

Never served myself, but all the men and some of the women in my family have. I have a nephew overe there right now. He is 18 years old. He spends his days searching out IED's. Not exactly what I think he should be doing. I pray (and believe me God has apoplexy when he hears me) that he and all the people with him make it home.

I am against the war - but my thoughts and prayers are always with those who serve.

I often wish people like that beatch Ann Coulter would put their "money where their mouth is",so to speak, and don a uniform.

TRISTAN

Monday, June 26, 2006 3:11 PM

Thank you for sharing, Chrisisall.
I try to thank every military person I meet for doing what they do. I know my words don't really mean all that much, but if you have the chance to, please thank your friend from me for doing what he is doing.
My belief is to support them and thank them for their service. They always deserve our respect.

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SIGNYM

Monday, June 26, 2006 4:17 PM

deadlock victim my *ss!

SIGNYM

Monday, June 26, 2006 4:18 PM

I know several- mostly people that I work with. We took up a collection for them to make up for the shortfall of what they weren't getting. Thanks to a buddy who was in the first Gulf war (gee, why do we always have wars in that region? I'm sure it has nothing to do with oil) he told us what a soldier would really appreciate: a Game Boy, several packs of cards, some cigarettes, a lot of wet wipes, some really tasty food, and thoughts from home.

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Don't piss in my face and tell me it's raining.

GEEZER

Tuesday, June 27, 2006 1:50 AM

May your friend make it home safely.

"Keep the Shiny side up"

CHRISISALL

Tuesday, June 27, 2006 1:54 PM

Hey, thanks, Geez, and to all of them...

Chrisisall

HERO

Tuesday, June 27, 2006 2:16 PM

I echo the sentiments of support. However:

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
I worry that he might be put into a position where he might be forced to disobey orders

This is a real problem. I mean then minute they get off the plane they are forced to kill and eat an Iraqi child (with BBQ sauce)...so he's probably already lost. I'm just glad he's joined the one organization in the world where disobeying orders is encouraged in an envirolment of open democratic cooperation.

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Just throwin' it out there for any who are interested, or any who think liberals are cowards who won't fight for their country.

Not all liberals are cowards. I suspect that the proportion of coward/non-coward is not related to political affiliation.

I'm reading a book and in the current chapter the flaming bleeding heart liberals just commited an act of great courage bordering on a leap of faith in their cause and their ability to create a new world of peace, equality, and harmony with the enviroment. Its merely their stupidity and failure to recognize reality that is causing them to be slaughtered without mercy by the uneducated savages they were trying to help.

Thats liberalism. Getting slaughtered in the name of progress.

H

CHRISISALL

Tuesday, June 27, 2006 2:28 PM

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Originally posted by Hero:
I mean then minute they get off the plane they are forced to kill and eat an Iraqi child

You know what I mean; you get ordered to fire into a group of unarmed peeps, or to 'interrogate' a prisoner a little too aggressively- but that's not the point of your post, and I'm through trying to be nice to you. You've chosen your path, and it's one that leaves humanity by the wayside in favour of righteous brutality.
Sod off.

Chrisisall

HERO

Tuesday, June 27, 2006 2:43 PM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
You know what I mean; you get ordered to fire into a group of unarmed peeps,

and you refuse or hesitate to consider the moral implications of what you are doing and in that time the unarmed civilians are revealed to in fact be human shields for a suicide bomber or perhaps a group of insurrgents pretending to be unarmed civilians in the hopes of getting close enough to grab a live American so they can practice their head chopping skills on TV.

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or to 'interrogate' a prisoner a little too aggressively

a prisoner who may know the location of the nuclear bomb in downtown Los Angelos...sometimes we all need to ask ourselves 'what would Jack Bauer do?'

H

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