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lord_casek
04-08-2008, 07:48 PM
and they got down on obamas pastor?

McCain ‘Very Honored’ By Support Of Pastor Preaching ‘End-Time Confrontation With Iran’ (http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/28/hagee-mccain-endorsement/)»


http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/28/hagee-mccain-endorsement/

i'm aware of the left leaning website that is think progress. i'm also all about getting mccain
out the damn race.

shai hulud
04-08-2008, 09:48 PM
I doubt any of the Republicans who would vote for McCain are capable of rational or logical thought 90% of the time.

ILOTSMYBRAIN
04-08-2008, 11:56 PM
100 years, guys.

MY ROTTING LIVER
04-09-2008, 02:47 AM
"The United States must join Israel in a pre-emptive military strike against Iran to fulfill God’s plan for both Israel and the West… a biblically prophesied end-time confrontation with Iran, which will lead to the Rapture, Tribulation, and Second Coming of Christ."

lord_casek
04-09-2008, 02:50 AM
"The United States must join Israel in a pre-emptive military strike against Iran to fulfill God’s plan for both Israel and the West… a biblically prophesied end-time confrontation with Iran, which will lead to the Rapture, Tribulation, and Second Coming of Christ."

yes, that is what i'm speaking of. while hagee isn't his real pastor (look that guy up, it's even better than this quote above), he is still a lunatic.
if mccain gets out of the race for anything, i'd rather it be for the keeting 5 shit or for his wife being convicted of drug smuggling.....but whatever works...ron paul 2008!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_parsley#cite_note-2

btw: i think i should note that i clearly support what obamas pastor said. about aids, about 9/11, everything.

Purple Mushroom
04-09-2008, 04:54 AM
i'm aware of the left leaning website that is think progress



What We're About
What We're Fighting For

Social and Economic Justice (for white people)

Healthy Communities (Gates to keep out minorities)

Global Leadership (US business hegemony)

A Secure America (because fuck the rest of the world is our motto)

What We're Fighting Against

Corrupt Establishment (business is not in favour of corruption)

Incompetent Establishment (you are in power instead of us)

Braindead Media (bad mouthing our interests)

Radical Right-Wing Agenda (killing people for jesus instead of money)

Yeah it is a big hippy love fest...

lord_casek
04-09-2008, 05:04 AM
What We're About
What We're Fighting For

Social and Economic Justice (for white people)

Healthy Communities (Gates to keep out minorities)

Global Leadership (US business hegemony)

A Secure America (because fuck the rest of the world is our motto)

What We're Fighting Against

Corrupt Establishment (business is not in favour of corruption)

Incompetent Establishment (you are in power instead of us)

Braindead Media (bad mouthing our interests)

Radical Right-Wing Agenda (killing people for jesus instead of money)

Yeah it is a big hippy love fest...

these days i lump dems and repubs in together mostly. some stand out from the crowd, most don't.

lord_casek
04-09-2008, 07:16 PM
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/08/new-book-mccain-once-phys_n_95595.html

publicenemyno.3
04-09-2008, 08:33 PM
That said, the episode fits into McCain's history of similarly explosive behavior. As Washingtonian magazine documented (and Schecter notes in the book), McCain once "scuffled" with the Senate's then oldest member, Strom Thurmond, during a Senate Armed Service Committee hearing in January 1995. Three years later, the Associated Press article reported that McCain dropped F-Bombs on at least three fellow Republicans.

"I'm calling you a f------ jerk!" he once retorted to Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley.

And in a opinion piece last year on Salon.com, Sidney Blumenthal, now an adviser to Sen. Hillary Clinton, wrote that McCain once told Sen. Ted Kennedy to "shut up" on the Senate Floor, referred to a fellow Republican as a "shit head" and offered a downright vicious and doubly-offensive joke in 1998 Republican fundraiser about then first daughter Chelsea Clinton


lol

lord_casek
04-09-2008, 09:28 PM
That said, the episode fits into McCain's history of similarly explosive behavior. As Washingtonian magazine documented (and Schecter notes in the book), McCain once "scuffled" with the Senate's then oldest member, Strom Thurmond, during a Senate Armed Service Committee hearing in January 1995. Three years later, the Associated Press article reported that McCain dropped F-Bombs on at least three fellow Republicans.

"I'm calling you a f------ jerk!" he once retorted to Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley.

And in a opinion piece last year on Salon.com, Sidney Blumenthal, now an adviser to Sen. Hillary Clinton, wrote that McCain once told Sen. Ted Kennedy to "shut up" on the Senate Floor, referred to a fellow Republican as a "shit head" and offered a downright vicious and doubly-offensive joke in 1998 Republican fundraiser about then first daughter Chelsea Clinton


lol

just the behavior that should disqualify him from being president.

Theo.Huxtable
04-09-2008, 09:35 PM
I like McCain. I think he's a great American. However, I can't agree with his warmongering stance on Iraq, his decision to invade, and his need to keep troops there indefinitely (til when?).

russell jones
04-09-2008, 09:55 PM
the real story here is that this little tidbit won't hurt McCain as bad as Obama was hurt by his preacher, who was far less inflammatory in his comments.

lord_casek
04-09-2008, 09:56 PM
I like McCain. I think he's a great American. However, I can't agree with his warmongering stance on Iraq, his decision to invade, and his need to keep troops there indefinitely (til when?).


great american? you mean songbird? you mean little johnny mccain who got special treatment at the POW camp because of who his daddy is?

yumone
04-09-2008, 10:50 PM
who the fuck is his daddy? and since when do vietcong give a fuck who's who in america?

Stereotype V.0002
04-10-2008, 01:38 AM
who the fuck is his daddy? and since when do vietcong give a fuck who's who in america?

His dad was an admiral who ran pacific command during the vietnam war.... anyway this is something the ultra far right crowd, the anti immigration (dey steel ar jobs!!) crowd, and various conspiracy theorists love to talk about (as well as saying that the adopted kid he has is really an illegitimate BLACK!!!! child.) In reality mccain deliberately refused early release because of who his father was, and waited his turn to go home just like everyone else there. The POWs who were with him, who survived, all deny any special treatment stories....the fact that he cant raise his arms because from being hung by his thumbs for hours during interrogation is another indicator. The fact that he would be the oldest american president ever upon inauguration, and that he is generally very stubborn and has a temper, are reasons that are apparently not sexy enough to question his viability for the presidency.

Stereotype V.0002
04-10-2008, 01:46 AM
And the only reason that the obligatory endorsements from the various fire and brimstone inbred redneck preachers is a news item is because a few weeks ago all of the conservatives, like rush limbaugh and ann coulter, were saying they would campaign for obama and clinton before they voted for mccain... they hate him because he has wrote legislation with a kennedy and other bipartisan activities (heavily frowned upon), has/used to have a realistic view on immigration, voted against the bush tax cuts (which he now says he supports), and was extremely critical of the handling of the war about a year ago (which is totally ignored today).

MY ROTTING LIVER
04-10-2008, 04:23 AM
You guys are saying McCain is a flip flopper and has exaggerated his experience in Vietnam?
Sounds familiar somehow.

Theo.Huxtable
04-10-2008, 04:38 AM
great american? you mean songbird? you mean little johnny mccain who got special treatment at the POW camp because of who his daddy is?

McCain was beaten to the point that he can't raise his arms all the way up today. They offered to release him because of his dad's admiral status, but he declined. Some POW's got treated worse than him, some better.

Stereotype V.0002
04-10-2008, 04:48 AM
That wasn't what I was saying at all if thats the impression you got, I was saying the opposite. McCain is also the only candidate who has a kid in iraq (or recently returned) as a lower enlisted infantryman. I doubt any other candidate wouldn't be pimping that out to the maximum amount possible, while most people have never heard about it.

lord_casek
04-10-2008, 06:34 AM
i've heard quite a few of his fellow POW's say exactly the opposite about him. saying he was a songbird from the start.

as for the reasons i dislike him: i fully believe he is a songbird, 300 years in iraq (he did say 100 years, then later said 300+), immigration stance isn't very conservative, wife is criminal, keeting five, his commie conservative (neocon) views, etc....there are tons more.

yumone
04-10-2008, 06:46 AM
he sounds alright to me, also from seeing interviews with him both far before and after he declared his candidacy he is able to laugh at himself and the establishment and holds himself well and respectably,

lord_casek
04-10-2008, 08:09 AM
http://www.usvetdsp.com/smith_mc.htm

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=542277&in_page_id=1811

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CazKanlYDg

Theo.Huxtable
04-10-2008, 09:10 PM
i've heard quite a few of his fellow POW's say exactly the opposite about him. saying he was a songbird from the start.

as for the reasons i dislike him: i fully believe he is a songbird, 300 years in iraq (he did say 100 years, then later said 300+), immigration stance isn't very conservative, wife is criminal, keeting five, his commie conservative (neocon) views, etc....there are tons more.


Did he really say 300 years? I just want a source, since you have been known for being the king of misinformation. 300 years in Iraq is older than the entire current existance of the United States itself. 300 years in Iraq is ridiculously far-fetched and unpredictable (we don't know what the world's political/social/economical situation will be like then). Sounds pretty rambunctious to make such a statement.

thecoldmidwest
04-11-2008, 12:32 AM
I like McCain. I think he's a great American.
I can't belive anyone on here would say that, wow.


...anyway, this is old but if you haven't seen it....

McCain: Vladimir Putin is the President of Germany?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5ENwej0fpc

Theo.Huxtable
04-11-2008, 01:30 AM
Yeah everybody on a graff message board aren't anarchist rebels and hippies believe it or not.

Doesn't mean I support his policies, but I respect many aspects about the man. He's a better man that Bush, but unfortunately he'll just repeat Bush's policies.

thecoldmidwest
04-11-2008, 01:41 AM
Yeah everybody on a graff message board aren't anarchist rebels and hippies believe it or not.
What? Who's an anarchist rebel? Who's radical?

It's funny because I see you bash alot of people on here and then you yourself make a crazy ass statement saying McCain is a great american.

I like McCain. I think he's a great American.

LOL

Theo.Huxtable
04-11-2008, 01:56 AM
What? Who's an anarchist rebel? Who's radical?

It's funny because I see you bash alot of people on here and then you yourself make a crazy ass statement saying McCain is a great american.

Who do I bash? People that post here? If that's what you mean, that's a lie. At most, I get into a heated debate with someone where we disagree. But I don't "bash" people here.

If you're referring to people in the media and politicians or whatever, then yeah I do. I've bashed Bush, various Muslim extremists, Hillary Clinton, etc.

Obama also said McCain is a "great American". But Obama doesn't support McCain's policies.

thecoldmidwest
04-11-2008, 02:07 AM
Who do I bash? People that post here? If that's what you mean, that's a lie. At most, I get into a heated debate with someone where we disagree. But I don't "bash" people here.

If you're referring to people in the media and politicians or whatever, then yeah I do. I've bashed Bush, various Muslim extremists, Hillary Clinton, etc.

Obama also said McCain is a "great American". But Obama doesn't support McCain's policies.
Yeah because supporting bombing the hell out of the middle east along with a never ending war against 'terrorism makes you a great american. :D


http://www.radiowins.com/hannity_sean.jpg

Theo.Huxtable
04-11-2008, 02:13 AM
Yeah because supporting bombing the hell out of the middle east along with a never ending war against 'terrorism makes you a great american. :D


I'm talking about his sacrifices in Vietnam, and his loyalty to his country... despite how misguided his recent loyalty may have been. I'm not voting for dude BTW.

yumone
04-11-2008, 02:13 AM
I can't belive anyone on here would say that, wow.


...anyway, this is old but if you haven't seen it....

McCain: Vladimir Putin is the President of Germany?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5ENwej0fpc

hahaha that's pretty funny, he's got a long way to go to be as funny/ridiculously stupid as your current president though

MY ROTTING LIVER
04-11-2008, 03:19 AM
I wanted to look more at this guy and I found this summary funny. Good job McCain:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5193092.stm

His latest book, Jerusalem Countdown: A Warning to the World, interprets the Bible to predict that Russian and Arab armies will invade Israel and be destroyed by God.

This will set up a confrontation over Israel between China and the West, led by the anti-Christ, who will be the head of the European Union, Pastor Hagee writes.

That final battle between East and West - at Armageddon, as the actual Israeli location of Meggido is known in English - will precipitate the second coming of Christ, he concludes.


And if you're interested in getting a Jesus speed internet connection, go here: http://www.jhmonline.com/

thecoldmidwest
04-11-2008, 03:42 AM
I'm talking about his sacrifices in Vietnam, and his loyalty to his country... despite how misguided his recent loyalty may have been. I'm not voting for dude BTW.

He's in a position where if he can get into power he can fuck so much more up than he could ever sacrifice in Vietnam. 100 more years in Iraq, bomb Iran, and who knows what the else. Great American, I can see why you like him.

Stereotype V.0002
04-11-2008, 03:49 AM
Did he really say 300 years? I just want a source, since you have been known for being the king of misinformation. 300 years in Iraq is older than the entire current existance of the United States itself. 300 years in Iraq is ridiculously far-fetched and unpredictable (we don't know what the world's political/social/economical situation will be like then). Sounds pretty rambunctious to make such a statement.

Well I don't know about the 300 year quote, but here is the full 100 year one..

Questioner: President Bush has talked about our staying in Iraq for fifty years…

McCain: Maybe a hundred. Make it one hundred. We’ve been in South Korea, we’ve been in Japan for sixty years. We’ve been in South Korea for fifty years or so. That’d be fine with me as long as Americans are not being injured or harmed or wounded or killed. Then it’s fine with me. I would hope it would be fine with you if we maintain a presence in a very volatile part of the world where Al Qaeda is training, recruiting, equipping and motivating people every single day.

"as long as Americans are not being injured or harmed or wounded or killed" just doesn't have the same ring to it! Funny stuff.

fist 666
04-11-2008, 05:04 AM
yo, fuck all of you downplaying the POW card.
mccain's a real fuckbag, but don't make light of that fact. 'special treatment' or otherwise, dude made some real sacrifice to be there in the first place and most definitely dealt with real shit.

carry on...

MY ROTTING LIVER
04-11-2008, 06:50 AM
But he is a flip flopper though, right?

lord_casek
04-11-2008, 08:06 AM
yo, fuck all of you downplaying the POW card.
mccain's a real fuckbag, but don't make light of that fact. 'special treatment' or otherwise, dude made some real sacrifice to be there in the first place and most definitely dealt with real shit.

carry on...


yes, he volunteered to go into service at a time in our history that wasn't too great...he deserves credit for that, as do all people who serve.

the rest is shit. he's a gun grabber, an arrogant asshole, etc.
theo: i can't find the source of the 300 year quote. he said it, i just can't recall
if it's video or from a magazine article. i'll keep digging.

lord_casek
04-11-2008, 08:08 AM
But he is a flip flopper though, right?

mccain? oh yeah. he's also a gun grabber.

sponsoring that bill that would take guns away from anyone with PTSD.
which is, if you ask modern psychologists, anyone who has seen combat.

yumone
04-11-2008, 08:23 AM
on a side note i find it insufferable the way you insist every person that serves in the military somehow deserves respect for no other reason

lord_casek
04-11-2008, 08:34 AM
on a side note i find it insufferable the way you insist every person that serves in the military somehow deserves respect for no other reason


it's human nature to respect the warrior class. the tribe always holds the warrior class as very high on the proverbial totem.

i find it odd that some people think we are somehow not animals anymore....just because we have neat toys and shave our faces.

silly.


whatever. i don't hate you for your beliefs.

Theo.Huxtable
04-11-2008, 09:02 AM
He's in a position where if he can get into power he can fuck so much more up than he could ever sacrifice in Vietnam. 100 more years in Iraq, bomb Iran, and who knows what the else. Great American, I can see why you like him.

Good for you, but as I said already, I'm speaking of his past bravery, heroic sacrifices, etc.

yumone
04-11-2008, 09:44 AM
it's human nature to respect the warrior class. the tribe always holds the warrior class as very high on the proverbial totem.

i find it odd that some people think we are somehow not animals anymore....just because we have neat toys and shave our faces.

silly.


whatever. i don't hate you for your beliefs.

I don;t hate you for your's either its just such an irrational thing to do.

lord_casek
04-11-2008, 09:59 AM
I don;t hate you for your's either its just such an irrational thing to do.




to respect the warrior class? you know it's been that way since human history began, right?
can't go changing things like that all willy nilly.

Decyferon
04-11-2008, 12:03 PM
it's human nature to respect the warrior class. the tribe always holds the warrior class as very high on the proverbial totem.

i find it odd that some people think we are somehow not animals anymore....just because we have neat toys and shave our faces.

silly.


whatever. i don't hate you for your beliefs.

I have to admit I like a lot of stuff I read in crossfire but this glorifying of military service really bugs me.
I am in the UK so am not commenting on US military but my view would still be the same if I was in the US.
I would never fight for this country, I would take jail time over having to join the military. I am no pacifist or anything like that but I am not going to be the slack jawed patsy for a government that is insistant on fighting unjust wars.

I had an arguement with someone the other day about someone that had lost their legs in a war somewhere and they didn't have the same disability rights as someone that was blinded from a career in welding. They said that it was wrong that through someones negligence that they are blind and the person defending their country doesn't get the same benefits. Thaty pissed me off it was the guys choice to join the army so he knew the consequences, so i told they guy as far as I was concerned it was his choice and why should I support him. Not so relevant to the Mccain issue but this mindless support for the military pisses me right off

lord_casek
04-11-2008, 12:33 PM
I have to admit I like a lot of stuff I read in crossfire but this glorifying of military service really bugs me.
I am in the UK so am not commenting on US military but my view would still be the same if I was in the US.
I would never fight for this country, I would take jail time over having to join the military. I am no pacifist or anything like that but I am not going to be the slack jawed patsy for a government that is insistant on fighting unjust wars.

I had an arguement with someone the other day about someone that had lost their legs in a war somewhere and they didn't have the same disability rights as someone that was blinded from a career in welding. They said that it was wrong that through someones negligence that they are blind and the person defending their country doesn't get the same benefits. Thaty pissed me off it was the guys choice to join the army so he knew the consequences, so i told they guy as far as I was concerned it was his choice and why should I support him. Not so relevant to the Mccain issue but this mindless support for the military pisses me right off


well, it's not so mindless on my side. for some it might be and i realize that.
when most young people sign up for the military, they aren't signing up for
a job where they get to live out their weird gta 3 fantasies. they are signing up
because they are (mostly) patriotic people who believe in their country.
granted, the military does let some sick fucks in, but that's how it's always been.
don't let one bad apple spoil the bunch.

what i respect is that they are willingly going in and saying they would gladly give their lives to defend their country and countrymen.

if you understand how military works, they don't make the choices as to where they go or what they do. they just do their jobs. it's a shame that people don't realize that sometimes.

and yeah, it sucks that governments use their soldiers to do some pretty bad things.
the current war is just fucked up in my opinion. and when these boys come home, they don't get very good medical care at all. in vietnam, they got spit on when they came home. like it was their choice to go in and do that shit. that makes me sick.



when knox hauled those big cannons to boston from cambridge to take out the hessians...through snow and ice....when our forefathers, with barely 13% of the nation in support of revolution beat the british out of our country....when we took hitlers army down...when our troops stormed iwo jima and beat the japanese back....

that is the military i like. that is the military i support.

Decyferon
04-11-2008, 02:50 PM
I agree with you Casek, I think if a cause was just then it is worth fighting for, just sadly the governments decide where and when to fight.
So while they may be patriotic and wanting to fight for their country all they are in fact doing is being patsys for their government

Purple Mushroom
04-11-2008, 02:59 PM
it's human nature to respect the warrior class. the tribe always holds the warrior class as very high on the proverbial totem.

i find it odd that some people think we are somehow not animals anymore....just because we have neat toys and shave our faces.

silly.


whatever. i don't hate you for your beliefs.

Again with the warrior class obsession?

Stereotype V.0002
04-11-2008, 03:08 PM
Being in the military doesn't automatically make you a saint, there are shitty people there just like anywhere else. Regardless if you support the war they are fighting or not, respect for people who are doing incredibly dangerous and difficult work in service of their country shouldn't be too complicated of a concept to understand. The fact that most people look down their nose at service in the military as some sort of manual labor low class job beneath them, the blind hatred or contempt many have of everyone in the military, and an ignorance of what the military is, says a lot about our society.

Larry Pubes
04-11-2008, 03:08 PM
when most young people sign up for the military, they aren't signing up for
a job where they get to live out their weird gta 3 fantasies. they are signing up
because they are (mostly) patriotic people who believe in their country..

i don't mean to get nitpicky, but i don't think this opinion is rooted in any factual evidence. i guess 'mostly' is the operative word i have a problem with. it's entirely possible i suppose, but i tend to think that maybe many get into service because they come from a family that's in the service and it's sort of the chosen path, a way to carve out a longterm living that's fairly solid. the patriotism thing is secondary. that along with what seems to me to be a possibly high number of people that enter the military out of necessity rather than some notion of being a splendid american serving the greater good. i could be totally wrong and this opinion is also rooted in zero evidence.

thecoldmidwest
04-11-2008, 03:23 PM
yo, fuck all of you downplaying the POW card.
mccain's a real fuckbag, but don't make light of that fact. 'special treatment' or otherwise, dude made some real sacrifice to be there in the first place and most definitely dealt with real shit.

carry on...
Fuck that. I have an uncle who nearly starved to death in Auschwitz (he didn't have a drop of jewish blood in him) and if he was threatening to destroy this country he wouldn't deserve any special status that saves him from criticism. Fuck McCain.

Decyferon
04-11-2008, 03:25 PM
Being in the military doesn't automatically make you a saint, there are shitty people there just like anywhere else. Regardless if you support the war they are fighting or not, respect for people who are doing incredibly dangerous and difficult work in service of their country shouldn't be too complicated of a concept to understand. The fact that most people look down their nose at service in the military as some sort of manual labor low class job beneath them, the blind hatred or contempt many have of everyone in the military, and an ignorance of what the military is, says a lot about our society.


my problem is I cannot respect them because they are knowingly joining a force that is at the disposal of the government to fight the governments agendas. It is nothing to do with defending your nation because the majority of the time you are not defending your nation you are backing up a political decision made by big business and politicians looking to line their own pockets.

The problem is a lot of people are forced into the military due to economic reasons, education and family pressures and the government can utilise these unfortunate souls for their own benefits.

lord_casek
04-11-2008, 03:34 PM
stereotype: i agree. military service doesn't make one a saint. i don't think of anyone in the military as a saint. i think of them as toughened fighting machines. except for the navy. i think of them as faggots on a boat. (i'm only joking, theo. i respect all branches)

larry: different people do it for different reasons. most of them love their country and understand that military service is serving their country and are pretty patriotic people.more so than most americans, anyway.

some do it for college money, some do it because it's in the family, some do it for on the job training.


purple mushroom: listen, mini-noam, you need to back the fuck up. there's no military worship going on. can you differentiate between what is worship and what is respect?

Stereotype V.0002
04-11-2008, 03:38 PM
my problem is I cannot respect them because they are knowingly joining a force that is at the disposal of the government to fight the governments agendas. It is nothing to do with defending your nation because the majority of the time you are not defending your nation you are backing up a political decision made by big business and politicians looking to line their own pockets.

The problem is a lot of people are forced into the military due to economic reasons, education and family pressures and the government can utilise these unfortunate souls for their own benefits.

All the radical left wing talking points aside, people in the military are in service of their country. And the argument that everyone in the military was forced in because of financial reasons is bullshit, you make a significant amount more at mcdonalds than you do as a private in the US army.... and even military families are trying to talk their kids out of joining. But it is a waste trying to make this argument, its easier for people like you to think that everyone in the military must have been suckered or forced in as opposed to having convictions they are willing to back up, so whatever floats your boat.

Stereotype V.0002
04-11-2008, 03:40 PM
(he didn't have a drop of jewish blood in him)

I have to ask, whats the point of emphasizing this?

Decyferon
04-11-2008, 03:43 PM
All the radical left wing talking points aside, people in the military are in service of their country. And the argument that everyone in the military was forced in because of financial reasons is bullshit, you make a significant amount more at mcdonalds than you do as a private in the US army.... and even military families are trying to talk their kids out of joining. But it is a waste trying to make this argument, its easier for people like you to think that everyone in the military must have been suckered or forced in as opposed to having convictions they are willing to back up, so whatever floats your boat.

I certainly don't believe that everyone is suckered into the army, some people do have an over inflated sense of pride in their country so are willing to put their lives on the line, other people just generally want to be in the army, others don't have the choice. So like the rest of you I can only talk about my own opinion on the matter, and I would fight for my country if it was a worthwhile cause but so far nothing in my life has been a worthwhile cause to go to war and risk dying for

thecoldmidwest
04-11-2008, 03:43 PM
I have to ask, whats the point of emphasizing this?

because of past experiences, that's what people always assume. We're taught in school like their the only one's that died.

lord_casek
04-11-2008, 03:45 PM
because of past experiences, that's what people always assume. We're taught in school like their the only one's that died.

most educated people know that gays, jews, germans with no jewish blood, catholics, etc. were rounded up.

thecoldmidwest
04-11-2008, 05:24 PM
most educated people know that gays, jews, germans with no jewish blood, catholics, etc. were rounded up.
..The Polish, Czech, Slovak, Ukrainians, Serbs....

Men, women, and children civilians.

russell jones
04-11-2008, 09:16 PM
well, it's not so mindless on my side. for some it might be and i realize that.
when most young people sign up for the military, they aren't signing up for
a job where they get to live out their weird gta 3 fantasies. they are signing up
because they are (mostly) patriotic people who believe in their country.
granted, the military does let some sick fucks in, but that's how it's always been.
don't let one bad apple spoil the bunch.

what i respect is that they are willingly going in and saying they would gladly give their lives to defend their country and countrymen.

if you understand how military works, they don't make the choices as to where they go or what they do. they just do their jobs. it's a shame that people don't realize that sometimes.

and yeah, it sucks that governments use their soldiers to do some pretty bad things.
the current war is just fucked up in my opinion. and when these boys come home, they don't get very good medical care at all. in vietnam, they got spit on when they came home. like it was their choice to go in and do that shit. that makes me sick.



when knox hauled those big cannons to boston from cambridge to take out the hessians...through snow and ice....when our forefathers, with barely 13% of the nation in support of revolution beat the british out of our country....when we took hitlers army down...when our troops stormed iwo jima and beat the japanese back....

that is the military i like. that is the military i support.


truth right there... someone has to do it, I wouldn't, but I understand that warriors must exist in our society and they deserve our respect for the reasons casek has mentioned.

That being said, being enamored with violence would only seem to be a benefit to a foot soldier rather than a problem. Warriors kill people, that's what they do, so they might as well love their job.

lord_casek
04-11-2008, 10:28 PM
truth right there... someone has to do it, I wouldn't, but I understand that warriors must exist in our society and they deserve our respect for the reasons casek has mentioned.

That being said, being enamored with violence would only seem to be a benefit to a foot soldier rather than a problem. Warriors kill people, that's what they do, so they might as well love their job.


thanks,. and very true, but we don't want dipshits like the jarhead who threw the puppy off the cliff. we want real men who want to take down the enemy and watch their fellow troops backs and maintain on the battlefield. we don't want john rambo, gta, doom 3, psycho billy buttshot there.