This whole crew is suspect. To not even be able to ask questions????
And this Byron guy????? Oh I would so love to meet that sorry bastard and the Navy Puke? They can both kiss my ass. They're the type of feminist, East and West Coast fairies that make me sick.
The so called discussion is here.
Oh and guess what! The discussion about the why and how have taken place before...follow this link...
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/07/us_soldier_captrured_by_taliban_what_happened.php
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen, told reporters Sunday that he didn't have all the details, but "from what I know right now, this is an unusual circumstance."
Do you post there a lot? If they don't know who you are you're just some freaking troll there to bad mouth the US, or some such.
ReplyDeleteThe sappy "our boys" can do no wrong stuff is pretty common. Just the way it is.
yeah but they're a different crowd. they're more the type that look at blogging as a business and as a way into Think Tanks and consulting firms.
ReplyDeletethey're after peer approval. i find it amazing but to be honest this thing is looking to be either a case of something extremely, seriously, James Bond type covert action...a drug deal or the first case of don't ask don't tell.
haha that made for some fun reading. However, I understand what they're saying but if those two sailors who went outside the wire are just two dumb@sses who decided they could take care of things better on their own. well thats a shame but some serious questions need to be asked here. Is our base security so bad that two sailors can just take a vehicle and leave? it makes no sense.
ReplyDeleteThe Navy puke?
ReplyDeleteI assume you are referring to me.
You don't seem to understand that all these things you read about are real. Have you ever been to war? Were you ever even in the military? I told you, I cannot to discus this because of OPSEC/INFOSEC risks. Everything you type everything said can, and probably is read by AQ who currently have a US service member held hostage. Talking about why they were out there can give them insight in being able to pull this off again. Your idle speculation (which really amounts to little more than intellectual masturbation on your part) can be used against me, the guy they still have and anyone else around here.
Anyone who has any real stake in this fight, or their lives out here would not take your tone.
Point blank: I am writing this to you from Kandahar, Afghanistan. Where I have been for the better part of a year. Call me a puke? What have you done for your country today?
you damn right i was talking about you, you arrogant little punk.
ReplyDeletedo you actually believe you're the only person that served in the US military.
i did my time in the Marines you sorry excuse of a man...just because you're getting some sand on your boots, don't think that you're the only one that's been their and done that.
that little "what have you done for your country today" just makes me want to rip your sanctimonious little head from your jacked up body.
you a bitch. you'r a clown. you're a dick sucking maggot.
i want a piece of you and you don't have to come here again.
stay off my page faggot. oh and when you get back name when and where. i'll gladly fly to meet ya.
Well, this was my first time to this page. Going to be my last as well.
ReplyDeleteyou say that like you expect me to shed a tear. carry your ass.
ReplyDeleteWell by the tone of the following posts, Solomon's head has exploded. And YN2(SW) H. L. Gauthier III is choosing to remain classy. I sure hope it ends here.
ReplyDeletehey anonymous,
ReplyDeletehe hasn't kept a damn thing classy. he talked mighty shit on the USNI website, so instead of replying there i did it here.
you should check both sides before you comment.
classy??? not fucking likely. you don't like my comments??? then carry your ass. i'm tired of the mighter than thou clowns that populate that website...but stand by...i have a rebuttal to the pc drivel that they're pushing and will get to some serious facts that the mindless sheeple like you are so willing to scoop up.
Oh yeah, I read both threads before I commented, and here is a rambling explanation of how I see it.
ReplyDeleteI do not know you Solomon however I have seen your name on the comment sections of several defense blogs/websites. I think it is safe to assume that you view the wars as something to be studied empirically, to make better decisions that will save lives.
You probably know a lot more about the prosecution of a war than 99% of most people. Your understanding of procurement and technology is undoubtedly sophisticated. From all your study of war you may even make a pretty good commander.
But I think you are clumsily walking into a fight here that does not need to be fought. The guys at USNI are coming from the perspective of possibly losing someone that they know, hell Gauthier even said he part of the funeral detachment in Afghanistan right now.
They see logical and straightforward comments such as yours as diminishing the sacrifices of those that they honor. I think that this is being a little overly sensitive (as I gather you do too). But I can respect that the viewpoint of someone with their noses still pressed in it can be a little skewed. I choose to simply read those kinds of blogs and skip over the sentimental jibberish like in the comments section from the link.
This whole thing to me is like watching someone get into an argument with the family of a dead DUIer. Questioning the fact that they should not have been drinking, is of course right logically. It is a needless loss of life. But you are taking their repudiations and calls for respect for the dead as being a personal attack against you.
Your comments I'm sure have convinced them that they are right, you are just some whacko who is trying to start arguments and not be respectful. I don't see it that way personally, but your petty hate filled comments on your own blog do not do you any favors.
I remember at one time in my life having a ridiculous respect and deference for the flag. It was nearly religious in its fervor. And if someone came up to me dropped it on the ground and said 'what does it matter? it is merely a piece of cloth'. I would probably have acted rudely. And if they took it personally, spewing verbal bile as you have here, I'd be even more convinced that I was right in my initial reaction.
Anyway I read many of the same blogs as you do, and I guess it is in my best interest to be represented by other rational people. That is why I have taken the time to comment here. I am hoping that after you take some time away from this blog, you will see that carrying this tirade even farther is only detrimental to yourself and the reputation of other defense bloggers. Even if yours is a righteous crusade, it is pretty lame to be arguing on the internet.
Oh, yeah and I'll keep reading this blog from time to time, I'll just try to skip over the irrational stuff...