tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12346369.post4613654267819180295..comments2024-01-07T04:17:25.735-07:00Comments on Rabid Sanity: Holding Their Manhood CheapStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15133076527504338868noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12346369.post-88040563728353475722008-06-19T18:29:00.000-06:002008-06-19T18:29:00.000-06:00Mark T and Krinn, Please don't ever try and speak ...Mark T and Krinn, <BR/><BR/>Please don't ever try and speak for us (the military). You have no idea why we fight or what motivates us. And you have no idea what is going on in places like Iraq or Afghanistan. You only know what your other liberal media friends have told you about those wars. Why don't you travel to Ramadi Iraq and ask the locals what they think about the war? You have neverAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12346369.post-12746890119464382092008-01-20T00:20:00.000-07:002008-01-20T00:20:00.000-07:00Hey, Krinn, you sound like you’ve watched “Battles...Hey, Krinn, you sound like you’ve watched “Battleship Potemkin” too many times. Or maybe you let “Born on the Fourth of July” run in repeat mode while you were sleeping on the couch.<BR/><BR/>Grow up, please. Start by enlisting for a four-year hitch. Go find out for yourself what the military life is all about instead of spouting headlines from the liberal media. And, hey, don’t worry about Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12346369.post-12168842956618812162008-01-19T22:17:00.000-07:002008-01-19T22:17:00.000-07:00Steve, as far as "The Left" feels anything about s...Steve, as far as "The Left" feels anything about soldiers, it's to hope that they be deployed only in gravest necessity and that they be well cared-for afterwards: as I'm sure you know, war routinely fucks people up in a wide variety of ways. The Republican Party, as represented by George W. Bush and the GOP in Congress, have done the opposite of those things. They have treated soldiers, men Krinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17390499552840181320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12346369.post-19934120857327423782008-01-19T18:18:00.000-07:002008-01-19T18:18:00.000-07:00Mark - I seem to have touched a nerve. GOOD!It is...Mark - I seem to have touched a nerve. GOOD!<BR/><BR/>It is even more telling that the sources you use are the same as the examples that I am complaining about. The fact that the Nation could find 50 soldiers is nothing, compared to the total number who served. And yes, I do believe that the Nation came to the story with an agenda, and only used the views that supports that agenda for the veryStevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15133076527504338868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12346369.post-33282917985541120122008-01-19T13:58:00.000-07:002008-01-19T13:58:00.000-07:00It figures Mark Trotsky would quote a world-class ...It figures Mark Trotsky would quote a world-class hypocrite to support his views.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12346369.post-73868124993233768232008-01-19T00:05:00.000-07:002008-01-19T00:05:00.000-07:00Mark, I read it last summer when it was printed an...Mark, I read it last summer when it was printed and I thought it was a biased hack job then.<BR/><BR/>You seem impressed by those who tell tales by osmoses but you disregard the experience of those that have actually been in the mix.<BR/><BR/>I have a nephew who is on his third tour in Iraq. What I hear from him directly about his men and his colleagues doesn't represent the soldier from The Dave Budgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05187295767317482534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12346369.post-14960645529741851022008-01-18T20:33:00.000-07:002008-01-18T20:33:00.000-07:00Have a nice weekend, oh pompous one.Have a nice weekend, oh pompous one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12346369.post-83750875482030554662008-01-18T20:32:00.000-07:002008-01-18T20:32:00.000-07:00You didn't read it either, right?It's been a long ...You didn't read it either, right?<BR/><BR/>It's been a long week and I'm kind of up to here with people who are full of themselves and so full of it, you know what I mean? <BR/><BR/>Mencken:<BR/><BR/><EM>The average soldier left behind him only what the average American had had in peace time, to wit, a wearisome and badly rewarded job, with small prospect of anything better thereafter. In place Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12346369.post-21477728872136862362008-01-18T18:48:00.000-07:002008-01-18T18:48:00.000-07:00Well Mark, I don't know if Steve is off-base as fa...Well Mark, I don't know if Steve is off-base as far as lefties are concerned but I know that he's a retired Major from the U.S.Army and has likely forgotten more about soldiers (and soldiering) than you'll ever learn.<BR/><BR/>He's also the type of guy that he writes about and I'm lucky to call him a friend.Dave Budgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05187295767317482534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12346369.post-91950460654741902232008-01-18T17:24:00.000-07:002008-01-18T17:24:00.000-07:00Nice rant. Let me know when your feet touch the gr...Nice rant. Let me know when your feet touch the ground. Your characterizations of both liberals and soldiers are way off base. <BR/><BR/>Try <A HREF="http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070730/hedges" REL="nofollow">this </A>, if you dare.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12346369.post-50459744152512745052008-01-18T11:20:00.000-07:002008-01-18T11:20:00.000-07:00Bingo!Bingo!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com