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Originally posted by: keystroker
iraq here i come............just got a call saying i was chosen to go to iraq out of my unit. I can ship out as early as friday to washington to start training to go there.
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Good luck.
 
Originally posted by: sixpackdateAnd for the Bush bashers, I personally may not approve of his every action, but if you were in his place, and had to deal with an appropriate 911 response
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"appropriate 911 response"? Dude, most of the hijackers were Saudis and Egyptians, yet Saudi and Egypt are nominal US allies and in fact Egypt receives massive amounts of US military and financial aid ever year (in return for maintaining peace treaty with Israel). I see no US invasion and occupation of these countries to "root out the terrorists". Afghanistan made sense and that was why and is why NATO and the UN have ongoing operations there. Iraq made no sense and that is why most of the US's friends and allies said so.

Why no investigation of Saudi money links to Al Qaida? Why no extradition warrants for known Al Qaida supporters in Saudi? Why in the months before September 11th, 2001 was the FBI and CIA directed to "soft-peddle" on Saudi-sponsored terrorism? Why in the hours after the airplane attacks when *nobody* in the US could fly was the entire Bin Laden clan rushed onto special chartered airplanes and flown back to Saudi?

I heard this on TV: Think about it this way? How would people have reacted if, right after the Oklahoma terrorist bombing, Clinton has ordered that the extended McVeigh family be put onto planes without investigation or interrogation and flown to a safe harbour outside the US?

"appropriate response indeed". Half the US deployable army is uselessly stuck in a hornet's nest in a lousy part of the world in a country WITH NO FORMER LINKS TO AL QAIDA looking like bad guys... which is exactly where Bin Laden and the radical extremists wanted them in the first place. They want the US to look like "Crusaders" so their support grows throughout the Islamic world. The Bushies are blindly following Bin Laden's script and they are too dumb to realise and too proud to back out gracefully.
 
what are you gonna be doing there? my bf's unit got sent out last week... but not him.... he's a mechanic and i guess they dont need any mechanics right now... lucky me!
 
solemnly swear that I will support and defend the constitution of the United States, against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which I am about to enter, so help me God.

Remember these words, and and best of luck....

Many of us have the upmost faith and respect for those like you. Remember the words above and remember everyone that have died for the country that you are about to stand up for. You are a now a step ahead everyone else, and dont let people tell you otherwise. God will watch over you, your buddies will watch over you.

And I seriously look down on everyone who isnt for the war, if your not for the war then you cannot be for the troops. Thing of this, if your not for what they are in Iraq for, your not supporting them. Your opinions are better left unsaid. And frankly 9 times out of 10 you would be there to, if your balls werent the size of pepples. Stop being a selfish "tree hugging hippie" and support our troops. I would give anything to be with them, when they are scared, under fire, and under pressure, every single one of them will turn out to be better people for what they are doing. I salute you. And if your not for the war, move your ass over there and see if you will change your mind. You are worthless in our society, you do nothing but bring us down. Go live in your nice home, comfortably because the US Military will ensure that you are safe, I know you cant do it for yourself. And if you got a problem with what i said send me a PM or reply to this,.. because I always like to hear what scared people like to say, it amuses me. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.

GOOD LUCK BRO,
 
There's not really anything I can add that hasn't already been said, so I'll just say good luck and stay safe. I hope you make it home okay.
 
Originally posted by: meehawl
Originally posted by: sixpackdateAnd for the Bush bashers, I personally may not approve of his every action, but if you were in his place, and had to deal with an appropriate 911 response
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"appropriate 911 response"? Dude, most of the hijackers were Saudis and Egyptians, yet Saudi and Egypt are nominal US allies and in fact Egypt receives massive amounts of US military and financial aid ever year (in return for maintaining peace treaty with Israel). I see no US invasion and occupation of these countries to "root out the terrorists". Afghanistan made sense and that was why and is why NATO and the UN have ongoing operations there. Iraq made no sense and that is why most of the US's friends and allies said so.

Why no investigation of Saudi money links to Al Qaida? Why no extradition warrants for known Al Qaida supporters in Saudi? Why in the months before September 11th, 2001 was the FBI and CIA directed to "soft-peddle" on Saudi-sponsored terrorism? Why in the hours after the airplane attacks when *nobody* in the US could fly was the entire Bin Laden clan rushed onto special chartered airplanes and flown back to Saudi?

I heard this on TV: Think about it this way? How would people have reacted if, right after the Oklahoma terrorist bombing, Clinton has ordered that the extended McVeigh family be put onto planes without investigation or interrogation and flown to a safe harbour outside the US?

well put
"appropriate response indeed". Half the US deployable army is uselessly stuck in a hornet's nest in a lousy part of the world in a country WITH NO FORMER LINKS TO AL QAIDA looking like bad guys... which is exactly where Bin Laden and the radical extremists wanted them in the first place. They want the US to look like "Crusaders" so their support grows throughout the Islamic world. The Bushies are blindly following Bin Laden's script and they are too dumb to realise and too proud to back out gracefully.
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Buddy of mine in 3rd Infantry got sent over to Baghdad, but he didn't see combat. He did tell us that his (dont remember if he said platoon or company) played hide-and-seek in Saddam's palaces...lol. GL man.
 
Originally posted by: friedpie
Originally posted by: willboxer
wow! i'm going to order me 5 of these!

btw, this war was possibly the stupidest, biggest and most predicted mistake yet made by Bush
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Please castrate yourself. Keep your politics to yourself and have the maturity to recognize when it's appropriate to let them be known and when not.
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beautifully said. It's sad how some people have absolutely no respect nor the common sense to realize the context of the situation.

Best of luck Keystroker! Alot of ATers are cheering you on 🙂
 
Originally posted by: meehawl
Originally posted by: sixpackdateAnd for the Bush bashers, I personally may not approve of his every action, but if you were in his place, and had to deal with an appropriate 911 response
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"appropriate 911 response"? Dude, most of the hijackers were Saudis and Egyptians, yet Saudi and Egypt are nominal US allies and in fact Egypt receives massive amounts of US military and financial aid ever year (in return for maintaining peace treaty with Israel). I see no US invasion and occupation of these countries to "root out the terrorists". Afghanistan made sense and that was why and is why NATO and the UN have ongoing operations there. Iraq made no sense and that is why most of the US's friends and allies said so.

Why no investigation of Saudi money links to Al Qaida? Why no extradition warrants for known Al Qaida supporters in Saudi? Why in the months before September 11th, 2001 was the FBI and CIA directed to "soft-peddle" on Saudi-sponsored terrorism? Why in the hours after the airplane attacks when *nobody* in the US could fly was the entire Bin Laden clan rushed onto special chartered airplanes and flown back to Saudi?

I heard this on TV: Think about it this way? How would people have reacted if, right after the Oklahoma terrorist bombing, Clinton has ordered that the extended McVeigh family be put onto planes without investigation or interrogation and flown to a safe harbour outside the US?

"appropriate response indeed". Half the US deployable army is uselessly stuck in a hornet's nest in a lousy part of the world in a country WITH NO FORMER LINKS TO AL QAIDA looking like bad guys... which is exactly where Bin Laden and the radical extremists wanted them in the first place. They want the US to look like "Crusaders" so their support grows throughout the Islamic world. The Bushies are blindly following Bin Laden's script and they are too dumb to realise and too proud to back out gracefully.
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Will you please stop? Don't you realize when it is NOT appropriate to spout your politics in the context of this thread?
 
Remember, only drink bottled water, you don't want to get "Hussein?s Revenge" also known as the "Ayatollah 2 step"
 
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