Obama Finally Does Something Right

[a777pilot]

as usual there is nothing that I support of obama

 

[Pr0d1gy]

Mattis sounds like a fucking moron. What do you expect from years of military training, eh?

 

[feralkid]

It's a trap!

 

[Charles Kozierok]

That's two articles in two days from a satire site posted as serious news by right-wingers.

 

[UberNeuman]

That's two articles in two days from a satire site posted as serious news by right-wingers.

In right wing world, the train never stops running....

 

[a777pilot]

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[UberNeuman]

I hear the fail train commin' - it's commin' 'round the bend...

 

[glenn1]

That's two articles in two days from a satire site posted as serious news by right-wingers.

I didn't see the other one, but at least this one's funny.

 

[Nemesis 1]

Kinda like the washington post stories

 

[a777pilot]

I fucked up. I wanted so badly to have this be true. Old age and a great love for my Corps got in the way. No excuse.

My apologies to all.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

You should at least be man enough to leave your OP in place. Very disappointing . . .

 

[jackstar7]

as usual there is nothing that I support of obama

You want OBL alive?

 

[a777pilot]

You want OBL alive?

Not at all that is why I support the decision made by Leon Panetta to take him out.

 

[a777pilot]

You should at least be man enough to leave your OP in place. Very disappointing . . .

It might be disappoint to you but it was my OP and it was wrong, so it is gone. You can find it if you wish and re-post it.

 

[Paratus]

Aw I want to see the article. It was an onion article wasn't it.

 

[Moonbeam]

I fucked up. I wanted so badly to have this be true. Old age and a great love for my Corps got in the way. No excuse.

My apologies to all.

You do not have to apologize to me. I do not live for the day you have to eat crow. I live for the day you experience a moment of recognition of how what you want to badly colors how you see things. Just imagine if you had launched a nuclear war for similar reasons.

It is a wonderful thing to feel loyalty to the Corps and to your fellow soldiers but it's a dangerous thing when that love shows the hate that comes out the other end when what we hold dear is profaned. This is why I feel it so important that we have introspection, and try not to attach our ego to what we respect, but respect it for itself as a personal decision. Somebody who believes in the God of love, for example, if really heart felt, should not be able to go out and kill somebody who does not believe in the same named God as he. He should see his God shining in what that other person loves. This is what I see in you when you honor your Corps.

 

[dawp]

anyone have the original link?

 

[ElMonoDelMar]

anyone have the original link?

Yup.

http://www.duffelblog.com/2012/08/general-james-mattis-announced-as-next-commandant-of-marine-corps/

Washington, D.C. – In a controversial move sure to send shockwaves throughout the Corps, President Obama announced today that Commandant of the Marine Corps General Jim Amos will soon be replaced by General James Mattis.
Amos indicated his plans to resign early — having served only two years out of the four-year term as Commandant — saying that “he’s getting too old for this shit.”
“I’m just sick of dealing with these savages in the press and in Congress. They keep asking me questions about snipers pissing on people, nazi flags, and other crap,” said Amos. “I figure Jim [Mattis] will certainly know how to handle them.”
Not one to mince words, General Mattis is known for controversial quotes — once telling a reporter that it was “fun to shoot some people,” and that his Marines should always “have a plan to kill everyone they meet.”
Mattis, who announced his plans for retirement months ago, is being recalled for the position as top commander at a time when the Marine Corps transitions from combat to peace.
“This transition stuff is all a bunch of crap,” said Mattis, after returning from a 30 mile ruck run with an 80-pound pack. ”Our Corps will always be killing people. Even in peace time, I’ll find someone for our boys to kill out there. Yeah, I’m talking to you Iran.”
When reached for further comment on his promotion, Mattis was glad that he would be staying in uniform.
“When I announced my retirement, it was at a time when death by PowerPoint was my entire day. I thought I had missed my chance for Commandant,” said Mattis, after spitting out his Red Man chew and downing a double-shot of Jack Daniels. “But now that I am receiving this promotion, it means most of my job is to visit our boys overseas — Afghanistan, Djibouti, Libya — and I can get closer to the action again.”
Mattis is excited that he can leave the briefing room to get back to “systematically tracking and killing the nation’s enemies with his bare hands,” but he also has other plans for sweeping changes across the Marine Corps.
“This policy that doesn’t allow sleeve tattoos is a bunch of horseshit,” said General Mattis, as he shows off his own full-sleeve tattoos running down both arms. “So that’s the first thing to go.”
Another policy change includes a change to physical training. While most infantry Marines can probably keep up with the General on runs, Mattis says that he wants everyone to live up to the ethos of “Every Marine a Rifleman.”
“These air wingers and admin folks think they are sitting pretty, only heading to the gym or not doing PT at all,” said Mattis, in between his third round of 350lb back squats. “So I’ll also be leading them in 15 mile runs until they shape up.”
Finally, Mattis says he’ll reverse the no-hazing policy that Marines have been under since the nineties, saying that it’s “good goddamn training.”
“Listen, I don’t like stupid shit,” said Mattis. “but if you’re one of my fine young men about to go on deployment and you have a boot who isn’t listening, I think it’s a valuable training tool to duct tape him to a bench, mentor on an emotional level with a wall-to-wall counseling session, or make him dig a hole to China.”
Mattis continued: “I mean hell, that’s where we’re going [China] eventually anyway. Might as well train like we fight.”
General Mattis is expected to take command at the beginning of the new fiscal year.


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[Pr0d1gy]

You do not have to apologize to me. I do not live for the day you have to eat crow. I live for the day you experience a moment of recognition of how what you want to badly colors how you see things. Just imagine if you had launched a nuclear war for similar reasons.

It is a wonderful thing to feel loyalty to the Corps and to your fellow soldiers but it's a dangerous thing when that love shows the hate that comes out the other end when what we hold dear is profaned. This is why I feel it so important that we have introspection, and try not to attach our ego to what we respect, but respect it for itself as a personal decision. Somebody who believes in the God of love, for example, if really heart felt, should not be able to go out and kill somebody who does not believe in the same named God as he. He should see his God shining in what that other person loves. This is what I see in you when you honor your Corps.

Well said. Most of us actually really respect you pilot because you DID make that sacrifice for us. While we may not agree with what you say we all want to connect with you so that you understand that we are all in this together.

Shake this one off, we all make mistakes.