I say the United States should be ashamed by this. Very ashamed. Are you ashamed of our men in Uniform?
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Actually, the enemy claimed it was a wedding party.\n\n(How many weddings shoot at airplanes with anti-aircraft guns?)\n\nSo you really are foolish enough to mindlessly believe enemy propaganda?  It never occurred to you to check or verify something the enemy says?\n\nFigures.
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They're awful.  They work pretty well in urban enviornments, but you stick out like a soar thumb in the woods.  Also the velcro is so stupid.  Tactically it's retarded.  It's hard to maintain silence when you're unvelcroing somthing.  And again in the woods all your flags and unit patches rip off from tree branches.  Replacing them is going to be a costly venture.  I can't believe they invested millions of dollars in research, and development for a uniform that sucks.  While people down range didn't have proper body armor or armor for their vehicles.  Plus the old ones seemed to work just fine.  Typical military bullsh*t.  However the tan boots rock.  Not polishing boots is great.  But you don't dry clean these uniforms either.  And a pressed uniform, with a lot of starch looks awesome.
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Didn't the court martial of Lt. Calley for the My Lai massacre of women and children count for anything.  It prepared the present day commanders in Desert Storm to state to their troops "no My Lais--you hear?"  I say, we learned from history and will try to be as civilized in war as much as possible.  Troops in combat will always behave savagely in the heat of the moment, who are we to judge sitting in our comfortable living rooms, not knowing what they're go thru.  I won't judge them, but pray that we're not as inhumane as the enemy.
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You're right. I'm a veteran. And I get sick to my stomach when his service is 'honored'. Not every veteran serves HONORABLY. And John Kerry is a DISGRACE TO ALL VETERANS.
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God bless Colonel Bupb and all soldiers serving our country, even the stupid ones!, (Thank you Sen Kerry!)  You have to remember that Murtha, who has insulted our troops, Kerry, who for the second time this year has insulted the US military,  Durbin, who has called our US military worse than Pol Pot, Nazism, etc. Dean and Pelosi, who loathe the US miliary and Leahy, who has repeatedly raised the morale level of the insurgents by his repeated vitriolic insults of the present administration. All these people are hurting the Democrats! They make up the radical left that us Clintonite's are trying desperately to eject from the Democratic party in an attempt to (rightly) keep the Democrats in the 'moderate' swing of the party. With radical left-wing minions like Victora Wulsin attempting to label our soldiers as "victims of Bush's failed Middle East policies' further alienates voters away from the Democratic party. Volunteer soldiers are HEROES, every last one of them!
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The depth of your stupidity amazes me.  I should know better than this, but I'll ask anyway. What makes you think we're going to lose? Are you really dumb enough to believe a bunch of unsupported, desperate civilians with rifles are going to soundly defeat the American armed forces? You know, you probably are dumb enough to believe that.  Please do continue bashing our troops, because one day, we are going to come bash you. You are a liar, a traitor, and you should be shot
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doesn't suit their purpose.  \n"good ol boys" and their type will be shouting\n"you can't criticize in time of war" but\nit is completely un-American not to voice \nyour opinions.  we, as citizens, have not just\nthe right but the responsibility to hold those in\npower accountable for their actions and in-actions. that's\nwhat this country was founded upon.\nby keeping the truth hidden or stating in a mis-leading \nfashion, they can continue merrily along the path.
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Maybe I have a unique perspective from those that have posted so far considering that I am one of the "troops" and a veteran of the current conflict.  From my own viewpoint it is discouraging to hear all the anti-Bush/anti-war rhetoric--not because I support him/it personally, but because it belittles what we are doing over there.  Can you imagine what it would be like to be in a combat zone and know that your fellow citizens think that what you are doing is pointless, worthless, and/or "illegal"?  It is more than a little disheartening.\n\nAs for what I do: I correspond with a number of my fellow service members who are in Iraq and Afghanistan, I wear a Support Our Troops bracelet 24/7 to remind myself at all times of the sacrifices made by those in uniform, and I strive to educate those that I come in contact with about how not supporting the war that we are fighting hurts almost as much as being called "babykiller".
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to answerman: you say we are disrespectful? man you are a shame to all the good citizens of the US.
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I'm going to agree with dixiegirl687 and john_c but add:\n\n8. You're giving the rest of us in the military a bad name.  \n\nHockey in the south is not a fad; there are plenty of us who do know hockey, and trying to perpetuate an ignorant image only makes you look bad.
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The USA has to wake up and give a call to fellow Americans to be patriotic and must do everything to imbibe this cause.  Also, they should slowly curtail their activities in interfering other countries business as otherwise they will have their hands full. Look at Iraq - Tiger by the tail, More than 2500 Soldiers killed and still do not know what to do next.  Long drawn battle without actually in war.  The President says it is a mistake.  How will you compensate the lives of 2500 fellow American soldiers.
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The "Americans" answering your question don't speak for all. Actually they are an embarrassment to their country. As one of the more thoughtful Americans, allow me to apologize for our country's behavior. \n\nI understand your frustration. Many of us are also sadly amazed by our country's brazen disregard for the sovereignty of so many other nations. We're doing our best to try and change the present course. Casting our ballots for the lesser of evils is all we can do. So far it's been a losing battle. Our government is slowly but surely chipping away at rights we took for granted only a decade ago. We are on our way to becoming a police state. It's all very discouraging.
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sometimes we do but I do not agree with it. I saw the statment brother aziz made and I really feel a bit upset about this topic. \n\nHe asked if God told bush to start this war? If God was wrong?\n\nGod did not tell George Bush anything. I just feel bad for all our troops overseas and all our Good men and women who have died. As well as for the all innocent lives that have been taken in Irak and elsewhere.\n\nIt is a sad thing indeed and I really do not even want to talk about it, I DO NOT LIKE POLITICS. We all have friends and family in the military and overseas and is just sad to see what is going on. It just makes no sense to me.\n\nI do appreciate the MEN AND WOMEN OF THE U.S MILITARY FORCE and I am sad that many have died in the line of duty and left widows and children!\n\nI pray for all our man and women in the military as well as for all of us Americans and all our brothers and sisters muslims and non-muslims. Inshallah there is world peace and we do not go through the situation we are in now.\n\nGOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA! AND GOD BLESS ALL OF US! AMEEN!
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I support you 100%, It may be so hard because of how irresponsible journalism writes the news, or maybe because of a lack of pride for their country, either way brother, you and I both served so these people could have that right, whether we like it or not. I hate them (disrespectful hippies)with all of my American heart, but I would die for their freedom regardless of how I feel, because its Americans like us and them that keep our country going. Semper Fi. As far as MacMoma...what are you talking about "worthy of your respect?", who are you? really, who the hell are you? You wouldn't be allowed to have basic human rights without our "bumbling leaders", old "shotgun" dick and our Brothers and Sisters-in-arms, you would be considered sub-human in most other countries, you should be grateful men and women of the US Armed forces spilled their blood so you could vote, or drive, or even have the right to learn...it is you who should be worried if you are doing enough for OUR respect...
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all those that answered no, think of this: while we are being the "bigger men" our soldiers who are pow and mia (and still alive) are being tortured relentlessly by the enemy who aposses us and cares nothing of civil liberty or the state of our soldiers. i am in the marines and if i were to be captured and... id like to think my buddies Byrd and Lehman were doing the same thing to those bastards friends that they were doing to me. leading by example may work if we go to war with a first-world country but they arent that high class, dont like us, are all hethens, and dont give a damn about our example and wont follow it.
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We all certainly should be ashamed of this U.S. Congress. It is the most corrupt, evil, incompetent body ever to occupy the Capitol Building. But then, George Bush, Dick Cheney and Don Rumsfeld are the most evil, corrupt and incompetent egomaniacs ever to occupy White House.\n\nCheck out the new blog - BUSHWACKER!\nwww.blogger. com\nhttp://al-aback.blogspot.com\n\nAll of these morons should be impeached, or tried for high treason. If convicted, the should all face a public firing squad. The Bush administration, aided by a cowardly Congress, has:\n\n1. Invaded another sovereign nation that in now way attacked\n    or provoked us;\n2. Conned the American public into believing there were \n    "weapons of mass destruction" which did not exist;\n3. Been responsible for tens of thousands of Iraqi deaths and\n    the deaths of over 2,500 American soldiers;\n4. Put our country trillions of dollars into debt, which will take\n    generations to pay off (if we ever can);\n5. Destroyed our image as a global peacemaker and leader;\n6. Presided over a Republican party that has proven itself to\n    be a gluttonous mass of avarice and wrongdoing;\n7. Turned our country into a police state where citizens are\n    considered guilty until proven innocent;\n8. Played 'Robin Hood in Reverse' by stealing from the poor\n    in this country and giving it all to the rich;\n9. Demolished all efforts at protecting our environment and\n    enhancing our ecological balance for future generations;\n10. Seen fit to "cozy up" to special interest groups, lobbyists,\n      and big business in return for massive (if sometimes illegal)\n      campaign contributions to the GOP.\n\nDick Cheny wants all the oil that's swimming underneath Iraq's sand. American troops will NOT be withdrawn until there's an\niron-clad, rock-solid arrangement for Halliburton, Exxon-Mobil\nand all of Cheney's other oil-drenched friends to get all that black gold. \n\nShould we be ashamed of the Republican Party? You bet!\n\nUnfortunately, we should be just as ashamed of the Democrats since their side of the aisle in no less corrupt, evil, incompetent\nand greedy. For fifty years, politicians have scammed the U.S. citizenry while distracting us with "low prices - everyday" at WalMart; gouging us with $3.00-per-gallon gasoline; taxing us to fund fraudulent, wasteful  program; and squandering our money on themselves and their rich and powerful allies. \n\nThomas Jefferson once said: "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriot and tyrants."\nThere is no better time for a second American Revolution than right now.                                         -RKO-
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Im in the Army also and I truely believe the Army is treating soldiers with less dicipline now days. For instance, theyre giving soldiers wekkend passes during basic training, letting them smoke cigarettes and now "stress cards", what the hell is that? Ive noticed with the new privates comming into our unit, they treat the NCO's very disrespectful. I know I got my a$$ smoked if I even talked back to them in the wrong way. The Army and the country is going to hell i swear! Everthing's so screwed up now!