Something Fishy with Kerry's being a "Hero"

Doug- Ouch. Guess I should have stayed home then. How many U.N. Resolutions
were
ignored by Iraq? BRBR

Look, I am very proud of the military and how well they conducted this and the
previous conflict in Iraq, VERY proud to have been a part of such a motivated,
well equipped and well led bunch BUT today in Iraq. A Boulder guy was home from
Iraq In the paper he stated his room mate was gunned down in Iraq while
guarding a gas station...THAT is tragic. To use the military for these
'mission's is sad and getting sadder.


P. C. Chisholm
CDR, USN(ret.)
Old Phart Phormer Phantom, Turkey, Viper, Scooter and Combat Buckeye Phlyer

On 2/28/04 8:29 AM, in article ,
"Pechs1" wrote:

Doug- Ouch. Guess I should have stayed home then. How many U.N.
Resolutions
were
ignored by Iraq? BRBR

Look, I am very proud of the military and how well they conducted this and the
previous conflict in Iraq, VERY proud to have been a part of such a motivated,
well equipped and well led bunch BUT today in Iraq. A Boulder guy was home
from
Iraq In the paper he stated his room mate was gunned down in Iraq while
guarding a gas station...THAT is tragic. To use the military for these
'mission's is sad and getting sadder.


Fair enough.

P. C. Chisholm
CDR, USN(ret.)
Old Phart Phormer Phantom, Turkey, Viper, Scooter and Combat Buckeye Phlyer

david- The military has always been the police. That was one of the
missions of the militia. Until the late 1800s, the military was
the primary federal police. Due to abuses, that is why the Army
was restricted by the PCA (congress can give permission for the
Army to engage in police work, the Navy is not restricted). BRBR

You and the tarver dude need to spend a little time in the military, of today.
We learned combat, not saber rattling.


David Police do the same thing. Likewise the military are not cold
blooded murders that you make them out to be. BRBR

Kill the other guy in the aircraft, hopefully have the burning wreckage fall
into his kids school yard. Make the other guy hurt more than you, force him
into negotiations, end the conflict under favorable to you terms asap..Buy
killing them w/o prejudice.


David Saddam's sons
chose to fight, much like the situation at Ruby Ridge or Waco. BRBR

Yikes, to equate these two with a war is truly absurd.

The 'police' and the 'military' are not the same but your boy GWB sure is
trying to make them so by placing them in a situation that is not win-able..

David-
We volunteered. And
this is far more "fun" than training missions. Or civilian life.
BRBR

"We"? What branch of the military were you in? Years and what was your job??



P. C. Chisholm
CDR, USN(ret.)
Old Phart Phormer Phantom, Turkey, Viper, Scooter and Combat Buckeye Phlyer

David- 1) I am a democrat. But Kerry is not the one I would support.
I would prefer Zell Miller. Edwards might do. BRBR

I don't care what label you place on yourself, what pigeon hole you occupy.

david- 2) We are winning. Our causality rate is the lowest we have had
in any conflict. Why ignore that we lost 27 per day in Vietnam,
500 per day in WW2? Hell, the two years after we conquered
Germany we had the same problems with nazi forces doing guerilla
warfare. BRBR

We had the local police force in Germany operating in a matter of days. After
WWII, we had the Japanese provide police force duties in places
like....VietNam.

David 22 years, finished in Naval Intel.

Does that mean you were in the Navy? Or a civilian contractor.

P. C. Chisholm
CDR, USN(ret.)
Old Phart Phormer Phantom, Turkey, Viper, Scooter and Combat Buckeye Phlyer