Two Marines have a message for Micheal Moore

A retired USMC Colonel ^ | 7/12/2004 | unknown

[Joe Brower]

I thought y'all might enjoy this: A couple of America's finest have a message for one of America's worst.

Feel free to copy and distribute!

[balk]

Yeah!

[jwalsh07]

LOL, will diseeminate widely.

[Coop]

Bump

[Bahbah]

I am enjoying it very much.

[jwalsh07]

For your email lists.

[rhombus]

Let's see which party tries to prevent counting the votes of these guys. Oh yeah, did you hear Kerry was in Vietnam for a few weeks?

[Bahbah]

Oh, and to the Marines (and all of our military), we appreciate you, we honor you, we love you, and boyohboy are we ever glad you are on our side.

[MP5]

That just made my day!

[Talking_Mouse]

Semper Fi

[NavySEAL F-16]

Forwarding to my son!

Thanks for the great sentiment from the USMC.

[HiJinx]

I heard that, but I'm curious...which is more difficult?

Piloting a small fishing boat down a Vietnamese river, or flying a multi-million dollar jet fighter over the U.S.?

Hmmmm???

[bmwcyle]

This picture needs to be glued to Moore's home.

[antiRepublicrat]

Funny, but looks fake. The vertical and horizontal lines are too straight, and it looks like previous text was Photoshopped out.

[Ciexyz]

Most kewl!

[rhombus]

I heard that, but I'm curious...which is more difficult?

Piloting a small fishing boat down a Vietnamese river, or flying a multi-million dollar jet fighter over the U.S.?

Hmmmm???

Um??? Guess you better tell us all.

[Lexington Green]

Moore's treason kills our soldiers.

[Joe Brower]

Some of the artifacts in the image are a result of my PhotoShop efforts, where I edited the F-word so that this image wouldn't get this thread censored by the Admin Mod. The original image was clearer, but computer graphics isn't something I'm familiar with.

When I received this original image, Colonel Roger Knapper USMC (Ret.) vouched for its authenticity.

I believe him.

[Lazamataz]

OORAH!

[COEXERJ145]

Funny, but looks fake. The vertical and horizontal lines are too straight, and it looks like previous text was Photoshopped out.

It probably is. I'm sure one of our resident Photoshop experts can confirm its authenticity. I'd do it but I'd need my computer @ home and I'm stuck @ work.

[jdege]

As much as I agree with their sentiment, I disagree with their right to say it.

Serving members of the military have every right to have their own political opinions, and to express them in private.

They do not have the right to engage in public political activity - to campaign for candidates, serve as delegates or party officials, etc.

And I think this is as inappropriate as some of the anti-Clinton sentiment I'd occassionally hear expressed ten years ago.

In our country, civilian control of the military is fundamental, and professionalism means that there are certain types of political activity that you simply don't get involved with until you walk out the door.

[SeeRushToldU_So]

bttt

[DoctorMichael]

bttt

[kinsman redeemer]

A Contrast of Strength, Trust, and Security

[SandyInSeattle]

Serving members of the military have every right to have their own political opinions, and to express them in private.

It's not as restrictive as that, otherwise we wouldn't be allowed to have bumper stickers on our cars. We can't actively campaign, but we can be open about our preference. What we cannot do is be disrespectful to the current CIC... which was the problem when Clinton was in office. The loathing for him was nearly universal and we couldn't say anything.

I did push the envelope with my "Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Bush" bumper sticker, and my command would have been justified in telling me to remove it, but I could have had a simple Bush campaign sticker on my car and that would have been okay.

Consider their little sign to be the Iraqi version of the bumper sticker.

[Joe Brower]

Maybe. At least, a sign of the times, in my humble opinion. The past several months have dramatically demonstrated that when servicemembers speak out against the war, or against Bush, the liberal media puts it on the front page. The only press these two Marines will ever see, in supporting the current administration, is right here on this thread. Double-standard? You betcha.

As the radical left becomes more and more aggressive in their suicidal hurry to punch holes in the lifeboat, those of us who know what America is truly all about are forced to stand up and be counted. That will mean bending a few rules. This is one of those times.

[Chieftain]

Marine Corps OOOORRAAAHHH BUMP!

[kinsman redeemer]

I liked it, too!

[jwalsh07]

While you give up some rights upon entering into service, you do not give up all of them. They are entitled to their opinion of Michael Moore and they are entiltles to scream it as loud as they want.

They are also not violating the UCMJ by expressing support for their CIC.

In short, way to go young Marines.

[LurkedLongEnough]

bttt

[TheDon]

That is, of course, his intent.

[no dems]

I have copied it. It will be e-mailed to those in my e-mail address book post haste.

[steplock]

Can you send the link for the original?

I am going to pass it around other Marine boards!

[Xenalyte]

Friends of yours? (The one on the left looks CUTE.)

[sawmill trash]

Looks 100% real to me.

[Sunshine Sister]

Thanks for the post!

[forAmericasFutureVoteBush]

Agree!

Moore and his minions killed more people than the Iraq war.

Think of 911, people like him (Carter, Clinton) killed the innocent on 911!!!!

[4everontheRight]

Bravo!!!!! Subtle yet effective

[steve-b]

F--k Michael Moore

Nah; Ghu knows what kind of virus you might pick up.

[joesnuffy]

Chickens get plucked......

[Rebelbase]

NICE!

[raptor29]

"As much as I agree with their sentiment, I disagree with their right to say it."

Well, Clinton reduced our military personnel by some one million soldiers (700,000+ active duty and 300,000 or so reserves) during his eight years in office. And now, people are complaining that we don't have enough troops over there to handle the situation properly. Which means all of these guys is at greater risk TO BE DEAD. So screw protocol. Kerry would be at least as anti-military as Clinton, and these guys have every right in the world to make their feelings known. It's their ass on the line out there.

[jwalsh07]

Looks 100% real to me.

:-}.

Nothing photoshopped about them Kabars.

[Lazamataz]

Friends of yours? (The one on the left looks CUTE.)

Easy does it, killer. Give it up over this way first. I may not be as cute but I salute just as crisply.

[Xenalyte]

Yeah, but do you have the ordnance that guy has?

[Lazamataz]

Yeah, but do you have the ordnance that guy has?

Look, .22 caliber will kill a person just as dead as .50 caliber Desert Eagle, okay? It's not the round size, it's the placement of the shots.

[ravingnutter]

Serving members of the military have every right to have their own political opinions, and to express them in private.

Bashing Michael Moore's movie is not political opinion...just ask MM who is trying to keep his commercials running on the basis that they are free speech and not a political ad (which is absurd). For that matter, "Go Bush" is also not a political opinion, it is an expression of confidence in their CIC to win the war on terror in direct contrast to MM's ridiculous assertions about Bush in the movie.

[combat_boots]

Hoo-rah.

[jmstein7]

Nice!

[opbuzz]

Service-members have most of the rights of all other citizens, however they are prohibited from disparaging remarks against the President, VP, members of Congress, cabinet members, and the Governor of whichever state they happen to be in.

All other politicians are fair game, which includes 49 Governors at any particular time, and propaganda producers.