U.S. Marines disarm to aid tsunami victims

Seattle Post Intelligence ^ | 1/11/05 | Eric Talmadge

[ImpotentRage]

I like the way you think.

[Unknown Freeper]

bump for later discussion

[Blue Jays]

Hi All-

Posted by TheForceOfOne:
"...A soldier should never be without his loaded weapon, also policemen and pilots fit this list..."

You might also want to amend the list to include all law-abiding American citizens who wish to carry a weapon.

~ Blue Jays ~

[OXENinFLA]

I don't think it's the people we're helping that worries us.

It's the armed "rebels" (read terrorists) in the area that might attack our troops that worry us.

[ConservativeMan55]

Nope.

Spitballs.

[JustAnAmerican]

Some folks tend to forget things so I will refresh your memory, 9/11. It's a completely different world we live in now, and to assume that the "local police" do not have any Muslims who who hate Americans is sheer stupidity. I sure hope it's not your contention that we can now, all of a sudden, trust Muslims.

[SE Mom]

Absolute RAGE ping..

[Sarajevo]

We had worries of attacks also, except our worry concerned our "allies", the Turks. The Kurdish Peshmerga set a perimeter around our camp so the Turks would not be able to steal us blind. Needless to say, we slept peacefully at night.

[Peach]

Bump for later read. I'm assuming most freepers are as unhappy with this development as we are?

[Sarajevo]

No need to refresh my memory. Check out my "profile" page for a brief resume on my activities.

[Tfran]

You people really irritate me. You sit back in your armchairs, eating pizza and watching the MSM, and decide how an operation should be propogated...I was a member of an SF company that marched into...you haven't a flaming idea of what you are talking about!!!

Do I detect a little arrogance here?

Just because we haven't got all of your vast experience "in the field" doesn't mean we can't have common sense. Possession of guns shouldn't threaten anyone - just those who would possibly perpetrate aggessions. I suppose you're a gun-control advocate too.

[OXENinFLA]

U.S. forces scale back aid [USS LINCOLN Sails off]

[TheForceOfOne]

I stand corrected.

[Sarajevo]

Arrogance?-Yes, and I do have quite a bit of experience "In The Field". I do have quite a bit of experience on these type of operations. To hear chairbound commandos second guessing the pro's in the military really irritates me.

1 shot-1 kill is adequate gun control.

[JustAnAmerican]

Your main page tells me absolutely nothing about why you think we should allow a "Muslim dominated" police force to guard our Marines and remove all weapons and armor from our Marines going ashore.The idiot(s) who made this decision should never have been in a position to make it.

[CheneyChick]

So, in hindsight, would you have disarmed the sailors on the USS Cole?

[SE Mom]

I would strongly advise all of you armchair commanders who have never been on a humanitarian mission to crawl back into your holes. You listen to the propoganda spewed by the government and you haven't a flaming idea of what you are talking about!!!

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I think I can safely speak for my fellow freepers- none of us lives in a hole. We have beliefs, ideas and opinions- as do you.

Your disrespectful approach to "you people" brings you no honor.

[Sarajevo]

Your main page tells me absolutely nothing about why you think we should allow a "Muslim dominated" police force to guard our Marines and remove all weapons and armor from our Marines going ashore.

It's not supposed to.

The idiot(s) who made this decision should never have been in a position to make it.

And you are?.......What are your qualifications to determine exactly what the personnel on the ground need? None, I presume.

[Sarajevo]

I humbly apologize for grouping everyone in one basket.