Posted on 01/15/2008 3:54:16 PM PST by got_moab?
You got that right!
Captain Miller: I don't gripe to you, Reiben. I'm a captain. There's a chain of command. Gripes go up, not down. Always up. You gripe to me, I gripe to my superior officer, so on, so on, and so on. I don't gripe to you. I don't gripe in front of you. You should know that as a Ranger.
Calling a returning 21 year old vet a coward cuz he says thing you don't like?
How despicable of you.
Unlike you I support the troops.
Did it here, did it there. Doing it now.
Yeah, leave it to the boneheads at Free Republic. They are all "rah rah rah Support the Troops", but when a troop says something completely typical of a young soldier (Iraq sucks), they bash the poor kid to pulp.
Hey guess what, folks? EVERY MEMBER OF THE MILITARY THINKS BEING IN IRAQ SUCKS. None of them will hesitate to tell you that if you ask.
Are you prepared to bash every member of the military?
Fair weather troop supporters.
Hey, screw you! This guy is an American combat vet. He says he isn't happy being in that stinkhole Iraq, and he's a POS that should be flipping burgers? You're a moron.
Go back to DU or Daily Kos.
I don't know how this soldier made it out of BCT. Boggles the mind with an attitude like that. I had tours of duty that sucked, but that's the way it goes.
Jordan, you were very lucky to be born in the U.S.of A.
And Jordan, thank you for your service.
5.56mm
I’ll give the soldier a couple of miles of leeway. I bet a lot of guys in Iraq feel the same way.
Maybe the reporter can take a time machine and ask someone, “What’s it like being on Omaha Beach?”, if either one of them lives long enough to give an answer..
Look, its not like he protested in his uniform, threw his medals over the White House fence, or accused his fellow country men of murdering, raping, and pillaging like JENN-GISS Khan.
This guy isn't a moron. What he says mirrors what almost every member of the Army I know thinks. I'm active duty Army. You, and most Freepers, would be amazed how many people in the Army think the only reason we should still be in Iraq is to basically "fix what we've broken" and that we can't pull out now because we started this mess and we have to make sure it's fixed before we leave.
That sentiment belongs to the overwhelming majority of the soldiers, NCOs and Officers.
Why is it that bonehead Freepers don't hesitate to bash combat vets if they don't cheer from the mountaintops about how great the Iraq war is? These guys have to actually fight this thing. I think they have the right to bitch about it without being called morons.
The truth is that it DOES suck to be in Iraq. Both of my kids thought so, my son-in-law thought so, and I thought Afghanistan sucked. And I was at one of the largest and nicest FOBs!
Of course, I’d also volunteer to go back another tour (not likely, got a retirement date and 85% of the PCS-ing folks in my office haven’t been replaced, so we’re a bit short handed).
It is like my Dad said, in one of the very few comments I got out of him about war. He had been in WW2 & Korea, and was about to leave for Vietnam (where he died). He said, “You’re always dirty, you’re always tired - but you have a job to do and you do it.”
Congrats.
Hey, buy him a drink on my behalf.
And since you’re paying (LOL) make it a premium brand!
The media is the traitor, the soldier, well, he’s mistaken.
Must be a generational thing, because I would at least want to put on the best face possible when my story was told to the world.
A bit harsh, IMO.
The kid is griping, not deserting.
Have you served in the military?
I’m not criticizing, just felt kind of conflicted after reading this in my local paper and figured I’d see what others felt (particularly those who have served).
Yes absolutely, the media and liberals are the traitors.
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