tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post9129337460336103909..comments2024-03-22T11:14:05.861-04:00Comments on UncleBob's Treehouse: The Worst Wounded Soldier I Ever MetAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16046202647270439670noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-65619986075400950602017-02-02T09:36:01.915-05:002017-02-02T09:36:01.915-05:00Only someone born and raised in the U.S. can under...Only someone born and raised in the U.S. can understand this country. Foreigners never do.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16046202647270439670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-91125587058734634832017-02-01T18:23:13.115-05:002017-02-01T18:23:13.115-05:00We're up next, Bob. As far as that goes, here ...We're up next, Bob. As far as that goes, here in Alberta we have more in common with Texas than those fuckheads in Morontario and Queerbec.<br /><br />Look, we can't argue this on the small scale. The same thing happens when people get hit and killed or maimed by drunk drivers.<br /><br />And it doesn't change the fact that when they finally put an end to Saddam, they took out a man who was a clear and present danger not only to the US and its allies, but half the fuggin barking baboons in the middle east too. None of you have stepped up to answer the question: what would have happened if Saddam had continued on unchecked?<br /><br />Glen Filthiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03256741311142364722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-33712728082637456382017-02-01T18:20:09.463-05:002017-02-01T18:20:09.463-05:00"There are a lot worse things than dying than..."There are a lot worse things than dying than merely dying."<br /><br />I agree. As a twenty-year Navy veteran, I can truthfully say that my greatest fear was NOT being killed, but being maimed, crippled, or disfigured.<br />For some reason I don't know, death and dying never held any terrors for me, even as a child (don't misunderstand me, I don't WANT to die -- not any more than anyone else -- but I can't remember ever being afraid of dying).<br />But being held prisoner in my own body is a Hell that I wouldn't wish on anyone, let alone have happen to me; it would be worse than a death sentence. Better to die and be done with it.Take The Red Pillnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-67649437656779792802017-02-01T15:09:05.106-05:002017-02-01T15:09:05.106-05:00"Ask some kid whose mom or dad was killed on ..."Ask some kid whose mom or dad was killed on 911 if it was all worth it."<br /><br />That happened in the U.S., not Canada.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16046202647270439670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-26001483163066592182017-02-01T05:27:45.680-05:002017-02-01T05:27:45.680-05:00War is hell. If we are going to put our soldiers ...War is hell. If we are going to put our soldiers in harm's way and risk things like this, I say we had better have a goddamn clear and unassailable reason for going in, a goal, and an exit strategy. Not a wild goose chase for imaginary weapons of mass destruction followed by years of wishful thinking "nation building" fantasy with our military turning into the Peace Corps. Or something like the Libya disaster led by the brave and heroic obozo and hilLIARy, what a mess we made of things over there. Another brilliant intervention led by the military strategy geniuses in our "leadership."Farm Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14462365540643786957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-25580594309989838332017-02-01T03:47:17.495-05:002017-02-01T03:47:17.495-05:00"those people sacrificed to kept the American..."those people sacrificed to kept the American war machine economy going so that those chickenhawks can keep collecting fat stacks of battle provided cash."<br /><br /><br />Ouch. It's true, though. Especially at the Beltway Trough.little dynamohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11380746207592226835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-62245026366821612952017-02-01T03:45:33.191-05:002017-02-01T03:45:33.191-05:00Indeed, there are far worse things than death. An...Indeed, there are far worse things than death. And at a certain future point, some people on this planet will be so disconnected from God, that he won't even let them die. Although death is rightly associated with satanic elements, ultimately God is the authority, and either he allows us to die at some point . . . or he can't be bothered to care. <br /><br />Maybe his POV is, Well they said I don't exist, I guess the potential of their deaths, that doesn't actually exist either.<br /><br />I'm looking to miss that party altogether.little dynamohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11380746207592226835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-36136989703055343552017-01-31T19:22:38.253-05:002017-01-31T19:22:38.253-05:00Whaddya want me to say, Tex? There is no way I can...Whaddya want me to say, Tex? There is no way I can stand up to an emotional parent or spouse and tell them that their mangled boy or dead son was 'worth it'. I'm sorry for your friends Bob. <br /><br />All I know, boys, is that if an organism doesn't fight for it's survival, it dies. We could have fought our enemies in their back yards but for various reasons we are going to be fighting them here... unless we knuckle under like the Euros did and stand idly by while stinking African monkeys gang rape our women, burn cars and shit in the streets. Suffice it to say, to the fellas enabling all that? I'm not exactly impressed with your courage either. How about you actually throw those moslem shit bags out before ya thump your chest and brag? Ask some kid whose mom or dad was killed on 911 if it was all worth it. <br /><br />There's going to be a lot more of derelicts around in the days ahead.Glen Filthiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03256741311142364722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-7025895454599623092017-01-31T16:58:25.317-05:002017-01-31T16:58:25.317-05:00I wonder if these chikenhawks can even begin to ap...I wonder if these chikenhawks can even begin to appreciate Kipling's poem, "Because Our Fathers Lied". Though as I understand it Kipling was in favor of his empire's wars until he lost his boy.<br /><br />I know a man who lost his boy, in Afghanistan I believe, and in no uncertain terms he told my boys.<br /><br />Never join the military, they will just use you up and throw you away.<br /><br />I think he made a lasting impression on them. I hope anyway.<br /><br />Roman Lancenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-91405785932896897672017-01-31T14:08:55.289-05:002017-01-31T14:08:55.289-05:00Glenn and the Christian Evangelicals probably thin...Glenn and the Christian Evangelicals probably think it was 'worth it'. A Texannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-71505900151286932962017-01-31T13:26:30.600-05:002017-01-31T13:26:30.600-05:00'Chickenhawk cowards say these guys “made the ...'Chickenhawk cowards say these guys “made the ultimate sacrifice.”<br /><br />Of course they will...those people sacrificed to kept the American war machine economy going so that those chickenhawks can keep collecting fat stacks of battle provided cash.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16190484330802907362noreply@blogger.com