Re: Torture, Al-Qaeda Style
That doesn't mean anything rolmops. A friend of mine I used to work with killed some ragheads to.
And instead of coming back home and becoming the best friend of the enemy and their cause, he plastered his car with yellow ribbons, bumper stickers, you name it.
When asked he said that the war has gone poorly, we should leave, but I support my fellow troops and wish them the best while they are there. He served two tours in Iraq and Afganistan and said that if called back he would gladly go back. He is currently on active reserve. He got back, went to school and is about 3 weeks from getting his A and P license, a day of which I will take him out to his favorite place to eat and tell him thank you for his service (I've already thanked him numerous times, but he's so humble he just says don't worry about it), congrats on the license and eat up.
It's called appreciation for service. What have you done to show appreciation for the troops since you got back, besides letting them feel their cause is worthless and unwinable? I've written letters of support, donated money for the children of fallen soldiers to go to college (Sean Hannity's Freedom Alliance Scholarship Fund), thanked every single troop I've run across who was in uniform or otherwise had some way of identifying themselves as soldiers, past or present.
Think about this. You turn a corner on a safehouse in Karbala and see plaster being blown off the wall right next to you, followed by the sound of automatic gunfire. You duck back down and take cover. Fifteen minutes earlier you were back at base on a computer and reading how people like you are saying the cause is unjust and the war is unwinable. How in the hell do you think that makes that guy feel? You've been there, you should know.
Obviously, just because you were a uniform doesn't mean you are good for the cause.
Oh yea, FYI, I tried to get in twice, but I have severe flat feet and I was stopped both times, citing that the combat boots would tear my ankles up and render me immoble very quickly. I can't help that. That's a medical condition I was born with.
