Time Person of the Year: The American Solider...is this a joke?
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Time Magazines' Person of the Year: Person, in this case Persons, who have affected the world; positive or negative. Hmmm..... what was big news in '03?
Although the presidents decision affected the world, it was the soldier who made the utmost impact onto the world. It was they who liberated Iraq, it was they who captured a tyrrant, it is they who WILL capture Usama, and it IS they who protect the United States. The latter is for those who have forgotten the value of service they provide you so you can drive your S on a street found in a freedom-filled country while you use freedom of speech, such as this..... in and beyond this forum.
Although the presidents decision affected the world, it was the soldier who made the utmost impact onto the world. It was they who liberated Iraq, it was they who captured a tyrrant, it is they who WILL capture Usama, and it IS they who protect the United States. The latter is for those who have forgotten the value of service they provide you so you can drive your S on a street found in a freedom-filled country while you use freedom of speech, such as this..... in and beyond this forum.
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Time Magazines' Person of the Year: Person, in this case Persons, who have affected the world; positive or negative. Hmmm..... what was big news in '03?
Although the presidents decision affected the world, it was the soldier who made the utmost impact onto the world. It was they who liberated Iraq, it was they who captured a tyrant, it is they who WILL capture Usama, and it IS they who protect the United States. The latter is for those who have forgotten the value of service they provide you so you can drive your S on a street found in a freedom-filled country while you use freedom of speech, such as this..... in and beyond this forum.
Although the presidents decision affected the world, it was the soldier who made the utmost impact onto the world. It was they who liberated Iraq, it was they who captured a tyrant, it is they who WILL capture Usama, and it IS they who protect the United States. The latter is for those who have forgotten the value of service they provide you so you can drive your S on a street found in a freedom-filled country while you use freedom of speech, such as this..... in and beyond this forum.
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Russ
First off, as a retired military sharpshooter (in addition to 50-odd other collateral duties) I am profoundly shocked by your ignorance on what you refer to as "ordinary." Without going into detail (I'm a two-tour Gulf War vet), what you consider "ordinary" is a far cry from what the men and women are dealing with hour to hour over there. I highly doubt anyone in the United States has to walk to work with one eye glued to the ground looking for a bomb and the other on every single
vehicle driving by, not knowing if it's just someone on their way to get fruit and vegetables or someone hell bent on making YOU a vegetable.
Whether or not you agree that the American soldier has transformed an entire country (as Time correctly calls it) is one thing, but to call a dangerous job "relatively ordinary" followed by a comparison to Vietnam, which I paraphrase "afterall, only 500 have been killed in Iraq" is a sad commentary on politicizing the individual soldier.
Afterall, "A single death is a tragedy, a million a statistic."
--Stalin.
I'd like to think you'd have more sensibility than to approach the child of a slain American soldier to tell them their father or mother died doing a "relatively ordinary"
job.
First off, as a retired military sharpshooter (in addition to 50-odd other collateral duties) I am profoundly shocked by your ignorance on what you refer to as "ordinary." Without going into detail (I'm a two-tour Gulf War vet), what you consider "ordinary" is a far cry from what the men and women are dealing with hour to hour over there. I highly doubt anyone in the United States has to walk to work with one eye glued to the ground looking for a bomb and the other on every single
vehicle driving by, not knowing if it's just someone on their way to get fruit and vegetables or someone hell bent on making YOU a vegetable.
Whether or not you agree that the American soldier has transformed an entire country (as Time correctly calls it) is one thing, but to call a dangerous job "relatively ordinary" followed by a comparison to Vietnam, which I paraphrase "afterall, only 500 have been killed in Iraq" is a sad commentary on politicizing the individual soldier.
Afterall, "A single death is a tragedy, a million a statistic."
--Stalin.
I'd like to think you'd have more sensibility than to approach the child of a slain American soldier to tell them their father or mother died doing a "relatively ordinary"
job.
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Just to start off and be some what ironic I'm writing this from the ship (on Duty)... Who cares how long you have been in and what jobs you have done, We all singed and swore to the Constition, that we would die for our contry. It was there job it does SUCK, but how many jobs don't? In my opinion I think Buch should get the award....for being a bonehead and getting us into all this @#$@ I've heard and seen more about him this year than Clinton the year he almost got thrown out of office. Buch might as well get on one more cover. Peace.
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you won't believe this....i actually saw a pic of you on this site before (the one of you at work) and thought you looked familiar but thought to myself what's the chance.....I do remember you...that is so funny.....obviously your still in, did you reinlist