ATG wrote:
I am writing this letter as an individual American expressing his right to speak up, even though I am an enlisted active duty Army soldier.
blah blah blah...united front against such horrors.
Will you support me, a soldier in the Army, and stand up against evil?
SPC Matthew S Gangwer
112th Special Operations Signal Battalion
SIGDET/SOCCENT
MacDill AFB, Tampa Florida
Based on his position, I'd say he's probably doing the same type job I was doing when I first graduated DLI, probably a fellow 98G. So I'll also safely say he's never seen a grain of sand except on the beaches of Florida and California. Its a cute work of bravado and empty rhetoric, and I wish the guy the best of luck in figuring out how to keep crap from fouling up his 16 when he ever makes it there. Another part of me thinks he could be a different MOS, because intel analyst requires critical analysis, which there is none in here. He might be Psyops.
It is disappointing that the best the wingnuts can do is parade out a tired series of REMF's and retired Cold Warrior's to pen these. But, for every 1 of these testimonials there's at least 20 you can find either at
http://www.votevets.org//index.php?opti … ;Itemid=69 or
http://www.ivaw.org/membersspeakIf you have never served but feel you're in a position to make judgments, you can call 1-800-USA-ARMY or 1-800-MARINES and talk to someone who really wants to hear your opinion. I'd give the Air Force number but I think everyone here has testicles
As far as this:
ATG wrote:
He may be delusional, but Harry Reid is a traitor.
Ok, I'll try to stay Sesame Street and use little words: Harry Reid is doing his job. His job title is called "Senator". A "Senator" is paid, by taxpayer dollars, to introduce legislation that represents the will of the voters. Voters are eligable citizens of the US that by law supposedly have enough brains to pick who will represent them and lead them. Voters are, however, not given IQ tests or Bush loyalty tests to become eligable to vote. Senators can also perform functions like oversight of other branches, investigations, and drinking cocktails given to them by hookers paid for by lobbyists. In this particular case, the American people voted overwhelmingly (do I really need to fish out the numbers?) in the last election to end a war that we were brought into by lies. For him not to introduce legislation to this effect is both unethical and would mean he is not doing his Constitutional duty. The Constition is a body of laws...oh fuck it, why do I need to explain this?
Our troops will keep getting their paychecks whether this bill passes or not, their pay comes from the regular defense budget. Most of their weapons and ammo and food comes from the regular defense budget. I lived through this same shit during the Clinton years when the Repug congress wouldn't sign the budget. My paychecks didn't stop and I still ate. No big deal. This supplemental budget is actually contract payments. They should be saying "The Democrats hate KBR! The Democrats are betraying Blackwater!". I personally don't give a rats ass about the mercenary groups run by Republican campaign donors.
As far as "surrendering", I don't recall any notes about our troops handing over their guns and turning themselves in to be hostages for Al Qaeda. As Ron Paul said,
"We Just Marched In (So We Can Just March Out)"