Questions about Iraq...

[Carbon]

http://www.bestmessageboardever.com/index.php?showtopic=40737&st=0&#entry422676

[Konigballer]

that was interesting. I dont think our more conservative members will like reading some of that though.

that girls been in firefights and put her life on the line but hates Bush, Rooster or Facts will probably call her a traitor or something.

[logamus]

she fought hard over there and has all the right in the world to her thoughts. i dont agree with her that oil is the motivating factor for the war, but i will cut anyone that spent any amount of time in iraq a huge amount of slack.

[FactsOfLife]

that was interesting. I dont think our more conservative members will like reading some of that though.

that girls been in firefights and put her life on the line but hates Bush, Rooster or Facts will probably call her a traitor or something.

WTF do you get off? Seriously.

I can't tell you how happy I am that you can speak for me while I'm off doing other things.

This really sets my mind at ease.

Of course, the rest of AO is going to wonder why it is I suddently turned into a raging liberal jackass, but hey you'll take care of that for me too right?

[Albinonewt]

It sounds to me like she's letting her experience cloud her judgement. The oil thing is nonsense, and everyone that's not a leftie knows that. Simple math is all it takes to know that. We'll never get as much money out of Iraq as we put in. PLus, if Bush is such a puppet of the Sauds then why would he start a war to undermine their oil influence? Its a stupid theory.

But we should all thank that young lady for her service to this country. She's a patriot for her service.

That having been said though, reading her posts reminds me of Kerry's speeched in 1971. Not as much invective, but it has shades of the same.

[logamus]

perhaps her thoughts a few months from now should be examined. obviously she reccently returned and she didnt return with all the friends she left with. that alone can make someone bitter. plus i am sure she is bitter that the supplies were not as timely as they should have been and there is no doubt that morale is not real high. i would suspect that there were large numbers of troopers in ww2 that wished they were somewhere else and not fighting in that war, it didnt keep them from getting the job done though. i suspect iraq will prove to be similar.

[Carbon]

Well she did say if she could do it again, she would. Nuff said.

[Rooster]

Women do not belong in combat. Perfect example of why.

I respect her service, but members of the rank and file military are not exactly known for their advanced reasoning skills (no disrespect intended). Putting women in combat, and it has been scientifically proven that women are more emotional than men, only exaserbates this problem. How do I know? I've talked to pleanty of people who have served in Iraq, and none of them thought the war was about oil. They were smarter than that.

Troop rotation does need to be fixed, however. Continuously extending tours isn't the way to go. People need a goal to work towards, and morale will be low if they think they are in a downward spiral.

[devildog]

Women do not belong in combat. Perfect example of why.

I respect her service, but members of the rank and file military are not exactly known for their advanced reasoning skills (no disrespect intended). Putting women in combat, and it has been scientifically proven that women are more emotional than men, only exaserbates this problem. How do I know? I've talked to pleanty of people who have served in Iraq, and none of them thought the war was about oil. They were smarter than that.

Troop rotation does need to be fixed, however. Continuously extending tours isn't the way to go. People need a goal to work towards, and morale will be low if they think they are in a downward spiral.

there are also studies that show men cant handle seeing women die in combat. which i can totally understand, if i saw one of the most beautiful creatures in this world get their brains splattered on me, id flip, thats messed up.

[Jeffy-CanCon]

there are also studies that show men cant handle seeing women die in combat. which i can totally understand, if i saw one of the most beautiful creatures in this world get their brains splattered on me, id flip, thats messed up.

The Israeli's allowed women into combat units, once. They stopped doing it because they found that co-ed units had higher casualty rates than all-male units. The guys would take risks for their female comrades that they wouldn't take for other men, and frequently got chewed up by snipers. Plus, the Arabs tended to be really nasty to captured female soldiers.

I respect this girl's opinions, though from the posts of the Iraq veterans here on AO I don't think her story can be said to be 100% representative of all soldiers in Iraq.

Is the war in Iraq about oil? I think Yes and No. It's not all about oil, certainly, but economics is always a major consideration in foreign policy and military operations. Iraq was one of a number of countries with WMD programs, and support for international terrorists - and not the worst of either. But even of those countries, several have oil resources, and Iraq was the only one attacked.

[MaChu]

Try telling this to feminists. I tried once, they just never understand this obscure stuff called science and reasoning, all they know is "BLAH BLAH BLAH BLA BLAH!" alll in your ear for hours and days after making a comment.

[NJPaint]

Women do not belong in combat. Perfect example of why.

I respect her service, but members of the rank and file military are not exactly known for their advanced reasoning skills (no disrespect intended). Putting women in combat, and it has been scientifically proven that women are more emotional than men, only exaserbates this problem. How do I know? I've talked to pleanty of people who have served in Iraq, and none of them thought the war was about oil. They were smarter than that.

Troop rotation does need to be fixed, however. Continuously extending tours isn't the way to go. People need a goal to work towards, and morale will be low if they think they are in a downward spiral.

It was "scientifically proven" that blacks were inferior to whites in reasoning capacity in order to justify slavery.

[FactsOfLife]

It was "scientifically proven" that blacks were inferior to whites in reasoning capacity in order to justify slavery.

It was scientifically proven that liberals are smarter than amoebas....



wait... I think I owe amoebas an apology...

[Rooster]

"It was "scientifically proven" that blacks were inferior to whites in reasoning capacity in order to justify slavery."

So you are saying you don't beleive in the modern scientific method? You don't beleive in natural selection. You don't beleive the moon is made of rock and not cheese, you don't beleive the earth circles the sun. You don't beleive that people are made of cells and are instead composed of the four humors. You beleive that the center of the earth is hollow and not composed of a molten core.

I knew liberals were stupid, but this takes the cake

[FactsOfLife]

You mean I don't get sick because of small toads in my stomach??


Well there goes the nationalized health care plan....