Dawn Patrol 03/10/2010
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Gates in Kabul on surprise visit -- [Foreign Policy]
During his surprise visit to Kabul yesterday, Defense Secretary Robert Gates met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and top commander in Afghanistan Gen. Stanley McChrystal, and visited a small remote outpost north of Kandahar, the southern Afghan province where a coalition offensive is expected to get underway sometime this. So far, 6,000 of the 30,000 additional troops ordered by U.S. President Barack Obama have arrived in Afghanistan. Tomorrow, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will visit Kabul for the first time since Karzai's re-election last fall, and Karzai is expected to start a two-day trip to Islamabad as well. Taliban reintegration and the status of captured Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Baradar are rumored to be on the agenda in the Pakistani capital. Karzai is planning to host a three-day peace jirga beginning April 29 to discuss negotiations with Taliban fighters
Iran's Ahmadinejad Visits Kabul -- [Voice of America]
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is in Afghanistan, where he met with President Hamid Karzai and again sharply criticized the U.S. mission to stabilize the country.
'Secret' Gates-Ahmadinejad meeting in Kabul? -- [American Thinker]
Funny coincidence. SecDef Robert Gates is going on a surprise visit to Afghanistan. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad also happens to be going to Kabul, overlapping with the Gates visit. It's possible they will just drive past each other in Kabul. But it seems more likely that they are going to finalize some sort of agreement that's been bubbling up behind the scenes. Possibly the Afghan government, which wants good relations with both Iran and the US, will try to broker an agreement.
Worried yet?
News Wrap: U.S. Troops Ready to Take Kandahar From Taliban -- [The Online NewsHour]
GENERAL STANLEY MCCHRYSTAL, U.S. commander in Afghanistan: We have already put additional forces in the districts around Kandahar, but we will be able to reinforce that significantly over time. So, there won't be a D-Day that -- that is climactic. It will be a rising tide of security as it comes.
HARI SREENIVASAN: U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Kabul today to review plans
Afghanistan war: Fight for Kandahar won't be like fight for Marjah -- [The Christian Science Monitor]
In the next stage in the Afghanistan war, coalition forces are expected to build up gradually on the outskirts of the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar, perhaps for months. That strategy departs from the one executed in the Marjah offensive, in which troops entered quickly.
Missing The Point -- [A Major's Perspective - in Afghanistan]
Something has struck me over the last week or so. Most of the reporting about Operation Moshtarak focused upon what our Troops were doing, and though our Troops did an outstanding job as always, that wasn't really the point that should have been highlighted.
This was an operation led by the Afghan National Security Forces and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.
Our Man in Kabul? -- [The New Rebuplic]
The sadistic Afghan warlord who wants to be our friend.
The United States is not fighting one enemy in Afghanistan. While the media often equate "insurgency" with "Taliban," there are, in fact, three major insurgent groups. The biggest is the Quetta Shura Taliban. Led by the famous one-eyed cleric Mullah Omar, this group is based in the Pakistani city of Quetta and fights mainly in the southern Helmand and Kandahar provinces. Another is the Haqqani network, run by the father-and-son team of Jalaluddin and Sirajuddin Haqqani from Pakistan's northwestern tribal areas. The Haqqanis and their Al Qaeda allies sow chaos in Afghanistan's east and were likely behind the double-agent suicide bomb at a CIA base near Khost this winter.
Then there is Hekmatyar. ...
Taliban, HIG infighting leads to split in Afghan insurgency in the North -- [LWJ - Bill Roggio]
"Since Sunday 120 fighters including 70 armed men from Hizb-e-Islami have joined [the] government," a police spokesman in Baghlan told Xinhua. Mamor Malang, a local commander of the Hezb-i-Islami Gulbuddin, or HIG, was among those who surrendered to the government. More HIG fighters are expected to join the government in the coming days.
The fighting began on Saturday as a dispute between the local HIG units and Taliban forces in several villages in the Baghlan-e-Markazi district came to a head.
Signs of life return to an Afghan ghost town‎ -- [Los Angeles Times]
A campaign has begun to lure residents back to war-ravaged Now Zad in Helmand province, with Marine and Afghan guards posted 24 hours a day to ward off Taliban attacks.
Reporting from Now Zad, Afghanistan -- Under a late winter sky, surrounded by mountains left verdant by recent rain showers, is one of Afghanistan's spookiest-looking and most dangerous places: the once-vibrant but now war-ravaged and virtually empty city of Now Zad. For decades, it was among Helmand province's largest and most prosperous cities, thanks at least in part to the profitable opium poppy crop grown by local farmers, many of whom are sharecroppers.
Helmand Will Serve as Template, NATO Official Says -- [ISAF]
Operations in Helmand province will serve as a template for future operations elsewhere in Afghanistan, NATO's senior civilian representative here said today.
Ambassador Mark Sedwill, who served as British ambassador to Afghanistan, said the operation is different from others in three basic ways. The first, he said, is that from its inception, NATO's regional commander, British Maj. Gen. Nick Carter, and his Afghan counterparts planned the operation "from the end-game backwards."
"And the end-game is the civilian delivery of governance and development," Sedwill said.
The second difference,...
Soldiers going dismounted in Afghanistan -- [Bouhammer]
About seven or eight months ago my good friend Scott Kesterson who was and still is in Afghanistan told me "things are changing here, they are going back to a Vietnam way of patrolling". I was not sure what he was talking about or implying so I asked him. He told me that the troops were getting out of he vehicles and walking every where they go. Vehicles were limited to the roads for the most part and the enemy had them channeled and could focus the IEDs and EFPs on the roads. Soldiers were finding (along with GEN McChrystal's direction) that if they went dismounted they were safer because the enemy could not IED wide open space.
In order to have freedom of movement and to increase the chance of survival, soldiers were going "cross-country" by dismounted patrols.
British soldier describes throwing Taliban hand grenade back toward enemy in Afghanistan -- [Sun Sentinel]
A soldier in the British army in Afghanistan has described how he saved the lives of two comrades by picking up a live Taliban grenade and throwing it back toward the enemy.
A Sunny Day For A Mission -- [Afghanistan My Last Tour - in Afghanistan]
...As we traveled towards the city, the roads were rather congested with traffic and we saw a lot more children than normal. The local schools have opened their doors and the students are going back to school. One young Afghan boy gave us the thumbs up as we drovepast. Previously this was considered a vulgar gesture, but since the US forces arrived, it has become accepted as part of their culture.
We meandered our way through the capital city and it was apparent security has been added. The ANP were setting up random and strategic checkpoints along the way. These checkpoints cause bottlenecks and the traffic to back up.
Dushman Bukhush -- [Riding Shotgun with Team Zombiekiller - in Afghanistan]
Here's some video we shot the other day of our company assaulting an objective. Their first attempt at it in the morning was not exactly textbook. In fact their first attempt is technically what we'd refer to as a "Soup Sandwich." Fortunately for everyone involved the second iteration was much better. They learned a lot in a short period of time and the results were a considerable improvement.
Road Trip -- [Knights of Afghanistan - in Afghanistan]
Almost midnight, and I just got the word that I'm making a run to Jalalabad tomorrow. The curtailment of sleep is a greater concern than any risk from the movement. The run to Jalalabad is pretty secure, with only occasional trouble along the way.
...Rule One: Avoid the ISAF convoys- favorite target of the bad guys, and prone to indiscriminate fire when they feel threatened.*
Camp Attack# 1 -- [Living In Harm's Way - in Afghanistan]
Well I experienced my first Rocket Propel Grenade attack! I am SAFE! This morning around 0855 insurgents fired a round at one of our guard towers and thankfully missed, the round went completely over the camp landing a couple of hundred yards over the wall. Unfortunately it was reported that some local Afghans were injured. When our office heard the explosion I asked Air force SSgt B, was that what I thought it was, he got up and opened the door and saw everyone running by making their way to the nearest bunkers, I immediately scrambled and found my space in a crowed bunker for safety. Within moments Soldiers' were called to their sectors to secure the camp ...
Rank and File -- [Rajiv Srinivasan - in Afghanistan]
Nights at the ANA COP are dark, to say the least. There are no skyline lights, no neon store front displays. There's only the shine of a few stove heaters flickering through the barracks windows. Occasionally, I'll hear the blaring noise of a homemade Pakistani music video from the ANA leadership's parlor. The television's backlight tends to illuminate the entire building and everyone inside.
Since the day I arrived on the COP, this parlor in the ANA command post has served as nothing but a room symbolic of the corruption and apathy plaguing the leadership of this professional Army. The staff officers ...
Spring in Mazar-E-Sharif -- [270 Days in Afghanistan]
The provincial government has started to plant trees along the roadside, which says a couple of things to me about where the province is at in the economic recovery process for the region. First and foremost, the effort to improve the landscape signals a departure from the stark and frightening goal of simply having a roof over their heads. The local Afghans here in this province seem to have progressed well into the middle of the pyramid of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. The second thing it says to me is that optimism has made a comeback among these people.
Fizzling to the Finish Line -- [Sgt Danger - in Afghanistan]
...Looking back on the most recent - and perhaps last - mission, it went really well. I was alert, worked hard, had fun, and gave the new guys some pretty good coaching. I love running a gun truck in Afghanistan, wish I could spend the next two months doing it.
From the mission...
A Good News Story -- [Ramblings from a Painter - in Iraq]
It's the day after the Iraqi elections and the initial reports are pretty positive. Despite a lot of rocket and mortar attacks (over 100 in Baghdad alone), the turnout was pretty heavy. Not only that, it looks like the attacks pissed off the normal Iraqis so much, they went to the polls just to spite the insurgents, even if they hadn't intended to vote! Good for them! I haven't seen much in the way of accusations of vote fraud, at least not yet, and that is also good news. ...Seems like all the other "news" sites I checked were more concerned about the Academy Awards and had only lightweight reporting on Iraq. I'm not really sure what that says about American priorities, except that I don't like it.
It's Up to Iraqis Now. Good Luck. -- [NYT]
...Former President George W. Bush's gut instinct that this region craved and needed democracy was always right. It should have and could have been pursued with much better planning and execution. This war has been extraordinarily painful and costly. But democracy was never going to have a virgin birth in a place like Iraq, which has never known any such thing.
Who Wouldn't Want to be a Fly on the Wall When George W. Bush Reads the New York Times This Morning? -- [The Corner - Kathryn Jean Lopez]
Thomas Friedman today:
Former President George W. Bush's gut instinct that this region craved and needed democracy was always right. It should have and could have been pursued with much better planning and execution. This war has been extraordinarily painful and costly. But democracy was never going to have a virgin birth in a place like Iraq, which has never known any such thing.
Thomas Friedman in 2006:
It is now obvious that we are not midwifing democracy in Iraq. We are baby-sitting a civil war. . . .
Responsible Drawdown from Iraq -- [Army Live]
Third Army is the Department of the Army and Central Command logistical center of gravity for Responsible Drawdown from Iraq. Third Army is synchronizing equipment movement with key players from U.S. Forces-Iraq (USF-I), Air Force Central Command Surface Deployment and Distribution Command, Army Materiel Command and other DOD and CENTCOM components.
Third Army has successfully supported the movement of forces in and out of theater since the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom with a proven material enterprise system. Since July 1, 2009, Third Army has moved...
After Delay, Partial Iraq Vote Results Expected Thursday -- [New York Times]
Iraq's electoral commission is expected to announce partial results of parliamentary elections by Thursday, a United Nations
More on Iraqi Elections -- [Ramblings from a Painter - in Iraq]
...Meanwhile, Iran is steadily increasing its clout. They send books to libraries and blankets to the poor and build good will. We build libraries, housing, power plants, sewer systems, fresh water systems, schools, markets, roads, and thousands of other projects worth billions of dollars and are derided as hated occupiers. Although Iran is wielding more influence over Shia politicians, they both take pains to keep it quiet. Iraq and Iran have a long and turbulent history and the people's memories of the war in the 80's, which left a million dead, is still pretty fresh.
Iran's Role In Iraq -- [Atlantic Online]
Iran is definitely supporting Shiite parties in Iraq's 2010 parliamentary voting as it always has, and did help put together the National Alliance
Dispute over candidate disqualifications could mar Iraqi vote's legitimacy -- [WaPo]
A controversy over the disqualification of candidates threatened Tuesday to undermine the legitimacy of Iraq's recent elections and inflame supporters of a coalition seeking to topple the alliance led by the prime minister.
Israel Gives The Finger To Biden And The U.S. -- [AlterNet]
Vice President Joe Biden met with top Israeli leaders today to convey the U.S. Government's positions: the U.S. remains a close ally of Israel and will support Israel if it takes risks for peace; the U.S. does not want Israel to attack Iran over its nuclear program; and Israeli settlements must cease in order to make it possible for peace negotiations to resume.
The Vice President got an immediate and unexpected response from Mr. Netanyahu and his government--the finger!
Global Threats Demand Broad Response, Admiral Says -- [DoD]
Increasing global threats such as those to computer networks and growing hostilities from Iran are prompting more NATO expeditionary operations, NATO's top military officer said today.
"The demands of these nontraditional, transported threats are moving [European member nations] into this direction," Navy Adm. James G. Stavridis, NATO's supreme allied commander for Europe and commander of U.S. European Command, told the Senate Armed Services Committee.
North Korea: Nuclear disarmament is off if military exercises proceed -- [The Hill]
North Korea said Sunday that if the U.S. moves forward with a South Korean military exercise, nuclear disarmament is off.
"The maneuvers clearly indicate once again that the U.S. and the South Korean authorities are the harassers of peace and warmongers keen to bring a war to this land," a statement from the government-run Korean Central News Agency said.
China said Friday it was hoping to restart stalled six-party talks with North and South Korea, China, the United States, Japan and Russia before July by dangling the promise of aid to Pyongyang.
Youtuber "Jihad Jane" Indicted on Federal Terrorism Charges (Updated... -- [Jawa Report]
Note to media (too many inquiries to respond to all, sorry): Feel free to use images but please credit "The Jawa Report" or "YouTube Smackdown" and DO NOT HOTLINK! And would it hurt if you named the source for connecting "Jihad Jane" with the Lars Vilks murder plot? Also, you guys don't know how to link?
... You may remember that we've had a long, er, "relationship" with Jihad Jane. To be honest, Colleen seemed more of a loser and a nut than someone who would actually be involved in worldwide jihad. But I suppose that since I am constantly reminding people that "nut" and "jihadi" are not mutually exclusive terms that perhaps I should have heeded my own cautionary warnings?
Howie used to have fun here behind the scenes digging up old pictures of her wearing slutty outfits (not good, trust me) and boozing it up with her red neck buddies (before she took the veil).
KNEES! -- [Dan Cnossen - injured in Afghanistan]
I am proud and excited to report that Dan is back to his original height and walking all over the place, with bending knees and all! No more stubbies, no more peg-leg walking. He is doing SUCH an amazing job at getting this C-leg thing down - when he walks, he actually makes prosthetic legs seem like real ones. He's been up on them for about two weeks now, and is blowing everyone at Walter Reed away with his progress. And how deserving - today is the 6-month anniversary of stepping on that pressure plate in Afghanistan.
Some Things Don't Need Embellishment -- [Afghan Quest - in Afghanistan]
...Landstuhl isn't just for wounded. It's where servicemembers from Iraq and Afghanistan go for medical treatment and evacuation for any number of reasons. Many are ill. Some have been diagnosed with serious diseases, such as cancer. It is also the waypoint for seriously and critically wounded warriors on their way to places like Walter Reed, the burn centers and the first big step on what may be a long road of recovery. Those people never see the outpatient barracks. They are stabilized and moved again. Some others are there for lengthier stays. For them, many of whom came in with little or nothing, a change of clothes can mean the world.
Enter Soldiers' Angels and the force that defies gravity and fatigue; MaryAnn Phillips.
Founders Notes -- [Soldiers Angels]
Spring is approaching the snow is melting, birds are singing... heroes are fighting for freedom and Angels are busy supporting them. This week we have the exciting celebration of the new facilities in San Antonio, and it's been so great to see the number of heroes waiting for adoption finally drop below 1,000. Let's keep up the great energy!
The Hardest Thing I've Ever Done: A Series of Screw-Ups and Lessons Learned -- [SpouseBuzz - Andi]
In January, on the day my husband deployed, I received a phone call informing me that we would have to move while my husband was deployed. It's a long story, and has nothing to do with orders, or the Army. Basically, the house we were renting was sold. I had to find a house, buy a house, pack a house and move a house. Without my husband. Pronto. I knew this would be challenging of course, but I also thought it was fairly doable. Bwahahahahaha. Screw-up Number One: No POA. My husband deployed with only a few hours notice. Until this deployment, we've always had lead time to get affairs in order. I admit I don't always keep a current POA on hand, even though I know better. So, you guessed it, I was armed with a useless, expired POA and no way to get another one in a timely manner.
Why I Serve -- [Army Strong - LTC Andre Dean]
Sometimes we catch ourselves asking this very fundamental question about military serivce:
"Why did I sign up to wear this uniform and serve my Country with my life?"
For me all I have to do is look around my office and see a few poignant reminders of what this protection of my beloved USA is all about.
Today it is as simple as this little hand-made tie created for me last Father's Day by my little angel 8-year-old Helena, which hangs prominently on my "love-me" wall. Check out the photo below and tell me if there is a better reason than leaving my little girl a better America than the one I was given by my Army-serving father before me....and to pass this legacy and love affair with America and my deeply held love for my family on down the line to generations still unborn.
Quote of the Day -- [Abu Muqawama]
"The Iliad is ever mindful that war is about men killing or men killed. In the entire epic, no warrior, whether hero or obscure man of the ranks, dies happily or well. No reward awaits the soldier's valor; no heaven will receive him. The Iliad's words and phrases for the process of death make clear that this is something baneful: dark night covers the dying warrior, hateful darkness claims him; he is robbed of sweet life, his soul goes down to Hades bewailing its fate. Again and again, relentlessly, the Iliad hammers this fact: the death of any warrior is tragic and full of horror. Even in war, death is regrettable."
25 Years Ago... -- [Miserable Donuts]
March 9th, 1985 at the Urbana, Illinois National Guard Armory, I signed on the line. My enlistment contract in the Illinois Army National Guard. 11B10 - Infantryman, assigned as a Scout Observer to the Combat Support Company, 2/130th Infantry. When I called home and told my parents, they were rather startled. To tell the truth, when I got to Fort Benning, GA for Basic Training, I was too. A couple of years slowly getting my bearings and an officer's commission, I figured it out. Learn from NCOs. Some schoolhouse training helped too...Good thing I had learned a little by 1993. I was called up for the Mississippi Floods that summer - and had to take acting command of a Company. The rest of the 1990s went along merrily enough - oh, until all that Bosnia stuff got
Home. -- [six foot skinny - home from Iraq]
lines and civilian contract workers and paperwork and waiting and gestures of thanks and goodbye. I probably won't see many of these people ever again. Late night, early morning, busses. Two coach busses take some of us back to Marquette, Michigan. Two busses take some of us back to Ellsworth, Wisconsin. And then later, after I'm gone, busses take the rest to the airport where they fly home to Oklahoma City. I am on the Ellsworth busses. Three hours west of McCoy. Three hours on the bus for the last time.
Charlie Company Home From Afghanistan -- [WTVC]
"Charlie Company," the more common name for C-Troop of the Georgia Army National Guard's 108th Calvary unit, came home Tuesday to a hometown hero's welcome.
We rode with the soldiers on their bus as they greeting hundreds of people who lined the streets to welcome them home. The troops waved and shouted back at people carrying flags and signs along Dalton's streets.
Friends repair flooded farm for soldier during his deployment -- [Cherokee Tribune]
A Cherokee County soldier on Tuesday evening received a welcome-home present he never will forget. Friends and family of Sgt. Rusty Midkiff of southeast
3rd ESC back home from Haiti -- [News Enterprise]
While waiting in bleachers decorated with signs such as - "Welcome Home Mommy" - Nikeisha Roberts said she was nervous and excited to see her husband again.
Time to refresh your memories... -- [Castle Argghhh!!!]
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Oscar for Iraq war film was well-timed -- [CNN]
This past weekend, Iraq had a real election and in spite of threats and bombings, millions of voters participated in record numbers. It is a giant step forward in Iraq's road to democracy and has the potential to be a beacon for others in this battle-scarred region.
Fallujah -- the real Hurt Locker -- [OPFOR]
In Fallujah in 2004, the soldiers and Marines were not able to call in Explosive Ordnance Disposal teams to diffuse IEDs. In Fallujah, the soldiers and Marines were forced to drop bombs on urban minefields. On one occasion a string of IEDs two blocks long was detonated by a single GPS-guided bomb. In Fallujah a handful of soldiers were not pinned down by a single enemy sniper. In Fallujah American M1 tanks were pinned down by riflemen and grenadiers lurking in every window. In Fallujah, 8000 American troops were locked in mortal combat with 4000 diehard jihadists for several weeks. In Fallujah, over 100 American soldiers, sailors and Marines were killed during the 2004 fighting and hundreds more were wounded. Many lives were lost and everyone's life was changed forever. Nine Navy Crosses and twenty-two Silver Stars were awarded for gallantry during Operation Phantom Fury--many posthumously.
THE HURT LOCKER at the Oscars: Iraq War Drama Wins; Iraqis Ignored -- [Alt Film Guide (blog)]
I was disappointed -- but hardly surprised -- that none of the Hurt Locker filmmakers mentioned the people of Iraq or the election held in that country on
US Iraq commander likes 'Hurt Locker' -- [AFP]
The commander of US troops in Iraq on Tuesday praised Oscar-winning drama "The Hurt Locker," saying that unlike some media coverage it showed the complexities on the field.
General Ray Odierno said he watched "The Hurt Locker," a nerve-jangling film about a US Army bomb disposal squad in Baghdad, after a copy was sent to him last year.
CPT Bailey on Liddy Show -- [This Ain't Hell]
Navy Captain Larry Baily, a Navy SEAL who spends a lot of his personal busting phony SEALs, will be on the G. Gordon Liddy radio show today. You can listen to it on the interwebbythingies. Apparently, Captain Bailey will be discussing Adam Kokesh's candidacy run in New Mexico.
The one time I've talked with Captain Baily on the phone, he had just finished telling a widow that her recently deceased husband wasn't eligible for burial in Arlington despite the years of lies her husband had told her. He's a straight shooter and a rock hard patriot.
Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Gossip -- [Home from Iraq]
Our unit made the front page of today's Lancaster Intelligencer/New Era in a story about a chaplain who was supposed to deploy with us and who was accused of violating "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." For me, finding out Chaplain (Captain) Aris Fokas was deploying with us was great news. He was the assistant college chaplain at Franklin and Marshall College (where my wife teaches) in the 1990s. So I already knew him and knew he was a really good guy. We saw each other at the battalion Christmas party at the end of 2007 and I could not say which one of us was more surprised to see the other in uniform.
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"Look, I'm taking your Frosty, and there's not a damn thing you can do about it!"
George Bush is a draft dodger! And he's running a negative campaign!
I won't shoot you with my finger, but I'll stab you in the back (if I get elected).
When I was your age I threw my effing medals away!
I served in Vietnam and I'm taking those fries!
Ah-ah, I know what you're thinking, punk, did he flip flop six times or only five?
Listen up, Boy! When I'm your CIC you'll pay for disrespecting me.
"Hey, can I have those medals? I lost mine."
Listen jar head, the bake sale money for your body armour is not taxable unless you earn over $200,000.
Vote for me or it's the last thing you do!
Wait a minute while I get my camcorder so we can reenact our meeting.
"I don't know what I want, I can't seem to make up my mind. What did YOU order?"
"That's one cute chest. Like John Edward's."
"Hey, turn around and check THAT out! I like big butts, and I cannot lie."
"If you had three purple hearts, you'd pin them right there!"
Go ahead, pull my finger-I dare you! Did you know I served in Viet Nam?
You'd BETTER be using Heinz ketchup!!
"Forget the video tape, I DID NOT say soldiers, I said marines."
Hey, you've got something on your shirt.
No wait, no you don't.
Then again, maybe you do.
(...continues for five minutes...)
Here's a caption for the first photo:
"No, no. I'd have brown eyes if I were full of shit up to the eyebrows, see? Mine are blue 'cause I'm a quarter cup short."
John Edwards and I have better hair than you!
Kerry: What can I do for you si.....
Marine: Shut up and get behind me sir.
Do you know who I am?
The marine was conflicted, there was a big ass in front of him demanding attention and a nice ass behind him demanding attention. His squadmate sympathises.
"I wasn't saluting, the lights were in my eyes."
"Is--is my daughter wearing a see-through dress!?"
John Kerry has reported for duty, expect to seem him around for about three months.
Marine looks upon Kerry with contempt as he is adressed in public while fellow Marine is so awed by Kerry's arogance he can't even take his eyes away from Kerry's finger pointing to look at chick's ass.
Caption for first photo: "Hey, is that the charisma I ordered back there?"
The US Marines are the best.
No, no, no! It's un, deux, trois . . . .
"Don't worry soldier,'Help is on the Way'."
(Insert picture of Mighty Mouse here).
Say, you didn't pick those ribbons up off the White House lawn?
"If I am elected President, I will send you home. But for now, you'll just have to climb in that Chevy you drove here."
George bush has killed over 1000 of my fellow brothers. I hope and pray you evict the coke-snorting, draft-dodging lying son of a bitch this November...SIR!
You should vote for me before you vote against me.
Well, It's just a bit complicated to spell out, so just look:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v56/Mamamontezz/KerryMarine.jpg
Losely based on the Cannibal in the Butcher Shop joke.
Thanks for the head's up, Greyhawk!
I'm gonna fingerbang bang you into my life.
Marine, you like to fingerbang and it's alright.
Dick:
Too bad that wasn't their reaction.
"Semper le Waffle!"
"Hey, did I mention that I served in Viet Nam?"
"No, I won't sign a Form 180 to release records about my medals, so quit asking!"
"You look just like that S.O.B. Secret Service agent that knocked me over when I was skiing!"
Kerry channels Niedermeier from "Animal House":
"A PLEDGE PIN?! On your UNIFORM?!"
As a US Marine myself, I can say this categorically:
John Kerry has virtually NO support among us.
Bush is our man, and I am damn proud of what we have accomplished the last year.
John Kerry and his pathetic party hacks can move to France for all I care. I don't consider them real Americans.
"I'm telling you. If someone jolts you while your cleaning your nails with a Ka-Bar you CAN get a purple heart."
See the scar on my finger?? That's what got me my first Purple Heart!
Those are nice alright, but they're not as pretty as my three purple hearts. Hey, did I mention I have three purple hearts
You really should consider Botox...by the way, did I tell you my story about Genghis Khan?
Marine to Kerry "No Sir, that is definately NOT the finger we use when we think of you."
I'm Rick James, B*tch!
Hey Dick, I just read your post to one of my two sons in the Marines. He says you can kiss his entire white ass. He also said that his friends in Iraq would say the same thing, after they "beat the living $^%& out of you". That's probably why the Dems are doing everything in their power to keep overseas military personnel from voting in November, eh?
"I actually voted for the $87 million before I vote against it."
"Good to go, Sir. I'll be sure to vote for you before I vote against you."
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eh voila! the jacques chirac finger-pointing photo pose works for me too!
This is what I learned in Boston, I walk out on the check and chumps like you pay my bill.
Kerry: And you know what they call a... a... a Quarter Pounder with Cheese in Paris?
Marine: They don't call it a Quarter Pounder with cheese sir?
Kerry: No man, they got the metric system. They wouldn't know what the f*ck a Quarter Pounder is.
Marine: Then what do they call it sir?
Kerry: They call it a "Royale" with cheese.
Marine: A "Royale" with cheese. What do they call a Big Mac?
Kerry: Well, a Big Mac's a Big Mac, but they call it "le Big-Mac".
Marine: "Le Big-Mac". Ha ha ha ha. What do they call a Biggie?
Kerry: I dunno, I didn't go into a Wendy's. That hayseed Edwards is the one who likes Wendy's.
1st Photo: "Dismissed!"
2nd Photo, Kerry to Marine: "Nunquam Fi" (never faithful)
First pic: Is anyone out there? Hello?
"OK, you're the soldier who bet you could eat two biggie burgers and four biggie shakes without throwing up. How'd you do son?"
"Fine, sir, until I saw you."
1st photo:
"Dismissed!"
2nd photo, Kerry to Marine:
"Nunquam Fi"
translation: (never faithful)
Hey, look, Hillary was in Iraq and she said you guys don't mind being interrupted while you're trying to eat...
Hey, your'e a Marine, right? Demon Dogs! Hee hee, Woof, right? A Corps of One? The old Leatherbacks! Jar...something.
I'm not annoying you am I?
"When I'm the Commander In Chief, I'll show you where you can stick that '100% Bush' line."
"Funny, that doesn't look like a French uniform to me..."
Jacques Chirac told me, and I believe him, that "I am no cheese eating surrender monkey!" Do you understand me?!! I am a hero...I was in Viet Nam. Now wipe that Bush like sneer off your face. You bug me, you..you.. and I was in Viet Nam.....
for $87 B, I'd think you guys would eat better than that
When I'm done with you, you'll be wearing this new MALE BURQUA I designed!
(see NASA BLUE SUIT PHOTO = Kerry's models early designs)
If you want to earn three purple hearts, do not inflict any of your wounds here.
"See this finger,soldier? This finger served"
I did too get wounded in Vietnam......and, and you better remember to say you saw me get wounded, and, and that I really do derserve those purple hearts! Effing jarhead!
Caption: " Boy, get Teresa her ketchup now!"
"I want you to be the last Marine to die in Iraq!"
"Would you like that finger handed back to you in five pieces, or ten, mister?"
"He want's ten, sergeant!"
No quote for Mister Kerry, since he'd just deny he said it later. Or was that his paycheck, er, wife?
Son, I was born into wealth, educated in Switzerland, and my wife is one of the richest women on the planet, otherwise I'm just a grunt like you."
"If he touches me, he dies"
Look at my finger. It would like to pick you up for a lucky date. Wanna be my veep?
Kerry: And its one two three four what are you fighting for? Dont know and dont give a damn next stop is vietnam....ooh wait hold up. Sorry soldier a little flashback from my Vietnam days. You know Im a Vietnam Vet hero dont you soldier. Saaaaay are you a baby killer like I was????
Marine thinking to himself: First Im gonna step on this bug, then Im gonna grind him into the deck then Im throw his boyfriend through the bulkhead!
Pierre
Marine: thinking.... "You are one lucky sonofabitch that I'm in uniform.....and that there's witnesses ......
end the contest. bar code king is the hands down winner! just remember. niedermeier - DEAD!
"Damm you are prettier than Johnny, want to come back to my place for some one on one?"
"Nah, I used Super 8 son. And I could have gotten footage of me busting a cap in that wounded gooks head but my cameraman got wounded. Damn loafer!"
Get that damn finger out of my face, sir!
Look, don't you disrespect me bitch! Cousin Itt's got my back!
"We're gonna be stronger at home and more respected abroad, boy -- now drop and give me 50!"
"I do support the military. I voted to support you before I voted against you, before I voted for you, before...ah...um...oh he##, even I can't keep track anymore."
Demonstration of Proper Technique of Devil Dog Mesmerizing Frog Before Devouring
Pull my finger.
I STILL HAVE MY MEDALS ....I THREW SOMEBODY ELSE'S! REALLY !
(MARINE thinking FOAD)
Assistant manager, John Kerry, informs a customer that they do NOT serve "freedom fries" on his watch.
I wouldn't even give you 87 cents. . . .
... so you see son, when I said 'atrocities', I was referring to the inadequate funding for our boys in Vietnam. Um, so where was I?
"May I take your medals off your chest and throw them over the White House fence?"
Are those real medals or the kind you get for self-inflicted wounds?
Why the long face, sir?
What I really would like to be is a proctologist...
"Yes, this is my stinkfinger. I 'check the oil' on my running mate a couple of times a day. It's almost time for another grope session"
Holy shit, Marine! Is that a froot loop Service Ribbon? Did I mention I had three of those? I lost two over the White House fence...
Somebody already said it, but this picture has "do you know who I am" written all over it.
My favorite, though, was "I can't decide. What did you order?"
Ensign Kerry reporting for duty, sir! You're the officer on duty? Send someone to fetch the rest of my things on board; I left them on the pier. Here it is, midnight; it's been a long day, and one just got tired of carrying them, you know how it is, and besides, that's what the enlisteds are for. Did I mention I know the Kennedys? So this surfboard won't be in the way here, will it? Didn't think so. Yeah, I'm glad to be aboard the _Gridley._
Well if I become President I will give Medals of Honor to all of my hippie band of brothers! They are the true heros if you ask me and my boy Michael Moore, I lived F911 jarhead!
"I can buy and sell your ass a billion times over"
My friend Jacques thinks you would look much better wearing a blue helmet.
Dick, A lot of us are not as lean, nor as mean, but still Marines. We can still shove comments like yours in a place where you would not like it.
Kerry should be ashamed for accosting those men where he knew that he could not be avoided. So he reported for duty huh? Wonder if he and Edwards will make any rollcalls in the Senate in the next few months
The safety is on Sir
"A white t-shirt? Hey you know what the French do with those? Oh,....wait,...never mind,..."
"(mumbling), damned Marines never did understand diplomacy."
"listen, jarhead, I want a photo op and YOU're it. Shut the fuck up and do what you're told. DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM???"
Pure Kerry.
And if I catch you torturing any Iraqi prisoners, I'll have your head!
The word is M E T R O S E X U A L - T R A N S G E N D E R and don't forget it !!!
Not really a caption, but am I the only one who's reminded of that photo-op stunt Saddam pulled with that British kid (detainee) on the eve of the Gulf War?
Look Jarhead !! You'll be working for me.
"I'm John Kerry and I'm a retarded moron."
Pathetique!
A la Tartuffe!
1st Pic: Oh, I thought I saw Arriana Huffington, Is it true that she has more money than Theresa?
2nd Pic: Is that the medal you got for the war I voted for, before I voted against voting for, while I voted to fund before I voted not to fund? I was in Vietnam.
(kerry photo with Marines)
Hey - don't you know who I am? I go first. Give me your meal.
PIC1 Rich dorks of the world. I salute you.
PIC2 I want to keep the thumb and this long nose picking finger please.
Is this thing on?
You better realize who you are talking to. If you are threatening me I will duck and run and let my friends fight the battle for me.
SlagleRock Out!
Now see here. You mean you didn't torch any huts in Iraq? You didn't shoot any unarmed civilians? You didn't slice off any ears? And you call yourself a Marine?
kerry channeling eric cartman: respect mah authoratah!
Take that finger away from my chest you broke-dick, traitor son-of-a-bitch!! You need a glass belly button. Your heads up your ass so far you need a view...
"While you were at the front, I was in diapers fingerbanging Mary Jane RottenCrotch with this finger... um, I mean that the other way around. "
"Back off. There's a nail on the end of this, and I'm not afraid to use it. It won't be the first time."
"Step off - or I'll call you a war criminal too."
"Just give me *one* minute and I'll be happy to explain why I voted against the M-1, the Bradley, the Striker, the M-110, the Harrier, the Blackhawk, the Apache, missile defense, and the $87 billion to fund your battlefield operations in Iraq."
"Smell it. Smell it. Smell the glove."
"Can I take a bite of your Big Kahunaburger?"
Veeshir wins
If we go into combat together, please dont frag ME
"My medals, er.. ribbons - wherever the hell they are - are prettier than yours."
Pic2 ... and as for qualifications, as a Lieutenant, Junior Grade, I commanded 5 men on a Swift boat in Vietnam for three and a half months, not to mention 35 years of experience after that.
damn Marzipan beat me to it.
Tereeeeza will buy you armor while
the camera turns away.
"I am NOT a girlie man!"
"Whaddya mean I can't come into your Wendy's?"
First photo:
"I'm a little teapot, short and stout. Here is my handle, here is my spout."
"I'm John Kerry, not howdy doody".
Second photo:
"Is this bugging you? I'm not touching you. Is this bugging you? I'm not touching you......."
"Uh, it appears I've not thought this er, touching a Marine that wants me dismembered thing through very well..... oh Jeeves, give this man a stack of Teresa's money- chop chop, boy!"
"Uh, son? Why are you growling at me?"
another for Pic 2:
Marine (Standing): We've found finger guns to be usless in Iraq. Sir.
Marine (Sitting): {Memo to self -- don't go hunting with this guy, its a habit.)
And I'm gonna make sure you don't get to vote this year either.
Don't you know who I am?????
Marine Thought Balloon:
(I must control myself, Say only "Yes Sir" and "No Sir", but my body language can speak for me.)
"Is that a pledge pin on your uniform?"
"No, when I said I had a little Heinz on my finger, I wasn't talking about the ketchup"
First photo:
"Is that Michael Moore? He should be my VP!"
Second Photo:
"I could buy your whole family with just one of Teresa's credit cards!"
"I have three maids and my shirts still don't look that good."
First Photo---"I'm John Kerry, and I'm reporting for duty Mr. Kofi Annan, sir"
Second Photo---The picture speaks for itself.
I see you're in the military. Did you know I served in Vietnam?
1st: "...and i feel this whole convention is filled to here with ****."
2nd: "...and then there was the time i got a medal for chasing an unarmed wounded VC through the woods and shot him in the back. Are you going to finish those fries? Stories about me make me hungry. Pass the Heinz."
Many of you may not be familiar with Mr. Kerry’s contrived military record and post service treachery. Before making your voting decision I urge you to take the time to study our case.
Swift Boat Veterans for Truth has been formed to counter the false "war crimes" charges John Kerry repeatedly made against Vietnam veterans who served in our units and elsewhere, and to accurately portray Kerry's brief tour in Vietnam as a junior grade Lieutenant. We speak from personal experience -- our group includes men who served beside Kerry in combat as well as his commanders. Though we come from different backgrounds and hold varying political opinions, we agree on one thing: John Kerry misrepresented his record and ours in Vietnam and therefore exhibits serious flaws in character and lacks the potential to lead.
We regret the need to do this. Most Swift boat veterans would like nothing better than to support one of our own for America's highest office, regardless of whether he was running as a Democrat or a Republican. However, Kerry's phony war crimes charges, his exaggerated claims about his own service in Vietnam, and his deliberate misrepresentation of the nature and effectiveness of Swift boat operations compels us to step forward.
For more than thirty years, most Vietnam veterans kept silent as we were maligned as misfits, addicts, and baby killers. Now that a key creator of that poisonous image is seeking the Presidency we have resolved to end our silence.
The time has come to set the record straight.
Swift Boat Veterans For Truth
My qualifications for commenting on Mr Kerry’s service are as follows: BM1 USN September 1965 to November 1969. I extended my enlistment and volunteered for Mobile Riverine duty in Vietnam. I served as a Boat Captain and Patrol Officer in US Navy Task Forces CTF 117 and 116 from November of 1968 to November of 1969. River Division 92, Nov of 68 to March of 69 and was a Plankowner in RivDiv 595/153 and served there from March 69 to November 90. I logged about 20 multi-day assault missions and over 140 combat patrols, participating in about 50 firefights. I was a awarded a Silver Star, a Navy Commendation Medal w/ Combat “V”, and a Purple Heart as well as several unit citations including 3 Presidential Unit Citations. I also have a piece of self-inflicted “friendly fire shrapnel” in my stomach for which I was too embarrassed, apparently unlike Mr Kerry, to request a Purple Heart.
Please do what you can to spread the word about Swift Boat Veterans for Truth.
Hey, want me to show you how to burn down some vietnamese non-com hooches?
When I'm your Commander-in-Chief you WILL learn to speak French and learn how to surrender with a certain, oh how do you say, haute panache!
Kerry: "I support you guys 100%, but, as a former military man myself, I cannot support what you are doing."
Marine: "That's fine, sir. I support my commander in chief and country 100%. I disagree with everything you say, sir, but as a marine, I will fight for your right to change your mind every other day."
(I would like to note how it sickens me to see the utter look of contempt on kerry's face for this man and the total arrogance he displayed by interrupting these soldiers for his own personal gain in a photo op. God bless these men. They are what America truly represents)
(To the Marine):
"You know, I used to be in the Boy Scouts!"
What do you mean when am I going to "be leavin' America"?
K: "And then the Viet Cong overan my position and all I had left to shoot was my finger."
USMC: "But weren't you swift boat, sir?
K: "Well yes, 'Viet Cong', and 'over ran' were just figures of speech. See I still have my finger. You can't deny that.
I just read Dick's comment.
It is no wonder he is ashamed of his last name.
OT:
Uh, you guys really military on this blog?
Shouldn't you be keeping GMT? Or as I prefer the American acronymn for Coordinated UNiversal Time.
It appears your clock is GDT or Z+1.
"Pull my finger if you want to hear about my tour in Vietnam."
I hate America, and no amount of young boys in uniform will change my mind.
Hey, nice uniform. Those would look good on my French soldiers back home, where I am from.
Go ahead, poke the bear.
You've got 1 second to take that finger out of my face before I force you to stick it where the sun doesn"t shine.
John Kerry : No! We had waffles for breakfast
"You want the truth, Senator? You want the truth!? YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!!!"
"Now are these ribbons, or medals?"
"You aren't Jeeves! Where is my butler?"
"I actually fought against North Viet Nam before I fought for it."
Marine's Thoughts, ala Tay-ray-zuh:
Take that finger and shove it!
Roy, that was great.
I fought against North Viet Nam before I fought for it.
Trust me I will screw you just like I did my Viet Nam buddies!
Wow, is that a camcorder, I'll bet you Marines can do some real "soldiering" with that. In my days of "soldiering" in the Navy all I had was an 8mm camera.
Listen Marine, I served with Jane Fonda and you sir are no Jane Fonda!
Greyhawk, apologize in advance for the language, but I can't resist:
Marine [thinking to himself]:
"We're Marines. We took Baghdad. Kerry ain't sh*t."
http://marinecorpsmoms.com/archives/000212.html
Kerry: I don't care if you are Marines.
Damnit when I'm President you are going to wear those cute little beret's just like the Army boys do.
We can save alot of money if you point like this and say "BANG BANG."
Come on you big strong men,
Uncle Sam needs your help again.
This time his panties are in a crack
over in a place call Iraq.
So, put down you books,
And pick up a gun,
We're all gonna have a lotta fun.
And it's one, two, three, what are we fighting for?
Don't asked me and I don't give jack,
Next stop is in Iraq.
And it's five, six, seven, open up the pearly gates.
Well we got no time to wonder why -- whopee we are going to die.
"Reporting for duty" ,eh?
Then why don't you go back and finish your tour, you f*cking pansy!
Sorry, I should have clarified that the above was what the Marine was thinking.
John Kerry on why he doesn't need this mans vote.: "I am a bugger. I will use this finger to get all the votes I need. John Edwards loved it and Terezza said it tasted better with Heinz ketchup"
Kerry: "Yes, I do believe Rap music is pretty important son
Marine: "Uh..who's your favorite rapper sir?"
Kerry: "Hmmm...(long pause) A Sista Souja comes to mind"
**Ever wonder why the Press didn't take advantage of that 'gotcha moment' and ask Kerry to name one or two rappers? Had it been GW they certainly would have.
"By the way, did you know that I served in Vietnam?"
"Rico--you kneel down behind him and I'll push him over you."
"Sir, lucky your Secret Service detail is here, is all I can say."
Marine in foreground: "This suit giving you trouble, Jimmy?"
--furious
"And I got my third Purple Heart and an early trip home from Vietnam when I cut this finger here changing the tape in my 8mm camera."
Kerry: "And when I was in uniform, I'll tell you..."
Marine: "Senator, SIR! IF you do not at once remove your finger from that area immediately proximate to this uniform and this Marine, I WILL be forced to break if off and stick it where your brains have made bivouac, SIR! Do we understand each other, SIR!"
Kerry: "...why then I just jumped off my swift boat and..."
*CRACK*
What a coincidence! I used to have some of those... but then I didn't - but now I do.
Sir,
You interrupted my lunch and I am not going to be all that picky about what I eat in place of it. So get that effing finger off my chest.
"I am Senator Kerry and do you know where my finger has been?"
"You know, if I had stayed for a full year in 'Nam I would have died of a self inflictred wound or my men would have fragged me."
"Great idea sir. We will use your involvement in the VVAW as inspiration IF you become CIC."
Kerry:
Hey, check out the ass on that chick behind you.
No, don't look yet, NOW LOOK!
When I did this to Edwards wife, my finger disappeared.
FWIW, I have to vote for this entry:
Marine to Kerry "No Sir, that is definitely NOT the finger we use when we think of you."
Posted by: Jim at July 31, 2004 08:06 PM
You're blocking my view of that fine can, baby-killer.
Hey, ya'know I threw medals much like those over the Whitehouse fence back in the 1970's when I was protesting you baby-killers
http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20040730/i/r3721599793.jpg
There is no joy in Mudville.
Mighty Kerry hasstruck out.
My entry is in and posted at the Slaughterhouse. Click my name and take a look.
SlagleRock Out!
Kerry to Sgt:
You're slipping Sgt! There was a time if I stuck a finger in a Marine's face, I'd be practicing proctology, on myself.
"Yes, no, maybe. Sorry, what was the question?"
photo 1:
"anybody seen a coherent foreign policy around here?"
"They pull your moral compass out of an incision just about here."
"boy, my chances look pretty small from here"
"...like these, medals like THESE, waddaya mean I can't BUY medals LIKE THESE?"
"I will take that one and that one and ...oh a Biggie Fries!"
You better hope I don't find out which one of you replaced my French fries with Freedom fries.
Marine blinks in morse code spelling:
T O R T U R E
Kerry Makes a Point: Enron Corp., the Houston-based energy firm that touched off a financial, legal and political scandal when it declared bankruptcy in December 2001, remains the top career patron of President George W. Bush, whose prolific fundraising in 2003 shattered all previous records for candidates. Enron's employees and political action committee have given more than $600,000 to Bush over the course of his political career, according to a new Center for Public Integrity book, The Buying of the President 2004 (Harper Collins). - January 8, 2004
Kerry Making a Point: Bush himself fancies himself as something of a former small business owner. He did drive several oil companies into the ground while his father was trying to keep him out of his hair during his twelve years as Vice President and President. So technically, this could be perceived as accurate. Yet unlike every single other small business owner, Bush had his family fortune of millions to fall back on each time he went under.
Kerry Making a Point: Dubya is seldom in doubt, but is frequently wrong.
...now the red ones, they get plenty of distance but no real altitude. The gold ones tend to spin on the updraft and boomerang if you're not careful. It's the blue ones--they're the whole package, baby. Plenty of loft and boy do they travel!
Hey, Ghost,
Did you know that the UN Oil for Food program, which touched off a "financial, legal and political scandal," raised over $6,000,000,000 for, and remained the top career patron of, President Saddam Hussein in the "Hussein/Hussein'03" Campaign?
You can read about it in the book, "The Buying of the UN." (Nopublisher)
;-)
See, they don't need vests. This doesn't even hurt, does it soldier?
Kerry Makes a Point: Even Dubya now seems to realize that antagonizing allies is a bad idea. In fact, since the dawn of recorded history, just about everyone has recognized this.
Kerry Makes a Point: The Democrats want an America that is "respected in the world."
Oh man. Kerry's violating the arm length rule, and is very close to poking that Marine in the chest. It looks a lot like he's trying to pick a fight, and I doubt he is entitled to having secret service agents watching his back either. Plus that group of Marines could misconstrue his gesture as threatening to shoot the one standing
Did you get permission from Chirac before declaring war on that food?
The picture makes me think that either marine (aside from the constitutionally-mandated minimum age of 40) would make a much better president than Mr. Kerry. And that that is the last thing in the world that would ever even cross John Kerry's mind.
I don't CARE what George Bush did! No turkey for you!
(Of course even though Kerry's turkey will be fake the media will say it was real ...)
"Sempre Fries?"
I said... unclench that fist!
Pull my finger leatherneck.
Hi There. What you eating, a Wendy's Single? Me too. Well, I ordered one before I unordered one. But we're a like.
Well, not exactly alike Tell me, did you ever serve in Vietnam?
(Constitution say president must be 35 years of age, not 40)
Thought of sitting marine: "Uh-oh, I've seen that look on Sarge's face before. This guy is gonna lose that finger in about 5 seconds…"
Respected abroad, against carbohydrates at home.
"I don't need to respect this uniform. You weren't going to vote for me anyway and neither would anyone who supports the military."
You know why we had Marines on board ship?? Because sheep were too obvious !
yayaya
You have a tiny bit of ketchup riiiiiiiight... there.
"You better stand at attention punk! I'm the war hero around here!"
Smartass jarheads like that, who value globalism and reforming the failed and ignorant of the world over the interests of their own country and fellow citizens, are a great reason why every citizen should have their own firearms and be well-versed in their usage.
Yo mama's a drill sargent and wears a camo
thong. I know!
If I go to the bathroom and spill hot coffee on my balls, can I sue Wendys *and* get a fourth Purple Heart?
What the Marine is thinking -
"I don't care if you are running for President, if you don't get that finger out of my chest I'm
going to stuff you in one of those french fry containers."
What Kerry is probably saying -
"You better enjoy it while you can Sarge, because if I get elected you AND General Hagee
will be working for Kofi Annan."
Look at the booger on my finger!
I gonna tear your f*cking head off and sh*t down your neck, sir!
"I always wanted a Good Conduct Medal" but the Navy said I couldn't have one. I'll take yours."
Did I tell you guys I have the gay vote?
I had my distinguished colleague, Barney, backed right down past that second knuckle there!
No, that's not a Vietnam wound, it's a gerbel bite!
And, when I'm President, America will be respected throughout the world. You know,
like when Jimmy Carter, and Hillary Clinton were President!
And furthermore, I hate rice. It is a pain in the butt.
Make sure those ribbons are secured Marine. Mine accidentally fell off in DC, right after I got back from Nam. I was lucky this time as they didn't cut me again.
KERRY BEAT THE SYSTEM (with the help of the system, NYT ect)
It is a great mistake and a fraudulent one at that to buy into/accept/reason that somehow because Kerry went to Viet Nam, (in spite of whatever happened during his four month "visit")---that---that in itself somehow makes him honorable, noble, ----ad nauseum---an effort calculated by himself and his supporting media to give him some kind of recognition of his "service" thus transposing him into "war hero status". Never mind that he lied about it before/during/after!---and the "hero" is purely fictional, a perverted calculation, suspiciously based on and influenced by the equally dubious film, Apocalypse Now. Much to Hollywood's delight, the Kerry/Sheen character is the central casting hero being foisted upon the masses with no basis in fact, just slick Hollywood pretense all under the welcoming guise of the media, ---both entities--- driven by a hatred of and desire to depose, President Bush.
In an effort to want to put VN behind us, there is too great of rush to sweep under the rug the facts and to gloss over Kerry's motives, simply give him the benefit of the doubt and agree that his "service" was noble, something to be proud of.
If Kerry had genuinely volunteered to go to VN, put his life in some sort of danger via that action and then became disillusioned with the war---that would be one thing.
BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT HAPPENED
Kerry is a premeditated, scheming opportunist---has been all his life and continues the ploy with his carefully engineered, central casting of "Kerry, the war hero, Kerry the man's man" and all that type of Hollywood fluff.
We have all seen Kerry in our every day lives. Remember back to school. Kerry was/is the "brown-noser", "apple polisher", the loser always trying to take credit for someone else's achievements, the rodent who would stab anyone in the back to get notice, attention, credit. Kerry is Sgt Bilko. Kerry is the athlete who "enhances" his lacking ability with performance drugs to win. The Kerry twisted persona can justify anything to win---to him it matters not how he wins, only that he wins, he will crush anything that gets in his way, not from his own strength and courage, but using money from his sugar mamma to buy what he can't achieve on his own.
Kerry is the personification of "Catch 22". Kerry is a "user", ---wives, people, fantasies, ever upward climbing. How to get ahead in business without even trying, or, more personalized in Kerry's case, how to steal an election through fraud and deceit. And watch, if and when he loses, he will not go down as easy as Algore. Kerry will fight to contest the outcome, even if it is a 50 State sweep for the President,--- already Kerry has the mechanism in place to undo the election results, teams of lawyers throughout the U.S. ready to pounce, U.N. observers to make sure a "fair" election takes place(translation, one that delivers the Presidency to Kerry).
What Kerry actually did in Viet Nam was realize he could improve his credentials for eventually gaining the White House as his hero JFK before him did, by creating "another" PT109 episode. Kerry tried to avoid actual service, asking for deferments etc, but when it become inevitable that he should go, he then looked around for the "safest" way to create "Kerry the war hero". Initially, by volunteering for Naval duty, his thinking was he could stay out of harm's way by remaining off shore in a big naval vessel, which he did for a while. But being another face in the crowd on a large Navy vessel cramped his style, made it almost impossible to dream up ways to put in for phony medals, kept him under too much scrutiny to where he couldn't creat his destined "hero" image. Then, it occurred to him that piloting a swift boat could be used to create even more of an appearance of "combat" while not exposing himself to any real danger, at the time he applied, the swift boats were not involved or even close to any of the real fighting and he was driven by his delusion of grandeur as the rightful heir to JFK, PT 109, and ascendancy to the Presidency---and besides, he would have lots of time and opportunities to make his "home movies".
Now this is the real motive why Kerry was there in the first place. And the fact that he took along his "brownie" and had himself filmed in staged combat settings should be painfully awakening to any casual observer--- other than those who wish not to see,---ie the mainstream media who wishes Bush out, Kerry in AT ANY PRICE! (There are none so blind as those who will not see). Think about it if you find this somewhat extreme---what other military service personnel brought along (which shows premeditation) filming capability and then went to the trouble to "stage" combat sequences???---For what reason???? And this cold, calculated effort has significant basis to be workable as these purveyors of history "re-write" are counting on the average arm chair American to accept this fiction as fact because---"there it is on T.V., in film, if it is on T.V. and the talking heads say it is real, then by gosh, it must be real, it must be what really happened".
So, in essence, we have a phony cartoon character, much like Bubba, who goes to VN simply to create credentials for himself, not out of patriotic belief in his country or the war itself,--- instead we have the pitiful, disgusting charade that is now being spun by the mouthpiece of the "donks" and Kerry himself, ranting: "never mind the fine details of what actually happened, at least he volunteered, at least he was there"---what does it really matter if he was in or near Cambodia, at least he was in VN.
It matters because a lie is a lie.
Kerry's "service" in VN and to our country was no different than if Michael Moore went today to Iraq to film a twisted phony version of U.S. aggression in Iraq and in doing so, returned as a "veteran" who had put his life at risk in "service" to his country. There is no difference between these two, the ketchup/pickle king and the fat slob Moore. They both would--- and have--- sold their country out in a flat minute for any self-seeking, self-promoting, self-aggrandizement goal they felt they could gain by their fraudulent "service" to gain their perverted ends--- no matter what the cost, what the lie, who has to be hurt. In their twisted philosophy, the end result justifies the means used to achieve it.
To not really examine the true motive of Kerry's "service" and to give him a pass on all this by saying that at least he volunteered, he was there, he did sustain "some kind of injury", (even if it was self inflicted) is to sugar coat the fraud and play into his game plan of reaching the White House, where, in his twisted, fantasy mind, he believes he rightfully belongs and he is counting on "coach potato America" to apathetically accept his fraud due to the credential of Hollywood and the Media. If Streisand, perky Katie, Dan and all the rest of them say it is so, then it must be so!
Kerry's war "hero" status cannot stand up to any serious scrutiny, witness the cracks since the book, Unfit for Command, Kerry's refusal to release pertinent military records (until he gets them laundered) and the recent statement by Secretary of the Navy, Lehman, that the document supposedly carrying his signature for Kerry's Silver Star is FALSE. Kerry has wrapped himself as worthy due to his 4 months in Viet Nam, he cannot stand on his 20 undistinguished, practically useless years in the Senate. The man has no accomplishment in life other than living off of other men's money inherited by their widows who Kerry has sucked up to.
There is so much in the Kerry convoluted smoking gun that a fair and unbiased press would be all over his dillusions/falsehoods with a microscope, but no, the mainstream media refuses and has accepted the fictional Kerry farce because they want Bush defeated more than they want the truth. Rather than investigate Kerry, the mainstream media, ie the New York Times chooses to attack those who expose Kerry for the fraud that he is. Kerry is their candidate and they will ignore, look the other way, even fabricate for Kerry, whatever it takes to get "their" man in.
We, the American people cannot let this happen. No one elected perky Katie, Dan, Peter, Tom, George Soros, the NYT---the list goes on, but these people have more power than anyone else simply because of their celebrity status and Soros's money. If the next Presidential election is stolen/bought by the likes of these self appointed cronies of the fourth estate, America will lose her greatness, the word must go out to expose what is happening and people, regular people must take back our country before it is too late and get everyone possible involved in exposing this sham, the phony Kerry, the disgrace that has become the media, the threat to our country to be defeated from within.
2nd Photo /
John Kerry: "I see you are not wearing your hat. Can I borrow it for a few days? I left my briefcase at home with my lucky hat tucked in a side pocket that I don't tell anybody about except the media. Oh, did I tell you that I got my lucky hat from a CIA agent that I dropped off in Cambodia? Have you ever been to Cambodia, soldier?" (finger point)
Marine: "Only in your dreams, Senator. Only in your dreams."
Pull my Finger!