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Loki520
Jean, you couldn't be further from the truth. The "Stallone argument" is that the soliders weren't allowed to soldier. But more important, the arguement is that those returning vets were treated like crap, never given their due, and for a large group of them - left and forgotten.
Now the Coyote... HIS arugement is to kill has many as possible, preferably roadrunners. Kill enough, and ACME gets rich, and order would be restored.
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Loki520
Sezwho...
Don't try and mix the message. A VAST majority of his critics have done their time. A large majority of those that have done their time are also criticizing.
TWO separate groups of people. Your not gonna find a glory hole with me by comparing two separate statements and trying to make them into one.
And this isn't about his tour in 'stan or the percentage of his life in military service. This is about an individual who enlisted in the military, and raised the B/S flag when he decided he had enough and no longer desired to participate. It is not likely that your gonna find any WWII vet feeling any sympathy to him for his FAILURE to HONOR his COMMITMENT. Draftee's may very well feel differently. But you'll have a hard time finding vets of a volunteer force that do. You'll certainly find them, but not as many as you think.
You focus on what he's done. The focus needs to remain on what he is legally obligated to do. What he has agreed to do. What he was trained to do. It does not matter what he HAS done. He's recieved ALL the benefits of the enlistment (Training, GIBill, etc.). And now he's backing out when he's asked to fulfill his part of the bargain.
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Loki520
Sezwho,
Yes, a large percentage of those that have done their time are also critical of him. Most of us, at least close to 100% that I've talked to, think he's a buttwipe. His tenure in the reserves is absolutely NO different that his time on active duty. None at all.
Whether he is in the reserves to finish out his initial active duty enlistment, or he actually completed his initial enlistment and then joined the reserves, matters not one iota.
His whining started upon his notification of deployment to Iraq. So, he's obviously not a C.O. I believe that he actually believes what he says, and that is his reasoning. However, me believing that does not change one simple fact. Him and a truckload of others like him, at no time in the past, ever signed a document or had an agreement that stated they would only participate in campaigns that THEY deemed necessary, legal, or otherwise. The contracts, for all branches, active and reserve simply state that they WILL follow the legal orders of their superiors at all times. His belief that it is an illegal war is NOT the defining factor of legality. He needs a MUCH larger mandate of legality, one which would be carried out on capitol hill. While they may eventually declare the entire effort "wasted" or "lost", they have yet to call it an illegal war.
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Loki520
RJD, a vast VAST majority of his critics have also volunteered and done their time.
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Loki520
Because of how "convienent" it is to get almost everything pre-cooked. You can buy Tendon at Ave, that includes rice. Pop it in the oven for a few minutes and wala! Instant chef.
Didn't there used to be a show on TV where they traveled around and asked a random group of 5 or 10 ladies to cook something? They got them all together with the pre-staged kitchen and told them to make a specific meal, usually something quite simple. I seem to recall some girl washing the rice, using soap.
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Loki520
Super... actually, I don't drink. But, even when I did, I could dismantle a story like this completly drunk. Such is the poor reporting of this source. It helps that the subject matter is of such questionable items, has absolutely ZERO facts behind it, and there are people as previously described by PT Barnum, such as you, to blindly follow along and believe everything they tell you.
So, in answer to your question - no. And shouldn't you be out looking for your stolen umbrella instead of playing in the forums with the adults? Your first comment, not even an educated one, was to tell me to STFU? Here's an idea... Instead of posting snide remarks that fully clairify the moron you are, why not try an post an opinion based in facts, or even just an opinion based in bias? Or, if your gonna respond to a post (one which obviously shows at least some familiarity with the topic, as mine did), why not use it as mental exercise and see if you can put out something a bit more productive than "Loki when they let you guys drink again do you plan to STFU?".
Your obvious and displayed ignorance should not allow you to ASSUME you have the right/need or even the desire, to tell someone to STFU. Besides... trolls are the last people that should tell someone to STFU.
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Loki520
Romeo
"Heh .... A guy who admits that he is too dumb to make informed decisions is now suddenly an expert in international law? (rolleyes)"
You'll find that one tour in Iraq or 'stan turns dissenters into experts in History, Law (International, maritime, military, etc.), military tactics at each level from squad all the way up. Matter of fact, each dissenter now has the expertise to advise Petreaus on how to properly execute this war.
I mean, once you've been involved in platoon operations.... surely your qualified to know and execute the "big picture" that is at least 10 steps above you. Right?
/sarcasm
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Loki520
And when I say "Great Article", I mean "Great article if your a far left leaning liberal and like to have your bias spoon-fed to you like Woolsey".
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Loki520
Easy answer. Back to Back tours in Afghanistan.
"A group of veterans in the packed hearing room gazed blankly as their comrades’ testimonies shattered the official version that the U.S. effort in Iraq is succeeding."
Great article. Two things to point out: The "group of veterans" was actually three groups. VVAW and IVAW who levied and obtained this testimony WINTER SOLDIER. And the MILBLOGS, which outnumbered the VVAW and IVAW. Also, the room was NOT packed. Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey downplayed attendance at the hearings, saying the timing is not good for big attendance. There may have been 80 people TOTAL. Not packed by any stretch of the means.
"Almost to a man, the testifiers denounced serious flaws in the chain of command in Iraq."
TO A MAN, their testimony has been previously, and credibly, rebutted by the military, and more importantly, by other military members who were at the events they discuss, either as part of a squad, patrol, etc... And remember.... they were NOT under oath. NOT UNDER OATH while testifying on Capitol Hill about military atrocities they've seen or been part of. NOT UNDER OATH while they accuse their fellow teammates of murder, destruction of property, fraud, etc.. NOT UNDER OATH.
Rebutting them is extremely easy to do as EACH one of them are talking about (remember NO OATH) matters that can't be proven. No matter what they are saying, they qualify it with a statements along the lines of "but, you'll find no proof as the military/administration, has edited/destroyed/revised/watergated the documents. It's my word against the entire US military, government, IP, IA, my teammates in my unit and everyone else. You should believe me."
Then there was the idiot that said the military is racist because we refer to the locals as Hadji. Too bad it's an HONORIFIC.
For more of the complete story, and to follow links to some of the other MILBLOGS out there, go to http://www.blackfive.net/main/2008/05/vets-against-th.html#comments
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Loki520
Any chance I can get HIV by reading about it on JT?
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Loki520
Tough guy has it right. If there was verifiable PROOF, he would have been arrested and prosecuted. All there is is a lot of "jane says"
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Loki520
LFR, were you here the other two times this post was made? Some points from the other postings would make interesting reading for you. Then again, it is becoming apparent that whatever JANE says, you'll take for fact. Whatever anybody else says is simply a case of "whitewashing" facts, even if they are in agreement with the story. I understand the need for some people to hear "rape" and insist that nothing else matters. "She was raped, the circumstances, etc, etc, etc... are all 100% irrelevant!" The only problem is that sometimes they ARE relevant.
All I pointed out, and jumping up to my post and rereading it proves it, is that EVEN THOUGH SHE'S LIVED THRU A HORRID EXPERIENCE, she is being used to push an agenda that is DIFFERENT from hers. And in her desire to spread the word, she's allowing it and becoming PART of that agenda as well.
Do you seriously believe that she was invited to a rally in Okinawa in an attempt to voice, much less change, anything about Japanese law? No, she was invited there because her presence INFERRED that 1) Her rape would not have occured if the US military wasn't in Japan, and that 2) The US presence in Japan poses a criminal risk for all residents of Japan.
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Loki520
What did Mr. Planters THINK was gonna happen?
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Loki520
With very little changes, this is the exact same story that got beat to death a few months back. Only difference at that time was that Jane herself, or someone claiming to be so, was on JT and posting responses as well.
If I remember correctly, this is the 3rd overall time that Jane's story has been posted. And each time, it is "Jane said" or "Jane described", etc.. There is never any OTHER side, apart from Jane's, that is commented on. Probably because the criminal is out of the country, and the cops certainly don't want to cop to this type of behavior after the fact. But a little more in-depth research might make this story larger, therefore more powerful in it's impact with the general populace.
Now, we all KNOW that the Japanese system of law has some serious flaws. We ALL know it. We also all agree that Jane underwent a horrid life-changing event that she may never truly fully recover from. The problem is that Jane is the ONLY one speaking publically about the nightmare she's gone thru, not only the violation, but the attempts to see justice done. She's only one person. She needs help.
To comment on one other comment. This story mentions her assailant as US Military. The other stories spent a bit more focus on that than this one above. The rally she spoke at was one that was against the US military presence in Japan.
LFRAgain is off-base. This is a terrible event. Truly terrible. But this is also being used to push an anti-US Military agenda. She spoke at the rally in Okinawa. The rally was not a cry for revision of the law. It was a rally to express the desire for removal of the US military. Her presence at it CLEARLY shows a "Rape = US Military" agenda being driven. Maybe not by her... but whomever invited her to speak at the rally sure knew what they were doing with that "incidental" appearance.
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Loki520
Shumatsu is spot on. A military not used for a while, but still necessary for the overall defense of a country, becomes simply another part of "the Government". It's like the USDA. You'll hear about them once in a while, but until they are needed, most folks would prefer they are out of sight, out of mind.
And then, when they are needed or deployed, those very same people crawl out of the cracks to express their "support", or to display their "expertise" on how things should be.
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Loki520
After all our rants and posts... smithinjapan wrapped it all up on one little post...
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Loki520
Paledoll hit it on the head. We should all get our facts from the Chinese media. They are the only ones telling the truth and how it really is.
HA! I feel like a 12 year old trying to lie and keep a straight face at the same time.
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Loki520
They understand free speech? Does that include those who speak out on Tibet?
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Loki520
And when they say "confidential", they mean things that you would normally just throw away anyway. What they DON'T mean is things with SSN's, accounts, etc..
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Loki520
rjd,
Are you not getting the points of the posts? Do you honestly believe that the rampant theft of BBQ sauce throughout Japan is the point of the comments being made?
Let's put it this way... You said "...was a Muslim or Middle Eastern in Nature...". You forgot to add one group of individuals who, if one of them had committed this, would have resulted in this story being front page news with calls for removal from Japan of the entire group, protests in Okinawa, etc... That's right.... if a military member had done this, we would instead be posting about how the SOFA is protecting this obviously guilty man, and the rest should be confined to base, as well as a "day of refelection" to think about sauce vs. rub, etc, etc, etc...
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