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marinebrother says:
all i know about this crazy war is, my brother is there fighting this war for our country....and all i see on these comments is a bunch of bickering about why we are there and not enough appreciation for our soldiers its ridiculous if u ask me....this story of the tightrope of death is my brothers unit.....and the guy that lost his arm was my brothers bestman in his wedding so think about the facts how do these guys feel bein there riskin there lives each and everyday for us....our children our family and friends ...not none of u are there so i say we control the non sense and show some love to our troops....OOOOOOHHHHHHHRRRRRAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!
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PENWEL says:
THE DOGS OF WAR HAVE BEEN FIGHTING TOO LONG. IT'S BEEN TWO THOUSAND YEARS + TOO MANY YEARS THE DOGS HAVE BEEN FIGHTING. COMMON/SENSE SHOULD TELL THE MIS/MANAGERS OF THE DOGS OF WAR, THEY HAVE ALREADY FILLED THEIR COFFERS WITH TOO MUCH BLOOD/MONEY, AND WE DON'T NEED MORE COFFINS, BOUGHT WITH THE FATHOMAL COST OF THE BLOOD OF A GENERATION OF INNOCENT AMERICAN YOUTH. OUR CEMETERIES ARE TOO CROUDED NOW. OUR HOSPITALS TOO FULL, WITH AMERICA'S CHILDREN HOME FROM WAR, AND MANY NEVER COMING HOME, NOW ONLY ILLUSIONS FOR US, WHERE ANGELS ONCE PLAYED. WE NEED BETTER SCHOOLS, BETTER CLASS/ROOMS, TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN HOW TO LIVE, NOT HOW TO DIE. DYING DOESN'T NEED TO BE TAUGHT IN WAR, NOR ANY/WHERE ELSE. DYING IS A NORMAL PROCESS OF LIVING, IT WILL COME TO US SOON ENOUGH, WITHOUT OUR HELP. MURDER, IN THE KENNELS OF THE DOGS OF WAR, ARE GHOULS DREAMS, AND OUR NIGHT/MARES. WE KNOW HUMAN/ANIMALS ARE FICTIONAL CHARACTERS, MORE CARNIVORE THAN HUMAN. WE MUST PROVE TO GOD HIS CREATION IS HUMAN. GOD, THE SAINTS AND ALL THE ANGELS IN HEAVEN ARE CRYING, FOR THE SALVATION OF THE HUMAN RACE GOD'S CREATION. HEAVEN IS SO FAR AWAY, AND HELL SO NEAR. EVEN THE DEVIL KEEPS HIS DOORS CLOSED/LOCKED, IN FEAR. BING...
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PENWEL says:
WAR IS SUCH A PAIN IN THE START. IN THE MIDDLE. IN THE BOTTOM. IN EVERY/ONES TOP. WE NEED A PILL TO RELIEVE WAR/PAINS. WE HAVE PLENTY OF LEAD/PILLS TO END PAIN, BUT NO PILL TO END WAR/PAINS. IN THESE MODERN ENLIGHTENED TIMES TODAY, WE SEND OUR GARBAGE TO THE MOON, POLLUTE THE AIR WE BREATH. BUILD LADDERS TO THE STARS. WALK ON WATER. DIG OURSELVES DEEPER INTO THE EARTH LOOKING FOR HELL, AND WE CAN'T INVENT A LITTLE OLE PILL TO END WAR/PAINS. SHAME ON ME. THE MOST INTELLIGENT INVENTOR, PLANNER AND DECIDER ON THIS PLANET EARTH.
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PENWEL says:
MODERN WAR/FARE IS NOT THE CONVENTIONAL WAR/FARE OF THE PAST WHEN ARMIES OF DISCIPLINED SOLDIERS FOUGHT EACH OTHER FACE TO FACE FROM TRENCHES TO FOX HOLES TO OPEN FIELDS IN HAND TO HAND COMBAT. TODAYS WARS ARE GUERRILLA WAR/FARE AND NOTHING IS FAIR. GUERRILLAS ARE INDIVIDUAL RAIDERS WHO HIT AND DISAPPEAR LIKE GHOSTS. REGIMENTED SOLDIERS CAN'T WIN IN GUERRILLA WAR/FARE. GUERRILLA RAIDERS AREN'T SEEN BY A SOLDIER IN COMBAT EXCEPT DEAD. THE GERMAN REGIMENTED ARMIES LEARNED THAT TRUTH IN WWII. AT THAT TIME, GUERRILLAS WERE CALLED UNDER/GROUND FIGHTERS. HIT AND DISAPPEAR SINGLE RAIDERS.
A GHOST ARMY. IT DOESN'T MATTER TODAY IN THE DESERT SANDS OF THE EAST HOW MANY THE ARABIAN/NIGHT GUERRILLAS KILL. THE TERROR ALONE THEY PUT IN THE MINDS OF COMBAT SOLDIERS IS A GUERRILLAS MOST POTENT WEAPON. A SOLDIER WITH ENEMY IMBEDDED FEAR IS NO LONGER A SOLDIER. IN GUERRILLA WAR/FARE THEY USE SUCH BARBARIC INHUMANE TACTICS OVER/THERE, THAT THEY MUST SCARE AND QUESTION EVEN THEM/SELVES. IF THERE BE ANY HUMANITY IN THEM. THE TRUTH CAN BE STRANGER THAN FICTION. WAR IS REAL. AND THE TRUTH WILL SET US FREE...
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PENWEL says:
TO HELL WITH WHO STARTED IT. IT'S BEEN STARTED, GET IT DONE, AND GET THE HELL OUT. IF WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET IT DONE, AND GET THE HELL OUT. WHY DID WE LET IT GET STARTED? THAT IS THE QUESTION. TO BE OR NOT TO BE. IF IT BE STARTED AND NOT BE DONE AND GET THE HELL OUT WE MAY NEVER GET OUT. AND MORE COULD BE STARTED, AND NEVER BE DONE. EVEN SHAKESPEARE WOULDNT HAVE THE ANSWER. WE COULD CALL ON CERVANTE.S DON QUIXOTE AND SANCHO, FIGHTING WINDMILLS THAT GO ROUND AND ROUND AND ROUND AND NEVER STOP!...
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PENWEL says:
I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT POLITICS, I DO KNOW A LOT ABOUT POLITICIANS WHO SEND ME INTO WARS TO FREE THE WHOLE WORLD AND KILL ME DOING IT.
IE., A DEMOCRAT (WILSON) SENT US INTO WWI. A REPUBLICAN (HOOVER) SENT US INTO THE '29 DEPRESSION. A DEMOCRAT (ROOSEVELT) GOT US OUT OF THE '29 DEPRESSION AND PUT US INTO WWII. A DEMOCRAT (TRUMAN) STARTED THE NUCLEAR FIREWORKS. A DEMOCRAT (KENNEDY) PROMISED RUSSIA AND CUBA EXTINCTION IF THEY DON'T TALK MORE FRIENDLY. A REPUBLICAN (EISENHOWER)
INRODUCED US TO VIETNAM. A DEMOCRAT (JOHNSON) MADE THINGS WORSE AND IT KILLED HIM DOING IT. A REPUBLICAN (NIXON) MADE VIETNAM SO HOT HE THROUGH IN THE TOWEL AND THE NORTH VIETNAM MONKEYS THROUGH US OUT. WE RUN HOME LIKE SCARED MICE. LOST THOUSANDS OF YOUNG MEN AND SOME WOMEN AND WE CAME HOME WITH LESS THAN WE HAD BEFORE WE GOT OURSELVES IN. PLEASE DON'T TELL ME ABOUT OUR KIND POLITICIANS. CONSERVATIVES CONSERVE OUR MONEY FOR THEMSELVES. LIBERALS ARE LIBERAL WITH OUR MONEY AND CONSEVATIVE WITH THEIRS. AS I MENTIONED IM NOT MUCH ON POLITICS. IF I'M WRONG IN ANYTHING HERE, I STAND TO BE CORRECTED. SINCERELY -- BING...
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TNisgoodenoughforme says:
I can't help but cry reading this. My son loves & is so proud to be part of the USMC, & I am proud of him, but this..just breaks a moms heart. I'm praying for each & every Marine. I love you all You are the Best. God please be with them.
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PENWEL says:
THE AFGHAN/IRAQ KILLING FIELDS AREN'T WARS. THEY'RE KILLING FIELDS! OPPOSING ARMIES FIGHT WARS. IN AFGHAN/IRAQ, IT'S TEN MILLION TERMITES AGAINST A FEW HUNDRED YOUNG AMERICAN SOLDIERS WHO SHOULD BE IN SCHOOL LEARNING HUMANE PROFESSIONS HEALING, NOT HOW TO KILL OR BE KILLED. BRING OUR YOUTH HOME, DO IT NOW, WHILE THEY ARE ALIVE. BODY/BAGS AND FLAG/DRAPED COFFINS WE DON'T NEED ON A REGULAR SCHEDULE. THOSE WHO SEND AMERICAN YOUTH TO WARS. I SUGGEST YOU GO OVER THERE AND FIGHT YOUR WARS, AND BRING OUR YOUNG BOYS/GIRLS HOME. NOW IMMEDIATELY! (TRANSPARENCY) THE MODERN WORD FOR TRUTH. HAS BEEN LOST IN SHUFFLING THE OLD DECK OF CARDS. WE HAVE A NEW DECK OF CARDS TODAY. WE'VE BEEN PROMISED OUR SOLDIERS OVER/THERE WILL BE BACK HOME SOON OVER/HERE. WE THE PEOPLE DON'T WANT PROMISES, WE WANT SUBSTANCE, BRING OUR YOUTH HOME. IT'S WORST THEN HELL, TO DIE IN CRUMMY FIELDS, FILTHY MOUNTAINS ALONE, THOUSANDS OF MILES FROM HOME -- BING...
PS: I'VE BEEN TO HELL AND BACK!
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PENWEL says:
AMERICA DOESN'T HAVE A FOREIGN POLICY. NEVER HAD ONE. AND SHOULD NEVER HAVE ONE. WE CAN'T AFFORD OUR OWN HEALTH POLICY. WE SHOULDN'T BE BUYING A FOREIGN HEALTH POLICY, WITH THE BLOOD AND SACRIFICE OF A GENERATION OF AMERICAN YOUTH. WAR IS CRUEL, BRUTAL AND CRAZY, BUT IT BRINGS IN THE DOLLAIRS TO THOSE WHO PROFIT BY SELLING A GENERATION OF AMERICAN YOUTH, IN EXCHANGE FOR A FEW BARRELS OF DIRTY OIL. IT KEEPS THE ARABIAN/NIGHTS/HAPPY, SINGING "WE LOVE YOU OVER HERE." BUT WHEN WE'RE FINISHED WITH YOU. GO HOME YANKEE FOOL. THE SAME OLD SONGS, "ARABIAN/NIGHT/MARES." AMERICA SHOULD GO BACK TO THE MARES AND WAGONS, BUT THE "DOGS OF WAR" HAVE ATE ALL THE MARES AND BLOWN AWAY ALL THE WAGONS. I GUESS WE CAN SING OUR OWN SONG NOW. "HAPPY DAYS ARE NEAR AGAIN." NEVER HAPPEN! WE ARE TOO BUSY FALLING OFF JACOBS LADDER TO THE STARS -- BING...
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thoriel-howard says:
So let opium-growers folks to fight off Taliban under the command of the military experienced comander-in-chief: Mr. Obama! or Mr. OhLaLa!
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