On February 9th, 2009 at 3:12 pm, Ilovemycountry said:
Our troops pay for America’s political freedom everyday and all you people can do is complain about that – if any of you had souls you would feel shame.

And if you had any street smarts you would leave the room, and leave the discussion of serious issues to the adults. Stoned, stupid and being a full time troll is no way to go through life.

It was quite some time after Blackhawk Down that I read Mark Bowden’s news articles about the incident. It was the first I had heard our soldiers had been in such a lengthy firefight there. The media covered it as if it was a 10 minute fight.

It was even more shocking to read Bowden’s account when his book came out.

On February 9th, 2009 at 4:32 pm, frostrt said:

Let me add, I wonder about any President who orders military in uniform to attend a speech. What does he need it for, security? He has his own Secret Service detail.

Do you not remember Clinton retaking the White House lawn when he was proclaiming victory in Somalia and pulling soldiers out of there?

It happened before Blackhawk Down. It was the most disgusting misuse of soldiers I have ever seen.

Bubba was playing politics saying the effort in Somalia was stabilizing, and he was bringing soldiers home.

He had about 8-10 soldiers in DCU’s lined up behind him, and they all marched forward to the podium where Bubba made his speech.

I never saw anything like that before or since.

Shortly after, Blackhawk Down happens, likely because Bubba had already pulled most if not all of the armor out of Somalia.

On February 9th, 2009 at 3:12 pm, Ilovemycountry said:

Our troops pay for America’s political freedom everyday and all you people can do is complain about that – if any of you had souls you would feel shame.

I was in the Army. Did you ever serve commie-boy?

They broke the rules, plain and simple. Even someone as dumb as you should be able to understand the UCMJ.

On February 9th, 2009 at 4:23 pm, txvet2 said:

Speaking of, I understand they are Army, but the new practice of wearing cammies everywhere you go annoys me.

Couldn’t agree more. Looks sloppy and unprofessional.

To some extant I agree, but if they are in a travel status, wearing the BDU is the right way to go.

If I see a military member anywhere in their uniform, I go out of my way to pay for their meal, help them in any way if they need it, or just shake their hand and thank them for keeping my family safe.

It’s the least I can do for them, particularly given the crap they have had thrown at them for the past 8 years.

Whacked comment now here (#63). All following re-numbered.

Re-post gone (as it should be, since first showed up)…

Thanks, Michelle!

…When Ronald Reagan visited our AF base a lot of years ago, there were so many people who wanted to meet him, many were turned away for space and security reasons. No need to coerce anyone to show up–we loved him and he sincerely loved the troops.

Well, not only did he love the troops, but had been an Army officer in WWII. (Okay, mostly making training movies, but he was rather nearsighted, so he couldn’t have fought anyway.)

And I miss him terribly.

To the uniform question: I understand that servicemen are NOT to attend anything of a partisan political nature in uniform, with the probable exception of a color guard. We are also supposed to refuse illegal orders.

I also wish that the Army wore their office uniforms (Class As and Bs) more. The ACUs are supposed to be a field uniform.

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Are we not supposed to post URLs any more, or what?

On February 9th, 2009 at 4:27 pm, txvet2 said:

+1

Uh oh. Looks like my comment got whacked…

#69 RabbidSquirrel said:

it may have been a ‘blip’. I lost a comment too…

OK. So I’ll try again…

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