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marmar

(76,945 posts)
38. 'First, when the the Westboro Baptist Church start posting threads here?'
Thu Jan 3, 2013, 09:48 PM
Jan 2013

You are seriously comparing a post about criticizing the military to the Westboro Baptist Church? Really?

of course people who have never served can criticize, and they do Skittles Jan 2013 #1
This. Adsos Letter Jan 2013 #5
you got it, Adsos Letter Skittles Jan 2013 #12
Does this entitle me to one "You may dodge one ass-kicking" card? Adsos Letter Jan 2013 #34
you know you'd pay me for one Skittles Jan 2013 #36
! Adsos Letter Jan 2013 #39
Hell, Skittles, I'll give you all my comic books, cliffordu Jan 2013 #109
how big is that, er, plaster cast? Skittles Jan 2013 #134
Uh..... cliffordu Jan 2013 #136
You are right Mojorabbit Jan 2013 #55
This Recursion Jan 2013 #22
Agree Solly Mack Jan 2013 #43
They often are nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #48
That's what gets me the most about people like those in the OP RomneyLies Jan 2013 #69
A doctor if I remember correctly. nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #74
There was also a captain and there was a major who first volunteered to go to Afghanistan RomneyLies Jan 2013 #79
At this point...popcorn nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #2
Nah, enlisted aren't to blame for the war RedCappedBandit Jan 2013 #3
They aren't at fault for what the government did, but they are responsible for their own actions. white_wolf Jan 2013 #8
Makes about as much sense as blaming Wal-Mart door greeters for the evils of corporations Major Nikon Jan 2013 #20
Like I said, they're individuals. RedCappedBandit Jan 2013 #52
No offense but that is a dumb comment to make. If I remember right Bush/Cheney were lying southernyankeebelle Jan 2013 #88
I would add that people don't join the military for patriotic or ideological reasons Major Nikon Jan 2013 #111
Well I know my dad and father-in-law both joined because of WWII but both liked the southernyankeebelle Jan 2013 #115
They don't decide their mission iiibbb Jan 2013 #145
One does not have to be able to even boil water, much less cook a meal TheKentuckian Jan 2013 #4
I have two brothers who prove military intelligence is an oxymoron. liberal N proud Jan 2013 #6
I have an nephew who does the same. white_wolf Jan 2013 #10
You are aware that the line of demarcation nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #51
Oh, c'mon nadin... Adsos Letter Jan 2013 #64
Of course it is nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #66
Don't blame E-1s for obeying orders in combat coming from O-10s reporting to the Commander in Chief. jody Jan 2013 #7
Those E-1s choose to enlist. white_wolf Jan 2013 #9
No job, no prospect of a job, no way to afford college… Jackpine Radical Jan 2013 #15
Then we need to bring jobs back to this country. white_wolf Jan 2013 #29
why do you think we are invading those countries?? Angry Dragon Jan 2013 #77
That's possibly the most naive thing (I'm being extremely charitable) I've ever read here. n/t Egalitarian Thug Jan 2013 #95
........... Angry Dragon Jan 2013 #105
Sorry. This is DU after all and one can never be sure. n/t Egalitarian Thug Jan 2013 #138
One can argue that you are just as guilty for not providing alternatives for these people. Kaleva Jan 2013 #104
No, you never "have to" enlist, period. Not one person capable of filling out the enlistment Egalitarian Thug Jan 2013 #92
Thank you for bringing some sanity to this thread. Scuba Jan 2013 #97
Those E-1s enlist to serve under CIC Obama you helped elect. If they have been misled as you claim, jody Jan 2013 #16
And many did to escape the hood nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #17
If jobs were out there, at living wages, I am betting a good number of recruits would not join. white_wolf Jan 2013 #32
Perhaps you missed this by a mile. nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #35
Blah blah blah cliffordu Jan 2013 #110
You elected or failed to elect representatives to give the military their objectives iiibbb Jan 2013 #146
Oh dear theKed Jan 2013 #11
See post 87. eom RomneyLies Jan 2013 #13
... pinboy3niner Jan 2013 #18
pardon me RomneyLies Jan 2013 #21
RomneyLies xoom Jan 2013 #63
See Post 91. eom RomneyLies Jan 2013 #70
RomneyLies xoom Jan 2013 #71
You do know that I love you, brother. cliffordu Jan 2013 #114
Back atcha, brother pinboy3niner Jan 2013 #118
ONE day in the sun, one day in the rain "over there" cliffordu Jan 2013 #121
RomneyLies xoom Jan 2013 #65
You can't criticize the military... Bigmack Jan 2013 #14
I agree GP6971 Jan 2013 #58
Agreed Adsos Letter Jan 2013 #90
There is nothing soldiers abhor most than war nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #94
This Recursion Jan 2013 #99
+47% nt pinboy3niner Jan 2013 #103
So why aren't willing to lay down your life to stop these crimes cliffordu Jan 2013 #116
Translation, please... nt Bigmack Jan 2013 #149
It's bullshit. OTOH if your exposure to the military is Hollywood Recursion Jan 2013 #19
+1 Adsos Letter Jan 2013 #24
hey recursion, check out the holiday pic emailed to me from Marines in Afghanistan Skittles Jan 2013 #31
High five Recursion Jan 2013 #37
Hey. When was the last time I said I loved ya??? cliffordu Jan 2013 #117
you would have laughed at this Skittles Jan 2013 #133
Rofl.... cliffordu Jan 2013 #137
. RomneyLies Jan 2013 #61
I take a perverse satisfaction when people criticize military service Recursion Jan 2013 #72
clicked your OP just to say "horse shit," only to find that we think pretty much alike.... mike_c Jan 2013 #23
I'm curious, where have you heard that here? I've heard it elsewhere, and dismissed it as bullshit, 11 Bravo Jan 2013 #25
I agree, short of someone at your front door pointing a gun at your head, or Hitler, there is 4 t 4 Jan 2013 #26
If you had any clue how woefully DevonRex Jan 2013 #27
Does that mean we should be applauding the MIC theKed Jan 2013 #100
K&R, that is just one lame talking point among many others quinnox Jan 2013 #28
Right and/or wrong, you have a right to your own understandings & so do others. & patrice Jan 2013 #30
If you've never served linbarkertx Jan 2013 #33
'First, when the the Westboro Baptist Church start posting threads here?' marmar Jan 2013 #38
This message was self-deleted by its author RomneyLies Jan 2013 #42
This message was self-deleted by its author marmar Jan 2013 #44
Yep. Why the fuck not?? cliffordu Jan 2013 #119
and let me guess, they are a dirty commie as well quinnox Jan 2013 #41
Wow you really are pathetic. white_wolf Jan 2013 #53
Now you sound like the anti-Obama people. I'll critizize who I want loyalkydem Jan 2013 #40
Did you read past the thread title? white_wolf Jan 2013 #49
The military can not invade nations without orders from the civilian government. Agnosticsherbet Jan 2013 #45
That was Heinlein's idea in Starship Troopers. The vets simply said nobody else votes, and that was leveymg Jan 2013 #46
Nice to know I'm not the only starship troopers fan loyalkydem Jan 2013 #142
I read it as a warning not a User's Guide leveymg Jan 2013 #148
. RomneyLies Jan 2013 #47
W and Co. lied to the American people to garner support for those wars. rrneck Jan 2013 #50
rrneck bullseye! nt jody Jan 2013 #54
Bravo! RomneyLies Jan 2013 #56
Indeed. n/t Adsos Letter Jan 2013 #57
Why I didn't vote for Bush or the Congress. white_wolf Jan 2013 #59
Just plain bullshit. rrneck Jan 2013 #62
How so? I had nothing to do with the wars. I didn't elect the people who voted for them. white_wolf Jan 2013 #67
That's a cheap cop out. rrneck Jan 2013 #91
so all the troops are patriotic heroes? quinnox Jan 2013 #60
Post removed Post removed Jan 2013 #83
give me a fucking break quinnox Jan 2013 #93
Just because you alerted on that Drunken Irishman post, I'll post it again: cliffordu Jan 2013 #124
nope, I didn't alert on it, that is why I was in the middle of typing a reply to it quinnox Jan 2013 #127
. Bobbie Jo Jan 2013 #129
Thanks, cliffordu Jan 2013 #130
+1 LiberalLoner Jan 2013 #140
No, they are not partiotic heros. rrneck Jan 2013 #87
Kinda painting with a REALLY broad brush, right? cliffordu Jan 2013 #128
"painting with a broad brush" is exactly what I thought the post I was responding to quinnox Jan 2013 #132
I liked the line from Dr. Zhivago Recursion Jan 2013 #76
I never served in the military. rrneck Jan 2013 #96
Criticize them all you want from your computer. MicaelS Jan 2013 #68
Oh wow the vets can kick my ass. white_wolf Jan 2013 #73
For the record nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #78
No Vet who takes the oath seriously will cause you any harm atreides1 Jan 2013 #80
Criticizing vets won't get you beat up Recursion Jan 2013 #84
Yup nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #86
So that's how you really feel about those freedoms? Mariana Jan 2013 #107
So vets are bully's? Logical Jan 2013 #143
Since you are a soldier in a war against reason Herlong Jan 2013 #75
Tell someone who says that to you that the logic is similar to the idea that zbdent Jan 2013 #81
I think of it like people who have never smoked. Robb Jan 2013 #82
I wonder if the "you can't criticised the grunt" posters would be that forging to an invading Arctic Dave Jan 2013 #85
I guess the rant was okay. Stinky The Clown Jan 2013 #89
A civlian outranks a general underpants Jan 2013 #98
That's like saying if you haven't been a member of the US House or Senate MNBrewer Jan 2013 #101
+4,962 Angry Dragon Jan 2013 #141
"just to be clear I consider anyone who enlisted..." Shivering Jemmy Jan 2013 #102
Not at all and nor do I care what you or the other posters here think. white_wolf Jan 2013 #106
Wish that were so but there is a group that only want people who support their personal beliefs to jody Jan 2013 #113
LOL. THAT was easy to type, wasn't it? cliffordu Jan 2013 #108
whatever....wrong on so many levels, not worth these few words to argue Demonaut Jan 2013 #112
If you've never been a snotty young campus Marxist, you can't criticize those who are. Throd Jan 2013 #120
The irony nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #123
B.S. Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2013 #122
Those same types of people who have made such statements are same type who criticized We People Jan 2013 #125
You noted this in your op: tomg Jan 2013 #126
You sound like somebody who doesn't know know any veterans or troops. musical_soul Jan 2013 #131
Civilian casualties in modern warfare Bradical79 Jan 2013 #135
I have never ever seen that here. cali Jan 2013 #139
You can criticize all you want. iiibbb Jan 2013 #144
I haven't heard that one treestar Jan 2013 #147
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