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kestrel91316

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40. My dad was a career USAF officer from the early 50s to the late 70s.

Sat Aug 11, 2012, 11:46 AM

Aug 2012

He was less religious than my cats. If he were alive, I suspect he would be completely appalled by the religious influence on his employer.

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Temple gunman's extremism grew in military [View all] yardwork Aug 2012 OP

The important part -- Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2012 #1

correct pasto76 Aug 2012 #8

I've heard stories of urban gang-bangers enlisting Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2012 #11

Well ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2012 #2

If I remember correctly the military came down fairly hard on those idiots. (nt) Posteritatis Aug 2012 #4

As I recall it ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2012 #16

The "SS," I'm told stands for "Scout Sniper;" not the infamous Nazi group Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2012 #6

And the SS ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2012 #17

I would be reluctant to leap to conclusions based on a single photo Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2012 #20

Okay. But ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2012 #21

I wouldn't. JoeyT Aug 2012 #31

This from the article - DURHAM D Aug 2012 #3

He did mention that it was not rampant ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2012 #18

everybody seems pretty eager to equate this maniac with the Army. There's a shocker pasto76 Aug 2012 #5

My husband is a vet and I'm proud of who he is and those he served beside. n/t Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2012 #9

Did he use psy ops to kill those people? I don't know. Do you? yardwork Aug 2012 #10

thank you for altering the headline pasto76 Aug 2012 #29

Both headlines were posted directly from the source. The source changed the headline. yardwork Aug 2012 #34

I've seen some of the regulations you have to comply with. AtheistCrusader Aug 2012 #13

exactly my point. What regulations are you speaking of? shaving? saluting officers? be specific pasto76 Aug 2012 #23

It's called a joke. AtheistCrusader Aug 2012 #25

The problem is there were other shithead fuckbags there to indoctrinate him KamaAina Aug 2012 #15

true/ the army is a slice of america. If a type of person is out there, they are in the army too pasto76 Aug 2012 #22

Point taken. KamaAina Aug 2012 #24

he was a shitbag, and not representative of the WHOLE Army fascisthunter Aug 2012 #27

+1 LiberalLoner Aug 2012 #28

Thank you. PavePusher Aug 2012 #35

some more links: Hate groups have uneasy history with military base maddezmom Aug 2012 #7

Thank you for that research and the links. yardwork Aug 2012 #12

To Help: jimspice Aug 2012 #14

The military has everything from neo-Nazis to Crips and Bloods hack89 Aug 2012 #19

There are of course still cells of white supremacists in the military, kestrel91316 Aug 2012 #26

I keep reading about extremist right-wing Christians taking over the military. yardwork Aug 2012 #38

My dad was a career USAF officer from the early 50s to the late 70s. kestrel91316 Aug 2012 #40

This is exactly what I've been reading. yardwork Aug 2012 #42

The military has a huge problem with dominionists too. There's a pretty big overlap between the LeftyMom Aug 2012 #30

No big surprise Blue_Tires Aug 2012 #32

There was an ongoing problem with lax enforcement of recruiting rules during the Bush administration Vurz Aug 2012 #33

I remember that story about the military also lunatica Aug 2012 #39

The army turned my cousin from an Obama supporter into a Bither nutcase... Odin2005 Aug 2012 #36

Can you give us more details on this? yardwork Aug 2012 #37

For one thing, the fundies turned the AF Academy into a fundie indoctrination center for kestrel91316 Aug 2012 #41