Psychoblues
Senior Member
Give a good read to this, my friends.
http://www.usmessageboard.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22201&page=1&pp=15
As far as the last response there, from GunnyL, is concerned, here it is. I hope you all have calculators and memories and a desire to read the above referenced thread.
"Let's see, you aren't picking on me; yet, you question just about everything about me from my education to my combat experience. Your eloquence doesn't hide your condescending attitude, and you can trust me, it IS unwarranted.
You also went through a long, drawn-out story of NOT saying just how you managed 40 years of service.
The bad news for your snap assessment is that I HAVE been in combat, and my seniors did not question my intelligence, judgement, leaderships skills, morals, my technical proficiency, nor generally anything but my serious lack of tact.
While I could never have enough education, I have enough to get me by in this life if I choose to not pursue it. You however, are seriously lacking in a good dose of REALITY.
Your holier-than-thou idealism just gets people killed. Simple as that. You hamstring OUR troops with your lofty rules. If the enemy isn't expoliting them, they're sneering at them.
Superpower? You sling that word like it's supposed to mean something. We're only super when we start dropping nukes. Otherwise, it's still our army against a bunch of murdering scumbag terrorists who should be hunted down like the dogs they are and hurried on their way to Allah.
Since you claim to be a Vietnam vet, I would think that you would have learned fighting an unconventional war with conventional forces isn't the ideal way to get the trophy, now is it?"
No, I don't doubt your education, GunnyL. I made an observation of your attitude and I somehow attribute it to a faulty, in my own opinion and as a decorated veteran myself, educational system. I don't doubt your combat experience either. From reading your own statements concerning combat related events, I doubt that you ever caught on to the fact that as Americans we are actually bigger than torture, although it still happens within our forces, murder, although you might call it collateral damage or lies, as they are used by politicians to promote military interventionism that they find useful to their own designs. I could go on and on here, but I think,hope, you get my point.
I've given several fairly detailed desciptions of my military service, none of which total 40 years (that's a distraction used by a few of the posters here that have no idea) in this USMessage Board forum. It's a sham created by whom? I really don't know and I really don't give a heck. Do your own research.
I'm sure your seniors did all that you say. Mine did as well at least as far as my missions were concerned. And yes, like me, you have a lack of tact. Coupled with your parroting of false claims it doesn't take much to realize that your credibility is around zero.
It's not my fault that you have not pursued education, and I agree that you have enough to get you by in this life. I could've done better and still can. And I do better whenever and wherever I get the chance. I continue to believe that both of us are not "all-knowing".
Where do you get the "holier-than-thou" idealism thing? From what source did that parroting come from? I'm no better or worse than you. But I am your equal, under the laws of God and under the laws of this nation. You might want to quarrel with that. That's your right, but is it right?
Superpower? I ain't going into this with you at this time. Your comments are evidence enough that you have no idea as to the superiority of American Forces and what that might mean from an international standpoint. Rome had the same thoughts, as did Genghis Khan, and Hitler, and a few thousand more historical world domination inspired. Historically, WAR is a loser everytime, eventually. War leads to other wars. Damn, I'm on a history lesson again and you told me that you already knew, I apologize for my indulgence.
Yes, I claim to be a Viet Nam Vet because I am a Viet Nam Vet. I also claim to be damn proud of my service. And I also reserve the right to voice my opinions and cast an honest vote for whomever I choose to have earned it. And I'll go a little further, I earned my rights the hard way and I have little respect for those that avoid and continue to avoid service to their country and the American way of life that I have many times placed in jeapardy my own life to protect. I wasn't simply born with any rights, or so I was taught. But as an American, I did my best to protect the rights of humankind and those of my countrymen as well as my own AS AN AMERICAN. GOD didn't send me to war. America did. Maybe that's where we differ?
Psychoblues
http://www.usmessageboard.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22201&page=1&pp=15
As far as the last response there, from GunnyL, is concerned, here it is. I hope you all have calculators and memories and a desire to read the above referenced thread.
"Let's see, you aren't picking on me; yet, you question just about everything about me from my education to my combat experience. Your eloquence doesn't hide your condescending attitude, and you can trust me, it IS unwarranted.
You also went through a long, drawn-out story of NOT saying just how you managed 40 years of service.
The bad news for your snap assessment is that I HAVE been in combat, and my seniors did not question my intelligence, judgement, leaderships skills, morals, my technical proficiency, nor generally anything but my serious lack of tact.
While I could never have enough education, I have enough to get me by in this life if I choose to not pursue it. You however, are seriously lacking in a good dose of REALITY.
Your holier-than-thou idealism just gets people killed. Simple as that. You hamstring OUR troops with your lofty rules. If the enemy isn't expoliting them, they're sneering at them.
Superpower? You sling that word like it's supposed to mean something. We're only super when we start dropping nukes. Otherwise, it's still our army against a bunch of murdering scumbag terrorists who should be hunted down like the dogs they are and hurried on their way to Allah.
Since you claim to be a Vietnam vet, I would think that you would have learned fighting an unconventional war with conventional forces isn't the ideal way to get the trophy, now is it?"
No, I don't doubt your education, GunnyL. I made an observation of your attitude and I somehow attribute it to a faulty, in my own opinion and as a decorated veteran myself, educational system. I don't doubt your combat experience either. From reading your own statements concerning combat related events, I doubt that you ever caught on to the fact that as Americans we are actually bigger than torture, although it still happens within our forces, murder, although you might call it collateral damage or lies, as they are used by politicians to promote military interventionism that they find useful to their own designs. I could go on and on here, but I think,hope, you get my point.
I've given several fairly detailed desciptions of my military service, none of which total 40 years (that's a distraction used by a few of the posters here that have no idea) in this USMessage Board forum. It's a sham created by whom? I really don't know and I really don't give a heck. Do your own research.
I'm sure your seniors did all that you say. Mine did as well at least as far as my missions were concerned. And yes, like me, you have a lack of tact. Coupled with your parroting of false claims it doesn't take much to realize that your credibility is around zero.
It's not my fault that you have not pursued education, and I agree that you have enough to get you by in this life. I could've done better and still can. And I do better whenever and wherever I get the chance. I continue to believe that both of us are not "all-knowing".
Where do you get the "holier-than-thou" idealism thing? From what source did that parroting come from? I'm no better or worse than you. But I am your equal, under the laws of God and under the laws of this nation. You might want to quarrel with that. That's your right, but is it right?
Superpower? I ain't going into this with you at this time. Your comments are evidence enough that you have no idea as to the superiority of American Forces and what that might mean from an international standpoint. Rome had the same thoughts, as did Genghis Khan, and Hitler, and a few thousand more historical world domination inspired. Historically, WAR is a loser everytime, eventually. War leads to other wars. Damn, I'm on a history lesson again and you told me that you already knew, I apologize for my indulgence.
Yes, I claim to be a Viet Nam Vet because I am a Viet Nam Vet. I also claim to be damn proud of my service. And I also reserve the right to voice my opinions and cast an honest vote for whomever I choose to have earned it. And I'll go a little further, I earned my rights the hard way and I have little respect for those that avoid and continue to avoid service to their country and the American way of life that I have many times placed in jeapardy my own life to protect. I wasn't simply born with any rights, or so I was taught. But as an American, I did my best to protect the rights of humankind and those of my countrymen as well as my own AS AN AMERICAN. GOD didn't send me to war. America did. Maybe that's where we differ?
Psychoblues
