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Originally Posted by The Strangler
Gekko, could you let us know who that was targeted at? Because I agree with you and yet I just feel like I received quite the tongue-lashing  |
It wasn't directed at you, specifically, but there is still part of it that applies to you, and everyone else, regardless of their position on the war.
There is a time for politics, and there is a time for everyone to sit back, and shut the **** up. We are at war because diplomacy has failed. So now all the political leaders need to sit back, and let the military fix their problem. Instead, everyone who knows nothing about how to fight a war seems to want to preach their opinion on the issue.
If you know so much about this ****ing war, then grab a rifle and go fight. If not, don't open your ****ing mouth about how we're fighting it, we're fighting it because you don't want to. How about just saying Thank You, since it's not your life on the line. Instead, you want to criticizes how we do it? **** you.
If you don't want to fight, then fine, don't. Just sit here silently in the corner knowing someone else will fight your battles. Stop acting like you've been to Iraq, that you've seen the faces of the people, know how they react, know how the insurgents fight, know what works and what doesn't when trying to catch them. You don't know ****.
I'm sick of everyone thinking they can read a book and watch the news and they know the best way to fight a war. I know you all watched Black Hawk Down, so maybe you remember the line "Once the first bullet hits, politics and all that ****... goes right out the window." There is no plan, no rules going through your head, you act on instinct. It's a fight, it's a battle to the death, a battle for existence. You don't know how the enemy will react, you can't be certain you are even fighting the enemy, you just act.
Xantar, when will reality set in? When will you realize this isn't a ****ing game? How about you grow some ****ing balls, and go over there and join in the fight. Let's see how well you do walking the streets of Fallujah. Let's see how well your compassion for Iraqis rains through when IEDs are blowing up, rockets are flying by your head, and it's raining bullets. Go look the guy who almost killed you in the eye, and be sure to be gentle. Don't hurt him in any way, and make sure he gets a luxury suite at the Hilton. Then watch him get released, because some stupid bitch back in America with a keyboard is emailing his congressman to the point where we're not allowed to interrogate our detainees.