Comments on: Veteran’s Day 2007

By: WarAxe

WarAxe — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 04:25:41 +0000

@ Jack Vandan :: I find it an intuitive necessity to actively seek and destroy those who have declared my destruction a pathway to virgin-heaven. Now on the chessboard of world politics we can argue the merits of whether or not rook to H4 is a win-enabling move… but the concept of winning holds.

By: Jack Vandan

Jack Vandan — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 01:11:09 +0000

Love your blogs by the way, your way of thinking definetly doesn’t line up with the stereotypical soldier.

By: Jack Vandan

Jack Vandan — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 01:06:33 +0000

Do you consider the war to be protecting our freedom?

By: WarAxe

WarAxe — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 04:35:08 +0000

That would be cool… if the VFW or Legion set up tables in the mall on or near Vet’s Day. That’s a great idea. See, that’s something you’d have to trick those guys into doing… because they’d never seek any recognition like that no matter how badly we’re looking to give it.

By: john3sobieski

john3sobieski — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:11:04 +0000

Grandpa E nearly invaded Japan (Thank goodness to the A-Bomb he didn’t) Gandpa T nearly went to Korea, he stopped in Japan to serve as a prison guard at a military establishment. I think his company was later mauled pretty badly. My Uncle Alfonse was on a bomber, shot down and killed in WWII, my dad was in the Navy on board the Landing Ship Dock (LSD, stop snickering) USS Hermitage. Uncle Rolly was in the Battle of the Bulge, and my brother is currently attending the US Naval Academy in Annapolis. I’m proud of my family’s military tradition, and I believe I’m going to carry it on by being a war correspondent, and an embedded journalist.

By: capo

capo — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 23:38:14 +0000

I try to make it a habit to at least say thanks to anyone who has served or is serving my country in such a fashion. My son is among them - he’ll be in Kuwait (at least) in January. So thank you - I appreciate your contribution to my freedom and safety.

By: John

John — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:35:57 +0000

WTF! You mean today isn’t the official first day of Christmas shopping? I ran by the mall (to bring some lunch back to work) and based on the number of persons present, and all the Christmas decorations, you could have fooled me. I sure didn’t see any flags or anything around.

I wonder why the VFW or American Legion don’t put a folding table down at the mall and have a few guys sit there so you can shake your hand today. I would have enjoyed that. And it would have been nice if all those kids who didn’t know what was going on had to actually ignore a real veteran when they were out playing today. If those Salvation Army bell ringers can annoy me (not there is anything wrong with the Salvation Army but that bell isn’t exactly subtle), having a veteran on Veterans’ Day give you the what-for for not knowing your ass from a hole in the ground should be okay.

By: John3Sobieski

John3Sobieski — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:59:57 +0000

What do they say in Guiness commercials? Oh, yeah. BRILLIANT!! Lay out the facts for all to see, I love it.

It truly is a sad condition in our nation when we don’t appreciate sacrifice. As for the lies about our troops being butchers, anyone who believes that should read Tom Clancy’s book, Shadow Warriors: Inside the Special Forces. As for a perspective on regular soldiers, read Norman Schartzcopf’s autobiography: It Doesn’t Take a Hero. He lays out some of what went so wrong in Vietnam, which really propogated the stereotype of butcher soldiers. That, and the media reporting the incidents that do happen are ____ed (insert four letter word here) up and blow everything out of proportion.