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Re: Angry Fans Leave Pearl Jam Concert After Anti-Bush Display
First of all, on your math lesson, there IS such a thing as 110%. If I bought a guitar for $100 and sold it for $110, I would have sold it for 110% of my cash outlay. And I used that as a figure of speech, sorry if I confused anyone. Secondly, yes, we ARE pointing weapons at civilians, have you not seen the news? Have you not seen civilains face down on the ground while our military search them? I've done it. I have had my weapon pointed at people while they were serached. I am not saying this is the wrong thing to do, under the circumstances for the safety of our troops those people DO need to be searched. But believe that anyone with a gun to their head will say whatever it is that they think you want them to say. If I was sitting behind you with my .45 pointed at your head, I bet you would write a post that totally agrees with me. Not that I would EVER do a thing like that, nor am I threatening you personally in any way, but the analogy applies. For their own saftey the US Marines have had to make some judgement calls in which innocent civilains were hurt. I believe that in most cases they made the right decisions in those situations. There have been Iraqi soldiers dressed as civilains that have attacked our troops. If I were there right now, I would be keeping a most watchful eye on everyone as well. I would display my rifle to civilians as well. But I would not think that they really liked me just because they didn't want me to shoot them. As for my combat experience, our military undergoes many operations that you do not see in the news, or do not pay attenetion to. I cannot disclose where I have been or what I have done, because as far as I know that information is still classified, and until I get a letter from the DOD telling me it's OK to talk about it, that is as much as I will say.
First of all, on your math lesson, there IS such a thing as 110%. If I bought a guitar for $100 and sold it for $110, I would have sold it for 110% of my cash outlay. And I used that as a figure of speech, sorry if I confused anyone. Secondly, yes, we ARE pointing weapons at civilians, have you not seen the news? Have you not seen civilains face down on the ground while our military search them? I've done it. I have had my weapon pointed at people while they were serached. I am not saying this is the wrong thing to do, under the circumstances for the safety of our troops those people DO need to be searched. But believe that anyone with a gun to their head will say whatever it is that they think you want them to say. If I was sitting behind you with my .45 pointed at your head, I bet you would write a post that totally agrees with me. Not that I would EVER do a thing like that, nor am I threatening you personally in any way, but the analogy applies. For their own saftey the US Marines have had to make some judgement calls in which innocent civilains were hurt. I believe that in most cases they made the right decisions in those situations. There have been Iraqi soldiers dressed as civilains that have attacked our troops. If I were there right now, I would be keeping a most watchful eye on everyone as well. I would display my rifle to civilians as well. But I would not think that they really liked me just because they didn't want me to shoot them. As for my combat experience, our military undergoes many operations that you do not see in the news, or do not pay attenetion to. I cannot disclose where I have been or what I have done, because as far as I know that information is still classified, and until I get a letter from the DOD telling me it's OK to talk about it, that is as much as I will say.
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