[antimedia] antimedia: You want the truth?....

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You want the truth?....
http://www.antimedia.us/posts/1170480585.shtml


   ....You can't handle [1]the truth. I'm not going to trust you to go
   read the whole thing, so I'm posting it here in its entirety, because
   you need to read this.

     Things that I am tired of in this war:
     I am tired of Democrats saying they are patriotic and then
     insulting my commander in chief and the way he goes about his job.
     I am tired of Democrats who tell me they support me, the soldier on
     the ground, and then tell me the best plan to win this war is with
     a "phased redeployment" (liberal-speak for retreat) out of the
     combat zone to someplace like Okinawa.
     I am tired of the Democrats whining for months on T.V., in the New
     York Times, and in the House and Senate that we need more troops to
     win the war in Iraq, and then when my Commander in Chief plans to
     do just that, they say that is the wrong plan, it won't work, and
     we need a "new direction."
     I am tired of every Battalion Sergeant Major and Command Sergeant
     Major I see over here being more concerned about whether or not I
     am wearing my uniform in the "spot on," most garrison-like manner;
     instead of asking me whether or not I am getting the equipment I
     need to win the fight, the support I need from my chain of command,
     or if the chow tastes good.
     I am tired of junior and senior officers continually doubting the
     technical expertise of junior enlisted soldiers who are trained far
     better to do the jobs they are trained for than these officers
     believe.
     I am tired of senior officers and commanders who fight this war
     with more of an eye on the media than on the enemy, who desperately
     needs killing.
     I am tired of the decisions of Sergeants and Privates made in the
     heat of battle being scrutinized by lawyers who were not there and
     will never really know the state of mind of the young soldiers who
     were there and what is asked of them in order to survive.
     I am tired of CNN claiming that they are showing "news," with
     videotape sent to them by terrorists, of my comrades being shot at
     by snipers, but refusing to show what happens when we build a
     school, pave a road, hand out food and water to children, or open a
     water treatment plant.
     I am tired of following the enemy with drones that have cameras,
     and then dropping bombs that sometimes kill civilians; because we
     could do a better job of killing the right people by sending a man
     with a high powered rifle instead.
     I am tired of the thousands of people in the rear who claim that
     they are working hard to support me when I see them with their
     mochas and their PX Bags walking down the street, in the middle of
     the day, nowhere near their workspaces.
     I am tired of Code Pink, Daily Kos, Al-Jazzera, CNN, Reuters, the
     Associated Press, ABC, NBC, CBS, the ACLU, and CAIR thinking that
     they somehow get to have a vote in how we blast, shoot and kill
     these animals who would seek to subdue us and destroy us.
     I am tired of people like Meredith Vieria from NBC asking oxygen
     thieves like Senator Chuck Hagel questions like "Senator, at this
     point, do you think we are fighting and dying for nothing?"
     Meredith might not get it, but soldiers do know the difference
     between fighting and dying for something and fighting and dying for
     nothing.
     I am tired of hearing multiple stories from both combat theaters
     about snipers begging to do their jobs while commanders worry about
     how the media might portray the possible casualties and what might
     happen to their career.
     I am tired of hearing that the Battalion Tactical Operations Center
     got a new plasma screen monitor for daily briefings, but rifle
     scope rings for sniper rifles, extra magazines, and necessary field
     gear were disapproved by the unit supply system.
     I am tired of out of touch general officers, senators, congressmen
     and defense officials who think that giving me some more heavy body
     armor to wear is helping me stay alive. Speed is life in combat and
     wearing 55 to 90 pounds of gear for 12 to 20 hours a day puts me at
     a great tactical disadvantage to the idiot, mindless terrorist who
     is wearing no armor at all and carrying an AK-47 and a pistol.
     I am tired of soldiers who are stationed in places like Kuwait and
     who are well away from any actual combat getting Hostile
     Fire/Imminent Danger Pay and the Combat Zone Tax Exclusion when
     they live on a base that has a McDonald's, a Pizza Hut, a Subway, a
     Baskin Robbins, an internet café, 2 coffee shops and street
     lights.
     I am tired of senior officers and commanders who take it out and
     "measure" every time they want to have a piece of the action with
     their helicopters or their artillery; instead of putting their egos
     aside and using their equipment to support the grunt on the ground.
     I am tired of senior officers and commanders who are too afraid for
     their careers to tell the truth about what they need to win this
     war to their bosses so that the soldiers can get on with kicking
     the ass of these animals.
     I am tired of Rules of Engagement being made by JAG lawyers and not
     Combat Commanders. We are not playing Hopscotch over here. There is
     no 2nd place trophy either. I think that if the enemy knew some
     rough treatment and some deprivation was at hand for them, instead
     of prayer rugs, special diets and free Korans; this might help get
     their terrorist minds "right."
     I am tired of seeing Active Duty Army and Marine units being
     extended past their original redeployment dates, when there are
     National Guard Units that have yet to deploy to a combat zone in
     the last 40 years.
     I am tired of hearing soldiers who are stationed in safe places
     talk about how hard their life is.
     I am tired of seeing Infantry Soldiers conducting what amounts to
     "SWAT" raids and performing the US Army's version of "CSI Iraq" and
     doing things like filling out forms for evidence when they could be
     better used to hunt and kill the enemy.
     I am tired of senior officers and commanders who look first in
     their planning for how many casualties we might take, instead of
     how many enemy casualties we might inflict.
     I am tired of begging to be turned loose so that this war can be
     over.
     Those of us who fight this war want to win it and go home to their
     families. Prolonging it with attempts to do things like collect
     "evidence" or present whiz bang briefings on a new plasma screen TV
     is wasteful and ultimately, dulls the edge of our Infantry soldiers
     who are trained to kill people and break things, not necessarily in
     that order.
     We are not in Iraq and Afghanistan to build nations. We are there
     to kill our enemies. We make the work of the State Department
     easier by the results we achieve.
     It is only possible to defeat an enemy who kills indiscriminately
     by utterly destroying him. He cannot be made to yield or surrender.
     He will fight to the death by the hundreds to kill only one or two
     of us.
     And so far, all of our "games" have been "away games," and I don't
     know about the ignorant, treasonous Democrats and the completely
     insane radical leftists and their thoughts on the matter, but I
     would like to keep our road game schedule.
     So let's get it done. Until the fight is won and there is no more
     fight left.

   While you're thinking about what this American fighting man wrote,
   think about this. Not one damn thing has changed in the almost forty
   years now since I served. We still have ass-covering, bennies-sucking,
   gutless "leaders" in the military. They stain the honor of all those
   good men and women (and I'm including the many fine and honorable
   officers who serve) who give their all (and I'm not talking just about
   the dead either!) in defense of freedom. We called them REMFs then,
   and they still call them REMFs today.
   They survive because of the gutless, amoral,oxygen stealing scumbags
   in Congress who refuse to hold them accountable and instead promote
   them. John Kerry is one of them. He used the service to promote
   himself, grabbing medals he never earned and stealing honor he never
   deserved. He got to Congress as fast as he could, and he's been
   sucking off the public teat ever since.
   Trust me. Those of us who served honorably can smell them a mile away.
   And we'd like nothing more than for them to get the hell out of the
   way so we could go about getting on with the job. They cost us lives
   with their ignorance, their cowardice and their selfishness. Good men
   die every day because of these weasels. They're attracted to war zones
   (but not to the fight!) like moths to a flame, because they smell some
   personal benefit from it. John Murtha is such a man.
   Where the hell are the modern day Pattons and Shermans? We need
   military leaders that will say, "The hell with the media, let's go
   kick some ass!"
   And then does it.

References

   1. http://currierd.typepad.com/centurion/2007/02/once_in_a_while.html