a world at peace

[NAVY IC]

Originally Posted by zx2guy

uhuh thats the type of attitude that will get your american ass shot if you ever decide to visit out of country... personally i look forward to the day that we all can cross eachothers borders w/o kidnappings, assassinations and so on and so forth... and being an american my self im getting tired of all this targeting we are getting.

are you serious...I joined the us military, (the world's foremost ass-kicking organization) on september 12th, 2001 for the single purpose of kicking ass, and that's exactly what we are doing, it's what america's been doing since forever, and now I'm a part of it....

and just so you know, I've been all over the world. I've been through the gulf, the suez and a whole bunch of those countries in the middle east. I've been to over twenty different countries worldwide and you know what...f?ck what you heard on cnn, we do what we want, when we want, wherever we want and nobody have ever or will ever say sh?t to us....

America, F?ck Yeah...!!!!

[mellowboy]

Originally Posted by NAVY IC

we do what we want, when we want, wherever we want and nobody have ever or will ever say sh?t to us....

America, F?ck Yeah...!!!!

LOL im sure my ppl will thank you with that attitude of yours.

[NAVY IC]

mellowboy, your missing my point...
yeah, today's headlines are about your people...
but headlines or not, we're constantly kicking ass worldwide.
This is our country, some of us decided to run it, some of us decided to defend it, and some of us just talk about it.

let me tell you where that 'tude came from

the us navy is about .0001% of the worlds population...
but every country we pull into, the girls line up, the guys get out of the way,
and the local law acts like our personal security/taxi/tour guide.
I can go on and on about how friendly the locals really are only if the moderators say they won't ban me

[drunken monkey]

wait a minute.... you get a certain reaction at certain ports and you take that to be the general attitude and consensus of the WHOLE country?
when you say the "girls line up", are you aware of what kind of girls those are?

constantly kicking ass?
sounds like someone believes their own press a little bit too much.
how many americans died this week?

[cody_e]

I doubt it will happen as long as religions fight. Hell in Iraq there seems to be a civil war now with all the sectarian violence. if two sects of the SAME RELIGION can't get along how is two completely differnt religions supposed to get along?

[mellowboy]

Originally Posted by NAVY IC

mellowboy, your missing my point...
yeah, today's headlines are about your people...
but headlines or not, we're constantly kicking ass worldwide.
This is our country, some of us decided to run it, some of us decided to defend it, and some of us just talk about it.

No I didn't miss your point. Dont think you're kicking ass with your advance weapons to prey on the weak. I wouldn't feel too big about that.

[mellowboy]

Originally Posted by cody_e

I doubt it will happen as long as religions fight. Hell in Iraq there seems to be a civil war now with all the sectarian violence. if two sects of the SAME RELIGION can't get along how is two completely differnt religions supposed to get along?

And so you think. Before the war started...NO ONE fought over religion. As I've mentioned before that I have a mixed family backround that has shias/sunnis/catholics. Im sure someone from the outside is instigating between the 2 sects.

[cody_e]

Originally Posted by mellowboy

And so you think. Before the war started...NO ONE fought over religion. As I've mentioned before that I have a mixed family backround that has shias/sunnis/catholics. Im sure someone from the outside is instigating between the 2 sects.

I didn't say that. I said if 2 sects of a religion can't get along how can other completely different religions get along? The Catholic and protestants have been fighting just as long especially in Ireland. It's just sad that people can't have their own religion and respect other peopel's religion.

[NAVY IC]

Originally Posted by mellowboy

No I didn't miss your point. Dont think you're kicking ass with your advance weapons to prey on the weak. I wouldn't feel too big about that.

how high tech is a box cutter? how many deaths can it cause?
ask all of the people that died on 9/11 if they felt like they were preyed upon...

I know a couple of 17 year old chix that had to get a permission slip signed by their parents just so that they could join in on the ass-kicking.

dead is dead, whether you choke on a grape at the day spa, get your neck slit by a box cutter on an airplane, or suffer fatal injuries from an improvised explosive device (IED).

This forum is full of people who'll risk their lives and innocent lives for a drag race, but I have more respect for those that risk their lives for all of our well being.

[NAVY IC]

Originally Posted by drunken monkey

wait a minute.... you get a certain reaction at certain ports and you take that to be the general attitude and consensus of the WHOLE country?

listen, I could assume that they love what we're doing. I could also assume that they hate what we're doing.
what I decided to do was not assume and just accept what our actual reality is. I know how we're treated.

Originally Posted by drunken monkey

when you say the "girls line up", are you aware of what kind of girls those are?

I know where you're going, but you shouldn't always assume the worst, or force your sense of morality onto other people.
People invite me all the time to stay at their homes, I've been introduced to daughters, sisters, and even a couple of mothers.
The locals are usually like, "You don't have to check into that hotel, we have plenty of room at my place."
They're always saying suff like I know where the places to eat are at, I know where all the sites to see are at.
The girls always know where the best clubs are at, and the guys always know which clubs got the hottest chix.
Don't get me wrong, the red-light/butt-naked scene is alive and well overseas if that's what your into...

Originally Posted by drunken monkey

constantly kicking ass?
sounds like someone believes their own press a little bit too much.
how many americans died this week?

believes their own press is a comment usually reserved for the Hollywood types (re: the land of make believe)...
in no way shape or form does what we do have anything to do with the press, or the land of make believe.

phase one: briefing about up coming evolutions
phase two: execution
phase three: de-briefing
phase four: talking to the press can only happen after sh?t has been
previewed, reviewed, classified, reclassified, declassified and then ok'd by
your entire chain of command all the way up to the press secretary who
makes sure the info has been properly edited for television.

I'm not going to talk about my fallen brothers,
We didn't join the military to die for our country.
We joined the military to make sure those other sons-of-bitches die for theirs.

[drunken monkey]

a little question for you then.
are you privvy to the whole process that goes on when command is going through the results of completed operations?

[NAVY IC]

Hell naw,
all that sh?t is straight up spook level (GS-43 CLASSIFIED).
However, ops that we actually participate in eventually get broadcast on
cnn and fox news, but it's usually what we call the NEWS version of events.

[drunken monkey]

are you as informed of the entire story as it were, that command is?

[NAVY IC]

I'm stationed on an amphib, my job is to get the marines and their gear to the fight, and then bring them home.
The most immediate threat to us while we're at sea is boarding other ships, small boats and mines.
The average marine see way more than than the average sailor, (excluding special warfare), once they leave the yacht.
But we all work together, live together, eat, sleep, play and party together for months at a time while we're deployed.
Anything that happens to us while we're deployed is a sea/war story, and that's pretty much how we spend our time.
Regardless of what the Big Wigs talk about, or what the NEWS is "allowed" to report, we're the ones living these stories, we know what's going on.

[RickwithaTbird]

funny how a conversation about world peace begins an argument.

it'll never happen.