war is hell

The observations of the old Marine is dead on. His views need to be
reflected in our national policy.



The objective of war is victory. Obviously our politicians and
military leaders have forgotten this simple theme since WWII. The following
was sent by a former Marine who served both in Korea and Vietnam , he is
dead on..

My Two Cents

Okay, I have to say something about the Marine pissing incident.
Was it inappropriate? Yes. Would I have done it? Probably not. Would I have
done it when I was 19? Maybe. Were there times that I may have done it in
Viet Nam if time permitted? There is a good chance for, "probably". I was 22
when I was there and was called the old man and pops.

We send kids a year out of high school to the worst hell
holes on earth and expect them to behave better than they did at their
senior prom. So many Americans have lived for multiple generations with
security at home that they can't comprehend what goes on in other parts of
the world. "War is Hell", isn't just something they say in the movies. First
of all, you are exhausted all the time because you never sleep deeply. Your
body is running on high idle even when you try to rest. The places we send
these kids to, stink from lack of sanitation.
There are bugs and mold and mildew and trash and human waste everywhere.
You are in some level of fear all the time. You have seen, smelled, heard,
touched and done things no sane person would ever want to do.

There is no script for war. It is improv at it's best.
**** happens and it happens fast. A blind eye should be turned to many, many
things.

We have no idea what led up to this incident. Did these kids
eat in the past 24 hours? Have they slept in the past 36 hours?
What did these talabaners do?

War is about killing people and breaking their things.
We have forgotten how to fight. You can't win peoples hearts while shooting
their Uncle Fred. We knock down a dung and stick shed, and then replace it
with a $12,000,000 hospital! Well who won that one?

This is how we need to fight.

1. Go in, kick ass on those who pissed us off.

2. Destroy their infrastructure.

3. Go home when you are sure they won't have the desire to
screw with us again for at least two generations.

I hate war. I'm glad my son didn't have to go to war.

In reference to current times, we will never win the hearts
of muslims. They don't even like themselves, hate their family and kill
their neighbors, so what chance do we stand. The only course to follow is to
convince them that the cost of messing with the west is way too high.

Back to the pissing kids. Slap their hands, tell them not to
do it again and not to try to figure out how pissing is bad and killing is
okay.

War is HELL; it sucks, smells bad and is bad for your
physical and mental health. Don't sit in your recliner watching CNN and pass
judgment on these kids.

Semper Fi,



"God and soldier, we adore, in time of danger, not before.
The danger passed and all things righted, God is forgotten and the
soldier slighted."

Rudyard Kipling

 

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