Cruel & Outdated Training Methods

[Lady's Human]

Unpopular because he violated the trust of a small, tightly knit community by going to the media. They're not talking about regular soldiers in this article.

[lizbud]

Unpopular because he violated the trust of a small, tightly knit community by going to the media. They're not talking about regular soldiers in this article.

Oh LH, give me a break.

[Lady's Human]

Have you ever been in the military, helped train soldiers, been in a small unit, trained with the same soldiers for years?

Civilians will just never understand.

[lizbud]

If you don't have a real answer to the subject of a thread, you always
attempt to change the subject. Why is that, do ya suppose?


Oh, never mind. I'm done with this back & forth.

[Lady's Human]

The subject of the article was military training.

My comments were about the training in question. The only comment I made that wasn't directly related to the article was to correct a constant media lie about firearms.

Other than that, I fail to see where I attempted to change the topic.

I could cast aspersions on an entire community like you did with your

Will he finally big a big man when he starts killing people?

, but I'll refrain.

[jennielynn1970]

Have you ever been in the military, helped train soldiers, been in a small unit, trained with the same soldiers for years?

Civilians will just never understand.

Oh please. You sound like my brother. He's ex-Navy. I have nothing against the soldiers who are fighting, they just take the orders and do what they are told.

What I don't understand is this "superiority" that we, mere civilians, get when we disagree with military ideals and training.

[lizbud]

Oh please. You sound like my brother. He's ex-Navy. I have nothing against the soldiers who are fighting, they just take the orders and do what they are told.

What I don't understand is this "superiority" that we, mere civilians, get when we disagree with military ideals and training.

I believe this is a case of everdosing on the Kool aid.

I have heard that when the military person is discharged, they are allowed
to have their own brains back. Maybe not all do.

[Karen]

I believe this is a case of everdosing on the Kool aid.

I have heard that when the military person is discharged, they are allowed
to have their own brains back. Maybe not all do.

What do you have against the men and women serving in our military? Why so prejudicial against them?

[jennielynn1970]

What do you have against the men and women serving in our military? Why so prejudicial against them?

She didn't say she did.

Neither did I.

Is there an issue with people stating their opinions on here??

I questioned the attitude received by many of them, that superiority they seem to think they have.

I think they are are over there and doing their duty because that is what they are being told to do. They can't say "I don't want to go." Whether they believe they are actually fighting a just war is an entirely separate issue.

Patriotism has nothing to do with supporting war.

It has to do with supporting the men and women who are doing their jobs.

One of the kids I taught in school has a phrase on her MySpace that I quite like. "Bombing for Peace is like F^@$ing for Virginity."

[lizbud]

What do you have against the men and women serving in our military? Why so prejudicial against them?

I have absolutely nothing against any military man or woman. It's the
the military mind-set that some take with them when they leave the service.
It doesn't mesh well with the "real" world where we all have an equal voice.

All the men in my family served in the military. No women that I know of.