>>[Yawn.]
Agreed. More than you can imagine.
>>[ I was an Officer in the Armed forces; I served in the first Gulf War (with the 2nd ACR) and we were the first in Bosnia in 1995 (1/4 Cav)]
Well of course. And I'm General Sanchez, blogging from Baghdad and posturing as a French just to confuse the enemy.
You may very well be what you claim you are "Officer Dan", but in my experience the Internet is full of frauds ready to profess any assertion to justify their position. Lately, it's been crowded with Vets from the first Gulf War with a Yahoo email address and a big problem with America.
If all you have to back up your position is this kind of claim, then I suggest you start addressing me General Sir.
At any rate, I still don't see how the fact that you MIGHT have been in the Army, that you MIGHT have served in Iraq and Bosnia and that you end up having a problem with this decision of yours, allows you to criticize the choices of those who MIGHT be your brothers and sisters in arms.
On the very contrary, I guess that's another good reason to show some respect, isn't it?
>>[while you French had your thumbs up your asses]
You're preaching a converted here, Officer Dan. Just telling you this in case that was supposed to infuriate me: it's not. I fully and heartily agree with you on this one.
In fact, if you take the time to think instead of posturing as Officer Dan, you should be able to discern that this snide remark of yours illustrate precisely what I mean and what you oppose.
How odd, isn't it?
>>[ - so save the lecture and patronizing, been there, done that.]
Yet, IF you did indeed (remember I'm General Sanchez), you could probably add: understood nothing.
And since you apparently slipped on the central problem (that was "spending more energy to blame democracies than dictatorships" and "spitting on those who stand for the defense of the firsts") I think I'm not going to cut on the lecture and patronizing anytime, thank you.
>>[I don't need a lesson in modern warfighting least of all from you. I know about sacrifice and I know BS when I see it. The current mission has merde all over it.]
You do need a lesson in modern war fighting, particularly from me. You don't know about sacrifice and you don't know about BS when you see it. The current mission has no merde written all over it.
See Officer Dan? I can do gratis assertions too. Care to reason and demonstrate or you'll just stick to Saturday night whisky bar chitchat in Montreal?
>>[We will win the "war on terror" (...) if the enemy is terror then you better dig in 'cause terror is a strategy in itself as old as combat.]
Yeah right. Please allow me to paraphrase you: "Yawn".
I'm afraid that sticking to that argument ("terrorism is a method, not the enemy") will not get you very far. We're already past it and I suggest you stop haunting "democratic underground" and such places where the same truisms and other tautologies are muttered ad nauseam.
Indeed, we still have to hear what you can propose to solve the slight problem of people whose only goal in this life is to kill or convert the rest of the world, by any possible means, including flying airliners into skyscrapers.
In case you didn't notice, the enemy has been quite precisely designated. Remember that Axis of Evil thing? Remember these Al-Qaeda and Al-Whatever fellows?
These are not strategies Officer Dan, these are targets.
Isn't it strange that a former Army man such as yourself can't tell a target when a thumbs up (wherever) French sees one? How would you explain that, Officer "Art of War" Dan?
>>[LOL]
LOL ? What kind of veteran officer/lawyer are you? The 16 years old I-hate-my-parents genre?
>>[Like every free market capitalist I appreciate free trade and I hate wasting my time.]
Well that's a relief to see that you're not one of those stinky pinkos from the Great North then. I guess we should be grateful that you found the time nonetheless to read this blog, comment twice, and enlighten us with these captivating and extensive details of your adventurous life as a nomadic capitalist lawyer in the North American trade sphere.
Not that it was exactly the main issue but I guess we can't blame you from dropping the ball on those that feel uncomfortable to argue.
>>[Dan - who lives in the real world]
We all do, Officer Dan. But some of us are watchful while some others are blind.
Bonne nuit Officer Dan, good night.
As long there are uniforms that guard us while we sleep, you're safe.