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19Herr_Rapp86 · 07-08-12, 02:16 AM

Hmmmm..... I think I'm gonna puke... This entire thread misses the point... I'm an Iraq vet. A U.S. Marine. (Those who hate, go ahead and spit, say your insults, etc. You won't break me. I promise. I'm a gruff, grumpy, tough SOB that eats petroleum jelly for breakfast and craps napalm. I'm the most Oohrah, patriotic, Ultra Right Winged conservative Jeffersonian American I know. Give me your worst, America haters...) All this argument over war and what-not. All the bad things being done. Collateral damages, etc. etc. Not a single person in this thread has mentioned something I witnessed firsthand in Iraq.. That I was part of. That I participated in. Were there WMD's in Iraq? Don't know... Don't care.. Was there oil in Iraq? Sure. Lots. But for a war for oil as the left proclaimed it, me being an infantryman on the frontline during the height of the war, never saw a single oil well, never saw trucks of barrels being sent for shipping to the Homeland, never saw any of the crap the American-hating leftist said was going on. Never had to stand guard on an oil well one. I'll tell you a little bit about what I did have to do though. We're a humanitarian nation. Yeah, hard to believe with all the law breaking anti geneva drone strikes going on. For those who didn't catch the sarcasm on that comment forgive me. I guess my aggressive don't give a crap about your whining and complaining in your face attitude got in my way. What I did in Iraq was kind of an odd job for infantry. I guarded hospitals so that medical supplies coming from America, much more advanced than what the Iraqi's had, would get to the sick, wounded, and dying, not Americans, but Iraqi citizens, unmolested. My unit helped build schools. We built like 10 new schools in my 18 months of being deployed. Didn't take oil as payment either. America covered it all. Liberals, here's where you whine about American tax dollars... that's your cue. I guarded schools so the children could get there education without fear. My unit killed/captured 120 KNOWN, not SUSPECTED terrorists, including a man that frequently visited Bin Laden himself. We trucked in food and water by the tons. Built water purification plants by the Euphrates river. Guarded farms and businesses vital to the economy of Iraq. I can't count off the top of my head the number of Iraqi citizens who came up to us to give us hugs, kiss our hands, thank us for coming to "Iraq's Rescue" as they called. Had soccer games with the local children. That was fun stuff. I love how all you see is the negatives. And how willing people are to point them out, especially if it's my America on the subject. Nobody takes the time to think about all the good we do in the world. We're hated by most and criticized and cussed by all. I just love it... All the billions in aide we give out... All the work we do to set people free. All the work we do to try, not successfully all the time, but try to make peoples lives better. How we've integrated our powerful economy into the world by sending our businesses abroad to try and boost the economies of other nations. All the good gets overlooked and it all comes down to whether or not some unmanned radio controlled aircraft bombing some poor sucker who is working with/harboring people that threaten the stability of the world is right or wrong, or legal or whatever. I also lost brothers over there to this 'asymmetrical' war or whatever you want to call it. And they weren't lost to a worthless cause as some of you would put it. Its the cause of freedom. I guess in our lives of luxury though, we've forgotten about that word. Where people are being trampled on (Saddam gassed the Kurds, tried to exterminate them, and invaded Kuwait, along with all the other crap on his rap sheet that's forgotten about) America is there. Ask most of Europe about it. Better yet, don't. Not like they remember, or care. If it weren't for us half the world would be speaking German. Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq, Lybia, and in Lady Liberties crosshairs right now, Iran, China, and Syria. Where tyranny runs rampant... Believe me, America always has, and will always be there. All this "undeclared war", "War on Terror was wrong" stuff makes me sick to my stomach.

07-08-12, 02:16 AM	#51
19Herr_Rapp86 Lieutenant Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Ellinwood, Kansas Posts: 260 Downloads: 259 Uploads: 0	Hmmmm..... I think I'm gonna puke... This entire thread misses the point... I'm an Iraq vet. A U.S. Marine. (Those who hate, go ahead and spit, say your insults, etc. You won't break me. I promise. I'm a gruff, grumpy, tough SOB that eats petroleum jelly for breakfast and craps napalm. I'm the most Oohrah, patriotic, Ultra Right Winged conservative Jeffersonian American I know. Give me your worst, America haters...) All this argument over war and what-not. All the bad things being done. Collateral damages, etc. etc. Not a single person in this thread has mentioned something I witnessed firsthand in Iraq.. That I was part of. That I participated in. Were there WMD's in Iraq? Don't know... Don't care.. Was there oil in Iraq? Sure. Lots. But for a war for oil as the left proclaimed it, me being an infantryman on the frontline during the height of the war, never saw a single oil well, never saw trucks of barrels being sent for shipping to the Homeland, never saw any of the crap the American-hating leftist said was going on. Never had to stand guard on an oil well one. I'll tell you a little bit about what I did have to do though. We're a humanitarian nation. Yeah, hard to believe with all the law breaking anti geneva drone strikes going on. For those who didn't catch the sarcasm on that comment forgive me. I guess my aggressive don't give a crap about your whining and complaining in your face attitude got in my way. What I did in Iraq was kind of an odd job for infantry. I guarded hospitals so that medical supplies coming from America, much more advanced than what the Iraqi's had, would get to the sick, wounded, and dying, not Americans, but Iraqi citizens, unmolested. My unit helped build schools. We built like 10 new schools in my 18 months of being deployed. Didn't take oil as payment either. America covered it all. Liberals, here's where you whine about American tax dollars... that's your cue. I guarded schools so the children could get there education without fear. My unit killed/captured 120 KNOWN, not SUSPECTED terrorists, including a man that frequently visited Bin Laden himself. We trucked in food and water by the tons. Built water purification plants by the Euphrates river. Guarded farms and businesses vital to the economy of Iraq. I can't count off the top of my head the number of Iraqi citizens who came up to us to give us hugs, kiss our hands, thank us for coming to "Iraq's Rescue" as they called. Had soccer games with the local children. That was fun stuff. I love how all you see is the negatives. And how willing people are to point them out, especially if it's my America on the subject. Nobody takes the time to think about all the good we do in the world. We're hated by most and criticized and cussed by all. I just love it... All the billions in aide we give out... All the work we do to set people free. All the work we do to try, not successfully all the time, but try to make peoples lives better. How we've integrated our powerful economy into the world by sending our businesses abroad to try and boost the economies of other nations. All the good gets overlooked and it all comes down to whether or not some unmanned radio controlled aircraft bombing some poor sucker who is working with/harboring people that threaten the stability of the world is right or wrong, or legal or whatever. I also lost brothers over there to this 'asymmetrical' war or whatever you want to call it. And they weren't lost to a worthless cause as some of you would put it. Its the cause of freedom. I guess in our lives of luxury though, we've forgotten about that word. Where people are being trampled on (Saddam gassed the Kurds, tried to exterminate them, and invaded Kuwait, along with all the other crap on his rap sheet that's forgotten about) America is there. Ask most of Europe about it. Better yet, don't. Not like they remember, or care. If it weren't for us half the world would be speaking German. Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq, Lybia, and in Lady Liberties crosshairs right now, Iran, China, and Syria. Where tyranny runs rampant... Believe me, America always has, and will always be there. All this "undeclared war", "War on Terror was wrong" stuff makes me sick to my stomach. __________________ Kapitanleutnant Rapp, Kommandant U-45 Last edited by 19Herr_Rapp86; 07-08-12 at 02:28 AM.