Originally Posted by Redwolf

Doesn't matter if it is the fault of the left or right, or if the troops are brainwashed or not.
The reason they fight isn't because of world politics, or any thing as grandiose as that.

They don't have that luxury. They fight for the person on their left, and the person on their right because they know that person will fight for them. That is the only left or right that matters.
God bless them all.

Originally Posted by wackywoodie

they fight for freedom, they fight for you and me, and your right redwolf they fight for the man/woman to thier left and thier right, I my self served from 4 june 98 to 4 feb 07, 3 overseas tours, 2 1/2years S.Korea, and 1 year in Iraq. what the american citizen doesnot realize is by us being over there we are taking the fight to them instead of the next 9/11

Originally Posted by wackywoodie

they fight for freedom, they fight for you and me, and your right redwolf they fight for the man/woman to thier left and thier right, I my self served from 4 june 98 to 4 feb 07, 3 overseas tours, 2 1/2years S.Korea, and 1 year in Iraq. what the american citizen doesnot realize is by us being over there we are taking the fight to them instead of the next 9/11

Originally Posted by Brickman

I understand it, and the company I keep understands that. But I realize we are a very small corner of the population.

There are libs on this very board that do not understand this simple concept.
I am convinced it will take another 9/11 possibly on a far worse scale than 2001 to wake up the libs with their heads stuck in the sand and their blame America idiocy for the deaths of innocent men women and kids.

Originally Posted by jamwadmag

The arm chair Soldiers & Generals just dont know!! When you've 'walked miles in desert sand in hot boots, lived with sand in everything, seen bros die left & right, bits & pieces of body parts everywhere,' then you might have a clue!'

Originally Posted by RiggerModus

Just saw a report on a body armour called Dragon Skin.

Private tests show that Dragon Skin is much more effective in stopping bullets than the present vest, the Interceptor. In fact, the man who designed Interceptor body armour says, if he were in Iraq, "I'd wear Dragon Skin."

But, like the very effective device recently developed to defend APC's against rocket propelled grenades, Dragon Skin has been rejected by the administration because it would cut into profits made by present defense contractors. And, of course these, Raythoen and DHB, are heavy Republican supporters.

Here is a firsthand report by a soldier in the field:

"A recent United States Marine Corps forensic study obtained by DefenseWatch slams the interceptor OTV body armor system, claiming "as many as 42% of the Marine casualties who died from isolated torso injuries could have been prevented with improved protection in the areas surrounding the plated areas of the vest. Nearly 23% might have benefited from protection along the mid-axillary line of the lateral chest. Another 15% died from impacts through the unprotected shoulder and upper arm," the report says.


The interceptor vests in question are manufactured by [LINK POSTED BY MEMBER] Only Members Can View This Truck Forum Link. . The CEO of DHB Industries is [LINK POSTED BY MEMBER] Only Members Can View This Truck Forum Link. . In 2004, Brooks earned $70 million dollars, 13,349% more than his 2001 compensation of $525,000. This isn't the first time the Marines have had problems with DHB: in May, 2005, they recalled more than 5,000 DHB vests. All told, about 23,000 vests have been recalled.

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Originally Posted by Brickman

I understand it, and the company I keep understands that. But I realize we are a very small corner of the population.

There are libs on this very board that do not understand this simple concept.
I am convinced it will take another 9/11 possibly on a far worse scale than 2001 to wake up the libs with their heads stuck in the sand and their blame America idiocy for the deaths of innocent men women and kids.

Originally Posted by theTrucker

Only Republicans join the military?

Ha ha ha.....OMG, how far you are all willing to go with this BS?

It is a proven fact that there are more military vets in Dem party, than there are in Rep party. That statistic alone is enough to prove if Dems participate in our military or not.

But, I understand you guys, you have to follow the policies and talking points that your leaders feed you, no matter what.

Are you really expecting that Dems are going to be able to fix everything in a few months, come on now, you were screwing things up for almost 15 yrs now, it will take time to bring everything up to speed in this country. And let's not forget that it is not that big of majority either, Reps still can influence in how this govt works.

But, first things first, Dems have to prove and bring to light all the corruption that is part of Rep. administration, and all of the lies they fed us during the yrs they were in power.

But you keep telling yourself and to us too, how Dems are soft and antimilitary. If you repeat a lie to yourself enough number of times, you might actually start beleiving it's the truth, right!?