Comments on: Look at the bright side, General http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/09/10/look-at-the-bright-side-general/ The unbearable lightness of Lex. Enjoy! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:19:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tom G. http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/09/10/look-at-the-bright-side-general/comment-page-1/#comment-412853 Tom G. Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:17:19 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/09/10/look-at-the-bright-side-general/#comment-412853 Harry Reid and his ilk make Neville Chamberlain look statesman-like by comparison. Harry Reid and his ilk make Neville Chamberlain look statesman-like by comparison.

]]> By: Subsunk http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/09/10/look-at-the-bright-side-general/comment-page-1/#comment-412852 Subsunk Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:11:07 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/09/10/look-at-the-bright-side-general/#comment-412852 It is certainly difficult to look at yourself in the mirror every morning, shave your face while telling yourself that it is your job, nay, your DUTY, to stand in the front of the line and carry arms to defend millions of Americans who are represented by people who are calling for your scalp, and calling you, in very unveiled terms, a Liar. Senators and Representatives alike command less and less respect from me for their comments regarding GEN Petraeus, (and for that matter, GEN Casey, LGEN Sanchez, GEN Franks, GEN Abizaid, LGEN Mattis, et al, as well as Donald Rumsfeld, George Bush, Condoleeza Rice, Colin Powell, etc...) and their posturing that they know better what is good for America from a military, or even a political perspective, than GEN Petraeus and the silent American people who want to win and want the war over with the correct outcome. Harry is a wimp and a liar who isn't fit to wash the General's backside. My money is on the Man who does his Duty, despite the naysaying of morons and dwarfs of the public who can't pour piss out of a boot with the directions on the heel and a hole in the toe. Press on, Gen Petraeus. It takes a Real Man to keep doing his duty when everyone else says the job can't be done. How surprising to them it will be when he does it. Subsunk It is certainly difficult to look at yourself in the mirror every morning, shave your face while telling yourself that it is your job, nay, your DUTY, to stand in the front of the line and carry arms to defend millions of Americans who are represented by people who are calling for your scalp, and calling you, in very unveiled terms, a Liar.

Senators and Representatives alike command less and less respect from me for their comments regarding GEN Petraeus, (and for that matter, GEN Casey, LGEN Sanchez, GEN Franks, GEN Abizaid, LGEN Mattis, et al, as well as Donald Rumsfeld, George Bush, Condoleeza Rice, Colin Powell, etc…) and their posturing that they know better what is good for America from a military, or even a political perspective, than GEN Petraeus and the silent American people who want to win and want the war over with the correct outcome.

Harry is a wimp and a liar who isn’t fit to wash the General’s backside. My money is on the Man who does his Duty, despite the naysaying of morons and dwarfs of the public who can’t pour piss out of a boot with the directions on the heel and a hole in the toe.

Press on, Gen Petraeus. It takes a Real Man to keep doing his duty when everyone else says the job can’t be done.

How surprising to them it will be when he does it.

Subsunk

]]> By: SeniorD http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/09/10/look-at-the-bright-side-general/comment-page-1/#comment-412851 SeniorD Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:04:01 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/09/10/look-at-the-bright-side-general/#comment-412851 Cap'n, I guess by now most of your readers think I have a low opinion of politics in general and Congress in specifics. I do, going all the way back to the Socialist Peanut Farmer who made sure the Navy didn't have enough fuel for ships to get out and train. We'll not mention the druggies we got for sailors. That said, even if GEN Patreus wipes the floor of the Senate Interrogation Room with Harry Reid's toupee, the politicians will still call it a victory for their side. Why? They know how to make sparkling sound bites for the newsies while the General simply answers their inane, super-inflated ego based questions. Cap’n,

I guess by now most of your readers think I have a low opinion of politics in general and Congress in specifics. I do, going all the way back to the Socialist Peanut Farmer who made sure the Navy didn’t have enough fuel for ships to get out and train. We’ll not mention the druggies we got for sailors.

That said, even if GEN Patreus wipes the floor of the Senate Interrogation Room with Harry Reid’s toupee, the politicians will still call it a victory for their side. Why? They know how to make sparkling sound bites for the newsies while the General simply answers their inane, super-inflated ego based questions.

]]> By: Curt http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/09/10/look-at-the-bright-side-general/comment-page-1/#comment-412850 Curt Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:03:29 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/09/10/look-at-the-bright-side-general/#comment-412850 MissBirdLegs; <blockquote> [...] surely, they saw the difference between honorable men and petty politicians. </blockquote> Had that been the case all along, the current climate would not be dripping with acrimony.... That's the truly sad part in this important drama. MissBirdLegs;

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surely, they saw the difference between honorable men and petty politicians.

Had that been the case all along, the current climate would not be dripping with acrimony….

That’s the truly sad part in this important drama.

]]> By: MissBirdlegs in AL http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/09/10/look-at-the-bright-side-general/comment-page-1/#comment-412849 MissBirdlegs in AL Tue, 11 Sep 2007 02:03:21 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/09/10/look-at-the-bright-side-general/#comment-412849 If the average American was paying attention today (which I kinda doubt), surely - surely, they saw the difference between honorable men and petty politicians. If the average American was paying attention today (which I kinda doubt), surely – surely, they saw the difference between honorable men and petty politicians.

]]> By: Malderi http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/09/10/look-at-the-bright-side-general/comment-page-1/#comment-412848 Malderi Tue, 11 Sep 2007 00:16:27 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/09/10/look-at-the-bright-side-general/#comment-412848 It's pretty much a constant through history. From Athens to us, every general has faced assassination, whether of person or credibility. If we didn't have to worry that our best honorable men were still subject to the accusations of lesser creatures, we would be an advanced civilization indeed. It’s pretty much a constant through history. From Athens to us, every general has faced assassination, whether of person or credibility. If we didn’t have to worry that our best honorable men were still subject to the accusations of lesser creatures, we would be an advanced civilization indeed.

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