Comments on: Fire in the Belly

By: Jimmy J.

Jimmy J. — Thu, 01 May 2008 18:04:17 +0000

unkawill,
Just like a trigger puller. Just want to get the job done and head on home. Don’t you realize, man, that we must be nuanced, and humane, and politically correct, and diplomatic, and so on and so on.

Hopefully, someday, someway we’re going to take your advice to heart. As you say, “Some people just need killing.”

Thanks for what you’re doing over there, even if it is boring you to death.

By: unkawill

unkawill — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:53:15 +0000

I, for one am doing what I can in Afghanistan, after recently transferring from Iraq.
I have to be honest here, I am bored out of my skull, as are most of everybody I am stationed with here in Bagram.
We have had recent comments alluding to how barbaric and wasteful this war has been.
IMO it has not been prosecuted properly. Screw the collateral damage, There is no way that this should have taken this long to come to a satisfactory conclusion.
We know where they are, let us quit pussyfooting around and get after the bad guy’s and kill them. Problem Solved.
Some people “Just need killing”

By: Tom G.

Tom G. — Thu, 01 May 2008 13:29:24 +0000

Hehe…Jessica…I like your “dialogue” just fine – was only practicing in the event a new administration compels “national gentleness”…

By: Cassandra

Cassandra — Thu, 01 May 2008 13:00:21 +0000

Bush has given several versions of this answer, with the same force and (on several occasions) far greater coherence. It’s just that his entire press conferences are rarely carried during prime time, and even if they were, how many people would bother to watch? He’s given some outstanding ones.

How many people watch his entire speeches when he’s on TV? I tune into the comments sections and half the time what I see is people saying “I only watched part of it”. And this is the President of the United States” And his speech won’t be in the papers the next day either. So they will never know what he said.

And yet these same people have no problem voicing an opinion about the speeches and press conferences they don’t listen to :p

The press cover what they want to, which is mostly the opposing party’s rebuttals to whatever the President has to say and any stray gaffe they can catch on camera. Sorry for the rant, but this is a pet peeve of mine.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Thu, 01 May 2008 02:03:43 +0000

Tom G.- My comment was completely within “Context” I just say it like I see it. Plain, Blunt, Simple & to the point . It is your freedom to take it or leave it. Sorry, no “sugar coating” here! (Referring to your comment of “Reasonable/Gentler natures” here). My point in being so blunt was to convey that these terrorist don’t care. They are harsh just as that. No need to sugar coat the truth. I could agree with your comment “Strayed from the path of Dialogue” if I were using expletives or making personal attacks towards others with opposing views (which is very uneducated) but saying things how I see them is just what I did and rightfully so. Thanks!

By: Tom G.

Tom G. — Thu, 01 May 2008 00:41:35 +0000

Jessica, you’ve clearly strayed from the path of dialogue. Please recover and join us to parley with the opposition in accordance with our reasonable and gentler natures. After all, we all desire the same things, right?