rant: the illegal invasion and occupation has reached KGs family

[KG]

a close nephew, his marine unit recently arrived in kuwait. looks like he will end up in iraq.

just to be clear - i will not be moderating my position on this cluster-fuck of a 'war' or the criminals that lied to the people to make it happen. if anything, i may get more irritable and radical.

so, lets be straight up shall we? he is not 'defending my freedoms'. he's a pawn in a sick deadly shell game, cooked up by greedy capitalists and neo-cons, using the religiously insane as drum beaters, and abbeted by a craven um, 'oppostion' party.

so, fuck the PNAC signatories, the bush admins., and the dems that voted for the IWR, esp. leiberman and gephardt, who couldn't wait to hand over the keys to war to an ignorant simian. their photo op in the rose garden makes me want to puke every time i see it.

so, fuck the pigboys, hannities, humes and coulters blitzers of the world. they best not run into me alone on the street. they, along with any freeptard thats want to fuck with me on this subject will find out personally what that 'boot up the ass' thing is really all about. i got 2 pair, just in case i wear out the first one. i'll get more if i need to.

so, fuck the american bush worshipping morons who have fallen for the propaganda, and the rah-rah military age chickenshits young repukes cheerleading from the safety of their college campuses. geez has this country forgotten viet nam already? i have reached the considered opinion that i live in the dumbest country on the face of the planet

oh, and fuck all the 'i'm against the war but we gotta stay and finish the job' idiots. how many more iraqis and allied soldiers gotta die for this stupid rationalization? iraq is FUBARed beyond and fix this country can effect. maybe a referendum of the iraqi people, you know, the people that ACTUALLY FUCKING LIVE THERE should deteremine wheather they want the US to clean up the mass. i got a feeling they'd like to see us gone. let's get the fuck out of there TO-FUCKING-DAY! GODDAMMIT!

there's a long list of others assort pea-wits and assholes i'd like to flip a bird at. but i type too slow and i'm pissed off and i think i've made my point.

here's hoping my nephew comes back, and returns as the same sweet gentle soul he when he left.

whew.

[LiberalVoice]

1. My best friend is going...

We both grew up very poor in Philly and he thinks its his only chance to go to college. WE both hate * and this war but he thinks he has no other choice. :cry: it makes me sad cuz we've been brothers for 6 years.

[lonestarnot]

42. There are OTHER ways to get to college! Did he already sign? n/t

[LiberalVoice]

43. Yeah

I moved to FL and lost contact with him for about a 2 years...When I finally got a hold of him he had already signed up. He's already been to boot camp and is almost done with most of his training. He's supposed to have most of the month of april off and we plan on getting together for awhile before they ship off.

[lonestarnot]

44. Yikes too sad...

:cry:

[Jack_Dawson]

2. Sorry to hear about your nephew

But well said...

[leftofthedial]

3. Don't hold back, KG

tell us how you really feel!

:thumbsup:

all the best to your nephew. He'll need all the support he can get.

[KG]

4. believe it or not - i did hold back.

[Cyrano]

5. In a world where Justice ruled,

Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rove, and all the rest of Bush Inc. would be considered to be war criminals sitting in a docket at the Hague. Instead, they're still holding positions of power with about half of the morons in this country believing they are "great American leaders" (who can't be seen in public without an American flag pin in their lapels).

We are living through a "reign of terror" similar to that of the French Revolution. The only difference is that we don't have a guillotine in plain view. Rather, we ship suspected "enemies" off to other countries to be tortured, or we put up with torture at Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib, etc.

As Pogo (Al Capp) once said, "We have met the enemy and he is us."

[annabanana]

25. Pogo is Walt Kelly, not Al Capp

Al Capp was NOT a friend, politically speaking. (McCarthyite, I believe)

[uppityperson]

6. So sorry for your nephew, hope he survives with sanity and humanity intact

[KG]

7. my biggest fear.

he's really a kind hearted kid, couldn't understand what about the marines appealed to him so much.

[RoeBear]

8. Have you, will you

say this to his face?

"so, lets be straight up shall we? he is not 'defending my freedoms'. he's a pawn in a sick deadly shell game, cooked up by greedy capitalists and neo-cons, using the religiously insane as drum beaters, and abbeted by a craven um, 'oppostion' party. "

[KG]

11. no need for for that.

unless asked, in family situations, i've decided to kept my opinions to myself. nobody has asked, tho i think they know where i stand.

[uppityperson]

9. Mine fears draft will hurt his humaneness, still too young to go.

The problem is not just getting killed, but all the crap you have to learn and do otherwise. There is something basically really wrong with taking these guys we've spent years on teaching how to get along and how to share and how to be humane and teaching them and making them be in inhumane conditions. How can you expect these kids to be normal and be able to live normally afterwards? Rhetorical question which can probably be gone into by vets who have served and survived (strike self on head, of course survived) but I just won't ever understand.

[karlrschneider]

10. I'm not a praying type, but keeping all good, hopeful thoughts for him.

.

[bush_is_wacko]

12. I second that! And I'll pray for your nephew as well. I hope he comes

back safe, sound, and able to function. In fact, I hope he never has to go. He's not here yet, I can still hope! Please tell him we are sorry we let our president get him into this and we are working on getting him out as hard as we can!

BTW, I am a Christian, just not a raving lunatic, I hope that doesn't offend you.

[AuntiBush]

16. I'll toss in a third on that thought and

I love your username, as well. Don't feel bad about the Christian issue. I know exactly where you're coming from. For a while there, I felt betrayed that "they" seemingly took my good faith and made it a dirty name. It's like we have to defend ourselves as Christan's while still believing in the fight for injustice, wars based on horribly sinful lies, etc... When the dust settles (though) we realize it is them that are in deed horrible, and yes sinfully wrong, not us.

[bush_is_wacko]

45. Yes, my religion has been drug through the mud and my country is

pouring blood all over it! I'm not ashamed, just worried that people won't take to prayer as a form of faith much longer.

[Pepperbelly]

13. these brave warriors fight for the comrade at their side, not for ...

the useless fucks who sent them. It's a kind of ad hoc thing. Support your buddies and watch your own ass while you're at it. Survive. Make sure your friends survive.

[murray hill farm]

17. u have that right, pepperbelly!

My son is in Iraq...and that is exactly how it is..that is all they care about..taking care of each other...and trying to all get through it alive.

[JanMichael]

14. Sorry to hear that bro.

Here's hoping that he comes home sane.

As to ass kickin' here? Right behind you with the boots planted firmly up the neo-morans asses.

[KG]

15. any justification for what's gone on is lame.

tired of the rationalization, comprimises, excuses and and that most sickening term 'pragmatism'.

[JanMichael]

19. They just don't get it, nor do they WANT to get it.

It's the mass mind fuck of the MSM and our "culture" in general.

Kill a sand n****** for the flag and 911! That about sums up some 40-80% of the country. Give or take a few since I have zero statistical research on assholishness at my fingertips...yuck.

[KG]

20. heh. i expect that noise from the idiot masses.

i was refering to some of the posters on DU. :eyes:

[AuntiBush]

18. I'm sorry for your grief and anger and understand.

I'd feel the same way as you. Lost for words, I can only say I'm sorry for your nephew and quite frankly, I'm not proud of our country right now either. Hope you find a peaceful middle on the issue, at least enough where you can deal with it. My best to you, fellow DU-ER!

:kick:

[immoderate]

21. Glad I'm not on your list.

Bring them home and send them to school.

--IMM

[EFerrari]

22. Bring them home; explain it later. I CAN WAIT. nt

[KG]

35. declare fucking victory, whatever. i dont care.

just so the US leaves.

i expect politicians to lie. so, i guess a lie to get the fuck out is preferable to the lie that started this mess.

[EFerrari]

37. That's right. And, you FIND a way for your guy NOT to go.

Remember the El Salvador thing? I had 24 male draft bait relatives at that time, including my only brother.

I flat out told him, if they call you up for this b*llsh@t, your butt is mine. I meant it.

And still do. Think about it.

[KG]

39. nothing i can do. there was no talking him out of joining the marines.

he's a small town kid, and his parents aren't very worldly either.

this kind of kid has been used for cannon fodder for centuries, unfortunately.

[EFerrari]

41. Keep looking, KG. You never know. And it makes me furious, too.

On edit: this.

I'm sorry for every time I didn't say anything to keep the family peace. I'm sorry for every time I didn't stand on a street corner and HOWL.

I don't want to be sorry any more for any new compunction. If I SEE a recruiter or a recruitee, I will make a HUGE ass of myself because being an ASS is better than grieving a life or a moment.

just my humble .02

[Solly Mack]

23. Oman, do I know that kind of anger

It gets worse, btw. Like fire gnawing up your gut...




Hoping the best for your nephew.

[stevedeshazer]

24. What can I say, KG

My cousin's son is in this clusterfuck, too (Mosul) and I am just as pissed as you. The only difference is that you have the energy to rant.

Today, I'm too worn out. Tomorrow's another day.

[bloom]

26. The first time

my nephew was over there - I was glued to the statistics - followed all of the casualties - followed all of the reports about his outfit.

He was in the first big Fallujah calamity and was sent home wounded.

He is supposed to go back soon or maybe he is already.

Nobody is telling me and I'm not asking.

[Tinoire]

27. Damn. Damn damn!

KG, So sorry. So sorry my friend... You know how much we fought this! Just know that your nephew has my prayers and that with every breath in my body, I will fight the entire cabal, its collaborators, its enablers and its apologists to my last dying breath.

:hug: my friend. My boots are right there next to yours.

BRING THEM HOME NOW!!!!!!

[KG]

32. seems we didn't fight hard enuff, girlfriend.

seems the only people that knew what was going on were in the streets.

our supposed leaders had their cowardly heads buried deeply in their asses.

[bpilgrim]

28. give'm HELL, KG!

DU got your back :bounce:

got a cousin just finishing boot, army... don't know where he's goin yet but with these thugs in power nowhere on earth is safe :argh:

keep us posted and thanks for sharing :toast:

peace

[mike_c]

29. damned fine rant, KG-- damned fine indeed....

Thanks. I agree one hundred percent, and when it comes time to march again, I would be proud to carry your water.

[driver8]

30. I agree. KG, you said what a lot of us are thinking...

but who could never say it as well as you did!

[KG]

36. no need to carry water.

maybe a spare pair of cowboy boots? the kind with the pointy toe. bet they hurt like hell taken rectally.

[BikeWriter]

31. My best to your kin. I know how it feels.

[jbnow]

33. My friends son joined last year

Barely 18. He is still in training. The recruiter told them he wouldn't have to go to Iraq and they believe it. His brother is joining this summer.

And I don't believe it. I am sad and it is hard to talk to her when she is proud and hopeful and glad they won't go to war. I don't say much.

I have the anger and the fears you do...even for the kids I don't know! Kids are foolish and brave and you just worry that even if they get home uninjured...they will have seen too much through their young eyes.

We need a military, we need prepared soldiers, but we don't need to send them off for this kind of crap. What an outrage.

Our kids and their kids...bless them all. Let ours come home, let theirs return to peaceful lives.

[KG]

34. recruiters tell that 'you wont go to iraq' lie every goddam day.

there was a dust-up last week at a local school because a recruiter was telling kids the bullshit lie. assholes.

[mopaul]

38. these are fucked up times

I'd hate to have any friend or relative over there, a form of mass hysteria has occurred, and has many times before.

all this shit will end, but not soon enough, and not until it's way too late. anger is about all we have to work with out here in flyover land.

[KG]

40. all we can do is find ways to fight the power.