Comments by The_Urban_Spaceman
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Posted on March 24 at 11:52 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Dana VanDam:
What nasty view? I didn't even talk about our serviceman... Did you even watch the Winter Soldier videos? Most of the speakers said they cannot fault their fellow serviceman and "best friends" for actions they took in Iraq but instead fault being in the wrong place at the wrong time. (Some did fault themselves and felt it necessary to apologize, which in my eyes is very "honorable" and oftentimes difficult).
So what I am trying to explain to you is that neither Anna nor the Winter Soldiers are arguing that themselves nor their fellow servicemen are unpatriotic or bad people. But that because they are in a the wrong place at the wrong time for the wrong reasons (our current administrations fault), they are forced to make terrible decisions and sometimes mistakes to save their lives and their friends lives. Is this so hard to understand? They are speaking out because they want to see their friends and fellow servicemen come home.
Watch the videos, these are sad and sometimes angry veterans who have every right to be.
AKNATUFF:
I don't even understand how you are arguing. I was attacking your Obama/Osama comparison because I am not racist, pointing out that it is unjust to compare them as they have basically no similarities. How is that racist? I voted for Obama in the primaries.. Don't twist my words. If you want to argue that Obama and Osama are similar at least provide some facts.
Also sorry for calling you a bigot if you are in fact not one, that was presumptuous on my part.
Posted on March 24 at 1:53 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Dana VanDam:
What makes you an expert on what is indicative of the majority of our armed forces or our government? Also what is a community perspective? The author can't write her ideas and interpretations of the actions of the Winter Soldiers as a member of your community?
AKNATUFF:
You are obviously a bigot as you attempted to insinuate similarities between Osama and Barack Obama where the only similarity is that their names rhyme, and neither are white. So honestly everything else you said really isn't worth replying to and your comment is fit for removal.
Thank you for the write up Anna.
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Posted on March 26 at 10:57 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Don't have time to debate still, but just to attack your math a bit; your denominator makes no sense. Finding the correct inputs and assumptions is the hardest part about math really.
I think a more appropriate number rather than the 140,000 deployed troops would be the amount of troops who have been deployed but who are now home and out of the military. These people are really the only ones not at risk of losing benefits and in a position to protest. This also isn't taking into account the amount of soldiers that actually find it important to be political on the subject or even have the time and motivation be active (IE: Veteran: I think the war was wrong/worthless/take your pick, but I have to go work my two jobs).
Just some food for thought on your .007%
On Patriotic ‘Winter Soldiers’ share their tales of war