Registered: Nov 2006
Location: “Don’t suffer from PTSD, go out and cause it,”
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Originally posted by kaimiponoloa
Aloha:

I have over 20 years of service in the USMC as a regular officer and can't understand how you turkeys can tolerate a neverbeen like IR bad mouthing a person in uniform like Watada who made a stupid decision but is an officer in the regular army, has a full tour in Korea and is nevertheless willing to go to Afghanistan and has over 5 years of honarable active duty. His stryker unit has returned to Ft Lewis from OIF and last I heard they haven't assassinated Watada yet.

Ewa: As to firing the M2, all fam firing and demo firing was done before going in combat. Once we stepped foot in country, it was serious and the rules of engagement takes effect.

Did you see an A-gunner with the prince in the news shot. Its a crew served weapon right? Of course not, it was staged for the prince. When we fired the M2 there was an A-gunner on a short belt plus range people to make sure we didn't elevate beyond the pegs and put an errant round in a civilian's head 3-4 miles down range.

We obviously think differently on Watada. But I have had too many good Americans die around me in VN and I have zero tolerance for chicken hawks and neverbeens who bang drums from an arm chair and put down people serving in the armed forces on active duty.

Aloha

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