The Military Thread

[Diomedes]

Hey man, Saudi Princes gotta eat, too.

[shorebird]

...and the wheel keeps turning.

[shorebird]

Sailors aboard USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73) "man the rails" as the ship steams into port. Manning the rails is a time-honored Navy tradition carried out when entering and exiting U.S. and foreign ports.

[SD]

We manned the rails on the Tarawa when we ported in Vancouver, we were met with about 5000 protesters

[Rome]

wasn't that just after 9/11?  what the farg were those iceholes protesting?

[General_Failure]

Anyone in bellbottoms being referred to as a man?

[SD]

wasn't that just after 9/11?  what the farg were those iceholes protesting?

no this was in 99. I still have no idea what they were protesting though, there was some clown with a megaphone that said "we're not asking you to do anything harmful, all we're asking is that you leave the military". The whole thing was pretty hilarious.

[shorebird]

They protest the hell outta' the GW being in Japan also. Supposedly, they don't like the thought of anything nuclear being there. I don't know if it's the powerplant in the carrier, or that they might think there are nukes on board the ship. Anyway, it seems kinda pointless because there are all kinds of nuclear power plants in Japan. Over fifty of them.

[Seabiscuit36]

Clearly worried they may be attacked on a Sunday morning

[Sgt PSN]

They protest the hell outta' the GW being in Japan also. Supposedly, they don't like the thought of anything nuclear being there.

Can't imagine why......

Also, they're getting pretty sick of our GI's raping their women.  No highly developed country in their right mind would want any foreign military presence within their own borders.  That's why Thailand, Guam and the Philipines farging love having us there......the amount of money the military pays to the ports along with the steady flow of greenbacks from servicemen/women is a welcomed source of revenue and boost to their economy. 

[shorebird]

Tension high in Korea after sinking of South Korean naval vessel.

Kim Joung Il threatens nuclear war....again.

"Our military and people will squarely respond to the nuclear war preparation by the American imperialists and the South Korean puppet regime with our powerful nuclear deterrent," the North's government-run Minju Joson newspaper said in a commentary Sunday headlined, "We also have nuclear weapons."

[Diomedes]

Good thing our military isn't stretched to the breaking point by multiple actions elsewhere.

[shorebird]

One carrier strike group working with the South Korean Navy is anything but stretching the American military to the breaking point. Thats one of the big reasons they're in Japan in the first place.

If you're going to troll, or act the hippo, at least try to make it somewhat reasonable or believable.

Not to mention that you're tunnel visioned hatred of the military, and your country in general seems to have you totally oblivious to the point of the whole exercise or what might become of it.

[Diomedes]

reading comprehension isn't your strong suit, eh?

let me spell out what I meant:  our military is currently stretched to the breaking point by invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, which does not put us in a good position if North Korea does in fact start something.

[Rome]

if north korea starts something there isn't a thing the american military can do to stop them.