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February 04, 2005
Awww, Shaddup
The oh-so-PC crowd are raising a stink about this:
Lt. Gen. James Mattis, a career infantry officer who is now in charge of developing better ways to train and equip Marines, made the comments Tuesday while speaking to a forum in San Diego.
According to an audio recording, he said, "Actually, it's a lot of fun to fight. You know, it's a hell of a hoot. ... It's fun to shoot some people. I'll be right up front with you, I like brawling."
He added, "You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil. You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them."
So career Marines tend to be a little......blunt. So what?
The Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Muslim civil liberties group, called on the Pentagon to discipline Mattis for the remarks.
"We do not need generals who treat the grim business of war as a sporting event," said the council's executive director, Nihad Awad. "These disturbing remarks are indicative of an apparent indifference to the value of human life."
Pardon me, but I think that beheading people and forcing retarded kids to be suicide bombers is much more "indicative of an apparent indifference to the value of human life". But I haven't seen CAIR getting their knickers all in knot about that.
Besides, I had no idea shooting guys who slap women around is a sporting event? Sweet. Ass.
Where do I sign up?
Posted by Rita at February 4, 2005 10:49 AM
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No kidding, I know quite a few people who'd sign up for that particular sport.
Posted by: Bob at February 4, 2005 11:24 AM
Me too. I wonder where the qualifying competitions are held?
Posted by: rita at February 4, 2005 11:51 AM
He is a distinguished warrior, and that's the talk of a warrior. I believe that part of the problem is that, today, so few people have served in the military, where that type of talk is part of the "process," that turns civilians into military people. The military is not the Peace Corps. The military's mission is to effectively kill the enemy.
Posted by: Jim - Parkway Rest Stop at February 4, 2005 02:28 PM
Kill the enemy before he kills you, right?
Posted by: rita at February 5, 2005 07:02 AM