War with Syria?

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Oh my! Kappapa; Perhaps it is not all so simple. You might read your responses with an open mind and a bit of respect. Di you have a solution? While we can certainly have issues with current and past policy, Ir seems rather naive to suggest this is a simple issue. Perhaps the humanitarian crisis needs to be addressed regardless of our feelings about neocons and leadership
 
Oh my! Kappapa; Perhaps it is not all so simple. You might read your responses with an open mind and a bit of respect. Di you have a solution? While we can certainly have issues with current and past policy, Ir seems rather naive to suggest this is a simple issue. Perhaps the humanitarian crisis needs to be addressed regardless of our feelings about neocons and leadership

Respect goes both ways, something some of these blowhards seem to forget in their infinite wisdom. But yes, we need to address the Syrian crisis with Global help, not unilaterally that is my entire point. I don't want the U.S go in alone anymore, EU nations+ others need to start pulling their weight when it comes to these things. The UN should be the only ones acting in Syria, imo and only when it pertains to war crimes/humanitarian crisis. This is a civil war, Syria is sovereign and deserves to have the ability to determine their own future.
 
Ok, to get this straight, you are alright with the U.S policing nations with no real end goal besides global hegemony? I just don't want to die in a war of attrition in a land with no value because the Military Industrial Complex needs to keep it's wheels greasy. But I will do as my orders tell me to within the bounds of the law, but I will do everything within my power once I get older to change the situation people like John McCain, Lindsey Graham, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, George Bush, etc, have put us in.
Get this straight; I expressed no political opinion, whatsoever.
I expressed no opinion regarding your politics.
I did express that if you are going to take issue with the missions your command structure sends you on because they do not align with what you think the country should be doing, then you might want to, perhaps, rethink serving in the armed forces. If you are going to, as a junior officer, evaluate the legality of of the orders receive, or the their value, before you decide if you will carry them out, then you are in for a rough time.
And get this straight, save your rhetoric for Model UN.
 
Get this straight; I expressed no political opinion, whatsoever.
I expressed no opinion regarding your politics.
I did express that if you are going to take issue with the missions your command structure sends you on because they do not align with what you think the country should be doing, then you might want to, perhaps, rethink serving in the armed forces. If you are going to, as a junior officer, evaluate the legality of of the orders receive, or the their value, before you decide you will carry them out, then you are in for a rough time.
And get this straight, save your rhetoric for Model UN.

I suppose I shouldn't think through bombing a village/hospital/whatever as long as command tells me to, right? Just following orders...

"If you succeed in obtaining a commission and you try to change the role "NeoCons" have put us in, it would be, indeed , your bad." That's a foreign policy statement, hombre.
 
I suppose I shouldn't think through bombing a village/hospital/whatever as long as command tells me to, right? Just following orders...

"If you succeed in obtaining a commission and you try to change the role "NeoCons" have put us in, it would be, indeed , your bad." That's a foreign policy statement, hombre.

Do us (the tax paying public) a favor an let the admissions staff at wherever you are applying know views on these matters. It will save you the trouble of being weeded out, chico.
 
Are you having fun,kappapa? I hope so. I think the feedback you have received here will look very gentle if you manage to attend an academy. Maturity and leadership require the ability to process feedback and make positive changes. You may not feel respected by your cadre or instructors. How will you respond? Will you survive? Will you take your unit down with you? I suggest you spend some time reflecting inward
 
Can you address the actual arguments at hand

No. And no one else will because of the way you're presenting yourself. Your depth of knowledge seems to be no deeper than the comment section on the latest conspiracy story on Infowars or RT.com.

Read and listen to Admiral McCraven's words. And how he expresses them. You don't have to agree with him. Just listen to how he presents himself and his position on the subject of this thread. Search SAF for Gen. Mattis's reading list. Their quiet confidence bespeaks their long of military service. They spent more time observing, questioning, reading, engaging and a heck of lot less spewing and arguing.
 
Do us (the tax paying public) a favor an let the admissions staff at wherever you are applying know views on these matters. It will save you the trouble of being weeded out, chico.

How immature. Seriously. It takes a certain caliber of closed-mindedness to make a statement like that.

Really, Mods, this is getting a bit ridiculous.

What a patriot. I know free speech does not apply here, and that's fine, but don't try and claim you or others that support banning someone over opinions disagreeing is worrisome.

Are you having fun,kappapa? I hope so. I think the feedback you have received here will look very gentle if you manage to attend an academy. Maturity and leadership require the ability to process feedback and make positive changes. You may not feel respected by your cadre or instructors. How will you respond? Will you survive? Will you take your unit down with you? I suggest you spend some time reflecting inward

Same goes with you. I am in no way mentally compromised to the point where I can't handle someone disagreeing with me then proceeding to campaign to censor that individual. I can't speak for others on this thread, however.
 
No. And no one else will because of the way you're presenting yourself. Your depth of knowledge seems to be no deeper than the comment section on the latest conspiracy story on Infowars or RT.com.

Nice. Dismissive and nonsensical.
 
All, here is the warning for everyone. We don't like to lock threads, by will if we have to. No name calling or personal attacks.
 
You have something to say kappapa, post it here. Do not send me another message.
 
Before this thread gets locked down I just want to share an observation. It amazes me the number of young people that hide behind presumed anonymity while playing on discussion boards. I can see it in places like Reddit where it's a free for all, but on a site like this with the type of people that post here, it can be reckless. They get a kick out of poking the bear without knowing who that bear might be. This site is full of current officers, some ranking as high as O6 from various services, BGO's, prior service, DoD and Law Enforcement, Intelligence, and various Government agencies. Not all post but many read these threads, many have relationships with the Academies, Senators, and Congressman, even those like Congressman Tiberi. Do young people not realize that what you say online never goes away, what you write and post will always be there for others to see. Sometimes that's not something you want to follow you around, especially when you consider the Military or government as a career choice.

I know. were all old and don't get it, all we have is decades of experience, while these young people seem to revel in their place on the internet, just remember, we invented it.
 
even those like Congressman Tiberi.

Is that a threat? I talked about a few controversial issues when I was being interviewed, and those on the board obviously thought I was eloquent/qualified enough to give me nominations. I am not hiding behind online anonymity, this board demands it. I would defend any and all of my opinions to anyone who asked me about them with my identity known, I do it all the time irl.
 
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