[Peace-discuss] They found someone crazier than McChrystal

[E.Wayne Johnson]

Alice wants to know - "How did you know that we were listening to 'Alice's 
Restaurant' just now ?"

(Punctuation by Alice).

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "C. G. Estabrook" <galliher at illinois.edu>
To: "E.Wayne Johnson" <ewj at pigs.ag>
Cc: "Peace-discuss" <peace-discuss at anti-war.net>
Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 10:31 AM
Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] They found someone crazier than McChrystal


> And we should remember that like McChrystal this maggot was chosen by our
> maggot-in-chief.  No one made him do it.
>
> It's pretty silly in these circumstances to pretend we've gained something 
> by having "civilians, and not the military ... in charge of our defense 
> and foreign policy decisions.'
>
> I'm sorry your Alice has to grow up listening to Alice's Restaurant 
> (again).
>
>
> On 7/8/10 9:08 PM, E.Wayne Johnson wrote:
>> One of my teachers in vet school used to talk about having a trained 
>> maggot
>> on a leash.
>>
>> There really might be one day in a thousand that one could use a maggot 
>> like
>>  this guy. What to do with 'im the other 999 days. I dont think these 
>> cats
>> sit around quietly and keep it all under their hat like Little Cat Z 
>> until
>> the time is ripe.
>>
>> ***
>>
>> ...And I went up there, I said, "Shrink, I want to kill. I mean, I wanna, 
>> I
>> wanna kill. Kill. I wanna, I wanna see, I wanna see blood and gore and 
>> guts
>> and veins in my teeth. Eat dead burnt bodies. I mean kill, Kill, KILL, 
>> KILL."
>> And I started jumpin up and down yelling, "KILL, KILL," and he started 
>> jumpin
>> up and down with me and we was both jumping up and down yelling, "KILL,
>> KILL." And the sargent came over, pinned a medal on me, sent me down the
>> hall, said, "You're our boy." *** ---If you want to end war and stuff you 
>> got
>> to sing loud.
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "C. G. Estabrook" 
>> <galliher at illinois.edu>
>> To: "Peace-discuss" <peace-discuss at anti-war.net> Sent: Friday, July 09, 
>> 2010
>> 8:53 AM Subject: [Peace-discuss] They found someone crazier than 
>> McChrystal
>>
>>
>> Antiwar.com Blog New CentCom Commander: It’s ‘fun to shoot some people’
>> Posted: 08 Jul 2010 11:24 AM PDT
>>
>> General James Mattis was just nominated to fill the post of CentCom
>> commander, has his own history of speaking out to the media.
>>
>> In 2005, Marine Corps General Mattis spoke of the fun he experienced in
>> Afghanistan:
>>
>> “Actually it’s quite fun to fight them, you know. It’s a hell of a hoot,”
>> Mattis said, prompting laughter from some military members in the 
>> audience.
>> “It’s fun to shoot some people. I’ll be right up there with you. I like
>> brawling.
>>
>> “You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five 
>> years
>> because they didn’t wear a veil,” Mattis said. “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.”
>>
>> His boss, Marine Corps commandant General Michael Hagee said Mattis 
>> should
>> have chosen his words more carefully, but defended him, calling him “one 
>> of
>> this country’s bravest and most experienced military leaders.”:
>>
>> “Lt. Gen. Mattis often speaks with a great deal of candor.”
>>
>> “Throughout our history, Marines have given their lives in the defense of
>> this nation and human rights around the globe,” Hagee’s statement read.
>> “When necessary, this commitment helps to provide us the fortitude to 
>> take
>> the lives of those who oppress others or threaten this nation’s security.
>> This is not something we relish, yet we accept it as a reality in our
>> profession of arms.”
>>
>> Added Marine Gen. Peter Pace, then-vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
>> Staff, “The last three times that that general has been in combat, when 
>> he
>> was leading Marines in Afghanistan and the two times that he led his 
>> division
>> in Iraq, his actions and those of his troops clearly show that he 
>> understands
>> the value of proper leadership and the value of human life.”
>>
>> This is one more illustration of why civilians, and not the military, 
>> need to
>> be in charge of our defense and foreign policy decisions.
>>
>> ###
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