[Peace-discuss] They found someone crazier than McChrystal

[E.Wayne Johnson]

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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