[Peace-discuss] They found someone crazier than McChrystal

[C. G. Estabrook]

Tell her that her father quoted it because he know that the poets often get 
there first.


On 7/8/10 9:36 PM, E.Wayne Johnson wrote:
> 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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