tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656343015537448777.post547736433115596516..comments2024-03-27T03:46:19.713-04:00Comments on Active Duty Patriot: Winter Soldier: What we believe.Army Sergeanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11353058340579444160noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656343015537448777.post-77007081279652833072008-02-24T15:06:00.000-05:002008-02-24T15:06:00.000-05:00Sarge,I posted this e-mail in its entirety. Reason...Sarge,<BR/><BR/>I posted this e-mail in its entirety. Reason is self-explanatory.<BR/><BR/>http://keohane.blogspot.com/2008/02/vietnam-vet-replies-to-ivaws-video.htmlDenis Keohanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11931467085232813353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656343015537448777.post-19460001115084373932008-02-21T13:34:00.000-05:002008-02-21T13:34:00.000-05:00"VFF sucks by the way."Stick and stones, etc.I sto..."VFF sucks by the way."<BR/><BR/>Stick and stones, etc.<BR/><BR/>I stood with them in September (they allowed some of us geezers to join them), and I'll proudly stand with them in April if they need me.<BR/><BR/>You'll do whatever it is you do?Zero Ponsdorfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17568642418668163799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656343015537448777.post-84640573657595094182008-02-21T09:39:00.000-05:002008-02-21T09:39:00.000-05:00VFF sucks by the way.VFF sucks by the way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656343015537448777.post-29991932757166543462008-02-21T09:08:00.000-05:002008-02-21T09:08:00.000-05:00Yeah, I saw no need to comment but since I'm calle...Yeah, I saw no need to comment but since I'm called out, slick production, lacking the context and logic one would hope for.Thus Spake Ortnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04255305473685499201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656343015537448777.post-89443557749880144282008-02-20T22:43:00.000-05:002008-02-20T22:43:00.000-05:00"No reaction to the video from your buddies yet, h..."No reaction to the video from your buddies yet, huh? TSO? Keohane? Anyone? Bueller?"<BR/><BR/>Well, okay - Keohane! Me.<BR/><BR/>In that the video does show the terrible cost and tragedy commensurate with every and any war, and what the civilians and soldiers go through and bear, it is a commendable work.<BR/><BR/>Yet when Jason speaks of us all being lied to and "accepting it at face value", he makes the same mistake that many of your side do: you assume that people who disagree with you, including a great many soldiers and Marines who have and are fighting there, are simply "accepting", and further, have fallen for "lies". That is not the case.<BR/><BR/>The lying theme is popular among many who are operating in something like an echo chamber. So many say it so often it must be true. Many other folks know, though, that that was not the case. <BR/><BR/>Much of the horror and tragedy show and spoken about, and very much that of civilian casualties, could also have been shown and talked about in much the same way of the six weeks of Operation Overlord that began on D-Day. Between 12 and 20 thousand French non-combatant civilians were killed, mostly by Allied air and naval bombardment. Yet the world and even the French still recognize that in spite of that tragedy, loss and even horror, France was liberated from an evil despotism.<BR/><BR/>That was only one six week period in one theatre of that war. Much of the same happened elsewhere in Europe, Africa and the Pacific. War is terrible. Sometimes, there are things worse than war, at least to those who are not genuinely COs.<BR/><BR/>I commend you for a work that is no doubt the honest perspective from your side, but I would have been more praiseworthy if you credited to those who disagree something more than either lying or accepting lies.<BR/><BR/>The video will be warmly received by those who think as you do, which is fine. It will not, however, be convincing to those who disagree.Denis Keohanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11931467085232813353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656343015537448777.post-26542599041495540642008-02-19T17:35:00.000-05:002008-02-19T17:35:00.000-05:00No reaction to the video from your buddies yet, hu...No reaction to the video from your buddies yet, huh? TSO? Keohane? Anyone? Bueller?<BR/><BR/>V-word: frqtmcSholomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01173800537101767984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656343015537448777.post-80679499258902882852008-02-18T01:46:00.000-05:002008-02-18T01:46:00.000-05:00You crazy Marines! Also, I will be at the hearings...You crazy Marines! <BR/><BR/>Also, I will be at the hearings next month, and will look forward to being protected by you, unhappycamper. :)Army Sergeanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11353058340579444160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656343015537448777.post-57176724356672774112008-02-16T08:01:00.000-05:002008-02-16T08:01:00.000-05:00Are you going to be at the hearings next month?I'm...Are you going to be at the hearings next month?<BR/><BR/>I'm part of the security detail.unhappycamperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08628251205607296521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656343015537448777.post-57777010800234571742008-02-15T22:05:00.000-05:002008-02-15T22:05:00.000-05:00Awesome! Sweet page! Thanks for posting our vide...Awesome! Sweet page! Thanks for posting our video, Army Sergeant. You freakin' ROCK, my friend. Semper Fi!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12867686328854262549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656343015537448777.post-59598447468830120552008-02-15T10:37:00.000-05:002008-02-15T10:37:00.000-05:00Clearly, Marines are better than Army types...Clearly, Marines are better than Army types...Grung_e_Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01894879088472559055noreply@blogger.com