One of the very best of your always thought-provoking rants ever, Randy. Since I've had military friends in the past and some now in both Iraq and Afghanistan, I do hear complaints that much of the media (but not you) are very biased -- even as they complain more loudly than anyone about abuses such as these, recognizing the brings disgrace on our entire nation, including our military, unfair as it is.
I never served on active duty at all, though I did train in ROTC during university. I also worked in law enforcement and private security, and I can assure you most law enforcement personnel and members of the military are decent human beings. And I was lucky enough to work for a security firm that took our oaths as seriously as most law enforcement agencies, so I got it from several directions over the years.
For that matter, none of my oaths came with an expiration date, so although I'm in my late 50's and live abroad, I don't consider myself unbound even now.
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Posted by Kurt/Bangkok on January 14, 2009:
One of the very best of your always thought-provoking rants ever, Randy. Since I've had military friends in the past and some now in both Iraq and Afghanistan, I do hear complaints that much of the media (but not you) are very biased -- even as they complain more loudly than anyone about abuses such as these, recognizing the brings disgrace on our entire nation, including our military, unfair as it is.
I never served on active duty at all, though I did train in ROTC during university. I also worked in law enforcement and private security, and I can assure you most law enforcement personnel and members of the military are decent human beings. And I was lucky enough to work for a security firm that took our oaths as seriously as most law enforcement agencies, so I got it from several directions over the years.
For that matter, none of my oaths came with an expiration date, so although I'm in my late 50's and live abroad, I don't consider myself unbound even now.
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