Author Topic: This is truly sad... (Read 1234 times)

Sixpence · « **Reply #30 on:** May 01, 2004, 07:28:34 PM »

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Originally posted by storch
Yes I agree this type of behavior puts the United States and our military services right in the gutter.

I wouldn't go that far, it puts those very few who did it there.

Bodhi · « **Reply #31 on:** May 01, 2004, 07:32:37 PM »

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Originally posted by Sixpence
I wouldn't go that far, it puts those very few who did it there.

agreed

storch · « **Reply #32 on:** May 01, 2004, 09:01:13 PM »

well sadly the europress is already having a field day.

When I served in the Navy during a Med cruise many of the ports of call could not receive us at a Quay.

when this occurred we were usually anchored offshore. In order to allow the ship's crew to take liberty the Navy often hired local boats to transfer sailors ashore. we only had one motor whaleboat and the Captain's gig as small boats for a compliment of 400 odd sailors. two thirds of these which would go ashore on any given evening. usually the boat services ended around midnight and resumed again at 0730 the following day.

If you got lucky and scored a place to stay with a nice tourist lady from Northern Europe you were golden. If not it was find a place to sleep or get to the dock before 2400.

On one of these excursions a member of our ship's company missed the last boat and was too stupid to get laid so instead he stole a fishing boat, got back to the ship and then cast the boat adrift.

The pinhead left his wallet on the fishing boat somehow. when the boat turned up (no worse for the wear) and this ill fated sailor's wallet was found, the locals made a very big deal about not much.

Articles were printed in the local newspapers etc. we were unwelcome in that town. I came up with Idea of passing the hat amongst the crew to pick up a collection to give the damned fisherman some $ to pay for his "damages".

The guy gladly accepted the $. The town poobah had a little ceremony. Hugs were exchanged, the world was once again on it's proper axis. the pinhead squid recieved an NJP (Captain's Mast) and permanent suspension of liberty for the rest of the cruise. And the local papers printed more trash about the United States and it's service personnel.

I take the long way around the barn to explain that the imbecillic actions of one moron damn near messed up one of the finest ports of call in the Med for the entire 7th Fleet.

These six soldiers (one looked like a woman whose appearance rhymes with bike) have now cast shame on all US Forces in that country. No amount of punishment or apology will remedy that. Our "allies" will be having a field day with it.

Already I envision GS preparing more anti American BS that the response to will get me banned.

deSelys · « **Reply #33 on:** May 05, 2004, 04:51:38 AM »

Hey Storch, you should know that everywhere in the world, the press will sell much more by 'exposing' crimes and ugly stories than by praising good deeds....

Sad but true.

I'm sure that the Euro press will exploit those events to the last drop, but I'm also pretty sure that the scandal won't be forgotten by the U.S. press neither.

Even if I don't agree with this war, U.S. authorities reacted adequately on this one, as they did about the tank crew who crushed a looter's car...

Don't give press to much attention nor credit.

gofaster · « **Reply #34 on:** May 05, 2004, 09:18:15 AM »

No big mystery. They obviously didn't read about Dr. Zimbardo's Stanford University prison experiment in 1971.

Sandman · « **Reply #35 on:** May 05, 2004, 10:50:38 AM »

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Originally posted by gofaster
No big mystery. They obviously didn't read about Dr. Zimbardo's Stanford University prison experiment in 1971.

Of course not. Denial is a wonderful thing, isn't it?