They need to stop complaining.

[StSanta]

They're not soft. It's just a beeatch to first be on exercise, then be told 'fights this war and we'll send you home', then win the war and then be told 'oh, you'll have to wait for a bit in this unstable country which by now is probably more dangerous for the average soldier than it was during 'major combat'.

A bit disrespectful to call people who just risked their lives in a war for 'soft'. Maybe they weren't front line troops but as we've seen before even the maintenance crew can get in serious trouble.

I'd be pissed off too. OTOH, it's their job. The military isn't there to just do parades and give scholarships for studies. In Denmark the chances of being sent away to a war are slim; in the US it's quite likely.

Low morale is a bad thing though and the Baathist loyalists will pick up on this quickly, as will at least half of the population in the US.

[Frogm4n]

i remember a time when our president just lied to us and our troops about sex. oh such innocence lost.

[Martlet]

Originally posted by Raubvogel
Spend most of a year in a combat zone, then post something. Until then I believe the phrase is STFU.

They need to quit whining.

I'm sure the rest of their unit has solved the problem by now.

[whels]

Originally posted by Raubvogel
Spend most of a year in a combat zone, then post something. Until then I believe the phrase is STFU.

he has as much right as someone who has served. some of us cant serve or didnt, but it doesnt make u any better then ones who have. just respect for being able to and go and doing it.

but dont make it i served so im better crap.

whels

[Maverick]

Whels,

He has yet to reach the age of majority much less have a basis of experiance on which to found critical thinking. As a second note it's much easier to talk than get out and actually do something. Those who HAVE done something have a better perspective from which to speak.

[jamusta]

Being a military man of going on 14 years let me say this....
The most important thing to a marine/soldier is their time. Dont tell them they will be somewhere for 3 or 4 more months then change it to a year. The moral will plumit. On top of that losing a soldier a day is not helping. Getting shot at daily is no fun. Im a quite sure at this time they feel their efforts are not appreciated.

I had a SSgt in the Marines tell me something that sticks to me this very day. He said, " You can always tell the fool who wants to goto war. Cus that same fool who is volunteering has never been to war." He did 2 tours in Lebanon.

If you ever want to hear the truth about how a unit is feeling talk to the low man on the pole like a PFC. They have nothing to hide. The higher up you go the more politically correct you must be.

Now spend a year in a combat zone before you tell them to stop whinning.

[Frogm4n]

my god it was sarcasim you dolts.
Personally i think that the troops have the right to say whatever the hell they want to say.
As long as it dosnt undermine their mission.(which in this case they have no real idea what that is.)

[jamusta]

I may be just a tad bit sensitive about the subject. I dont take kindly to people outside of the military making fun of those who are in risking their lives. I apologize..