US Ambassador to Libya and 3 US Marines Killed.

[Shifty]

I am from the UK and blokes I know have been over to Iraq and Afghanistan, luckily they all came back or i'd have even more of an axe to grind. Not all the young men in the recent wars have been so fortunate as we all know.

Some of us know more than others.

A picture of my son in rehab after returning from his second tour.



Here's a picture of him and myself at my daughter's wedding a year ago.



He's never whined or complained of his plight once, yet you think you have an axe to grind.


The fact that you could make a quote like the one below knowing full well the father of the young man is question is involved in the discussion shows a
lack of both manners and simple respect.

It was obviously worth it, terrorism has been defeated and the people of the Middle East have been freed from the yoke of oppressive regimes, right?

right

So by all means grind your little axe while belittling the efforts of real men that stood and served.

[NatCigg]

Something about the communications officer that was also killed: http://themittani.com/news/rip-vile-rat

thats intense.

[Fud]

All this over a movie....I wonder what the Christians would've done happen if the Bible were burned and movie made about Jesus?
RIP and Godspeed 

[Plawranc]

Your son is a very brave man Shifty.

 

[Saurdaukar]

They were parading him in the street, per regional standards of riotous anti-American conduct.  And of course US media isn't reporting it.  And we now can't get our story straight as to if we're going to continue apologizing for some weirdo's movie that nobody saw yet was somehow an excuse to attack US embassies and kill an Ambassador, or use some slightly more critical words explaining why we're a bit miffed about the embassy attack.

Of course the media doesn't know how to report it because the govt hasn't told them how to report it.  SecState Clinton's condemnation on the heels of the apology for forcing the rioters to attack the embassy certainly doesn't seem very official.  Maybe the president will take some time during his Letterman appearance to explain if we are sorry or angry about it.

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[coombz]

I was not trying to belittle anyone's service, just highlighting the waste and ineffectiveness of foreign policy in the middle east

It's grand that you and your son can be proud, if it was my son I would be deeply angry but hey everyone is different


Edit: by the way fellows the American govt did not apologize for that weirdo's movie, if you actually read the statement issued you would know that. The statement simply said they do condone and never have condoned attacks on people's religious beliefs etc. That's not an apology, that's just distancing yourselves from the wackjobs

[GScholz]

So we can just walk in and nab Julian Assange then?

Yes... The British government considered it, but chose not to break the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations for this one guy.

[Saurdaukar]

I was not trying to belittle anyone's service....

...It's grand that you and your son can be proud...

Things that make you go "hmmm."

[gyrene81]

Ok, here's opinion.
The United States should start taking care of our own back yard, before we start telling other Nations how to live.

ya know, i heard that exact same thing in nearly every decade i've been alive. it has yet to happen...except for a few small 3rd world countries that didn't really matter.

[ozrocker]

Once again, all I ever see Coombz do is talk bad about, or put down the US.
Why are you so Anti-American? Did the US deny you a Visa or something?
I've never seen you, in any post, say anything positive about my Country.
You seem, in most every post, be able to squeeze some kind of Anti-American rhetoric in.
I'm just trying to figure why.
If your Country had a National emergency, who do you think would be one of the first
to help, or offer assistance?
Everyone hates us, but who do the run to when they need something.

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[100Coogn]

ya know, i heard that exact same thing in nearly every decade i've been alive. it has yet to happen...except for a few small 3rd world countries that didn't really matter.

Wish it would happen...

Coogan

[coombz]

Once again, all I ever see Coombz do is talk bad about, or put down the US.
Why are you so Anti-American? Did the US deny you a Visa or something?
I've never seen you, in any post, say anything positive about my Country.
You seem, in most every post, be able to squeeze some kind of Anti-American rhetoric in.
I'm just trying to figure why.
If your Country had a National emergency, who do you think would be one of the first
to help, or offer assistance?
Everyone hates us, but who do the run to when they need something.

                                                                                                                                 Oz                                                                                                                                    

I said a few nice things about America and Americans in the gun control thread yesterday I have quite a lot of American friends both in real life and online. America is one of my absolute favourite holiday destinations and I have great memories of some of the times I've spent there.

I'm not anti-American but a lot of the things you guys come out with on the internet rub me the wrong way, especially on this forum, which as previously noted seems to be mostly populated by the worst kind of American stereotypes

I just can't help but argue and poke fun when i see that kind of stuff, it's a character flaw :]

[MarineUS]

You sure about that? http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/09/12/Where-Were-the-Marines

He said he was surprised Marines were there. Marines died there. I am surprised at the small amount but get this.

"team of U.S. Marines was being deployed to Libya to help secure U.S. interests following the attack" - You know who those guys are? That "TEAM" is F.A.S.T. Company. Those pieces of garbage are about to have a very, VERY bad day. You do NOT mess with F.A.S.T. Co. - ever.

[nrshida]

A savage and brutal outrage. Sympathies to the victim's families.

Mr. Coombz, give it a rest will you. Otherwise please remove your avatar.

[coombz]

What's the problem with my avatar?  I don't even have them turned on and couldn't guess what's up there that's bad enough to make a fuss about ;o