[fintstone]

Originally posted by Moneyguy1
Ya know, fint..there was a senator on tv not too long ago with the same mindset:

"I know more than you but I can't tell you".

The most feared words in the English language: "Trust me. I know what I'm doing".

Please do not denigrate those who served 30 or more years ago and came home to ridicule and rotten eggs. There is a BIG difference between planning safely behind the lines and actually observing first hand what is going on. Heck, as far as any war goes, even Generals cannot agree on proper action (even now). And, as a member of the armed forces, you do (or did) take your orders from superiors that may or may not have known what was going on. The "good old biy's club rules even in the military. You say you have information that does not match what others post. That may be true, but like I have said so many times, there is another unprovable. We are asked to "take your word" that your cites are superior.

If what you say is true, I respect the service you have performed. But even that is an unprovable.

I did not say that..and you know I didn't. I did not disparge anyone's service...trashing ones country or military is a liberal thing, remember? On the other hand, having served for most of the last 30 years, I can definitely tell you that things are not much like they were when I first came in the service as an E-1. I don't ask you to "trust me," or take anything on faith...I never post anything that is not easily availble or obvious to even the most casual observer. I cannot...and stay out of prison. Clearly a military person who has any firsthand knowledge that is not currently available from other sources cannot divulge it here. It just seems odd to me that folks on this BBS post that "my information is cosistently the most wrong on this bbs" when they are discussing areas where I have over 30 years current experience and they have squat....I am only pointing out the obvious because I am tired of being insulted. It is funny how anyone who disagrees with liberals are portrayed as liars or as stupid...from the President...down to the lowliest GI. If anything the liberals posted here were actually even close to true, the war and the administration would not have such strong support from the military..who are there and see it firsthand.
Face it, experience is important...even in sorting through info and BS on the web. If your barber told you about a great info source about Porsches and Bruce Anderson.(or Wayne for that matter) told you it was hogwash and recommended another as more correct...which would you choose?
If you are questioning my military service...or even what I do now...that is easily proven. It is really no big deal...it is just what I do. I cannot understand why you would question it...I do not question your service in the Coast Guard. In fact, if you go back far enough, you would find that 150HP930 did the same a while back and I posted the documents proving my service....Although he had never been the service...he felt that since I did not agree with him that I clearly must be lying about what I did for a living. You imply the same. What is it about liberals that makes them think that anyone who does not agree with an opinion they somehow formed with zero experience and little more information is clearly a liar and charlatan?