mmmmm...... grasshoppers......
well, i still don't know if or when i'm going anywhere, and i'm getting tired of the waiting game. in other news, i went and saw ministry last night in Seattle..... the only thing weaker than the show were the 5 dollar glasses of ice they were trying to pass off as whiskey sours 
well, i'm getting ready to go to drill and find out if i'm getting deployed or not..... now i'm starting to get nervous.
guns, guns, guns.... my life would be so boring without them.
i think i'm going to go buy another one next payday..... if i don't get deployed somewhere....
i think i'm going to go buy another one next payday..... if i don't get deployed somewhere....
politrix:
thanks for responding to that post. For what it's worth, I just thought I'd tell you outside of the post that the Egyptian street has a serious beef with the U.S. for their unceasing support of Hosni Mubarek, the Egyptian "President" (Read: Dictator) Mubarek is a serial violator of human rights and has consistently imprisoned Democracy Advocates inside Egypt throughout his interminable stay in power, precisely for the same reason Saddam does. Without U.S. support in the way of money, arms and training, the Mubarek regime would fall. They are the number 2 recipient of U.S foreign aid, with support on average of $2 Billion every year since I was born (1974). Egyptians like and want Democracy. Mubarek will not allow it. The U.S. backs him.
When I was in the 101st, all of our Mission Orders during training were against North Korea and Syria. Syria was the number two state-sponsor of terrorism back then (1997) and honestly, I'm not sure where they fall now. The Syrians are also ruled by a Ba'athist Majority (the same party Hussein is ruler of in Iraq) and while they haven't been acting up lately, it's a huge jump to say that they're friends of the U.S. I honestl;y don't know enough about the current situation on Syria to make the case that they Hate us, but I can say that hardly any Arab in the Middle East appreciates the US support of Israel.
You stated in your post that you didn't know whether they hated us or not, so I appreciate the honesty. Having served for four years in the Infantry, I can only say that I think you should keep it that way and focus on your job and the troops you've been given. (this only applies to members of the armed forces; I think civilians have a moral and civic DUTY to learn as much as they can about shit before they agree to send people off to put themselves and others into harm's way) Life is long for some, and there will be plenty of time to study U.S. policy at some other point, but as long as you're 'in' I just think the risk is too high that certain information would conflict with any given mission, and there's just no room for that in a combat unit. Anything that might cause hesitation at the moment of truth is not a good thing in that line of work. (thats just my opinion)
If you deploy, I wish you the best. peace.
[Edited on Mar 06, 2003]
When I was in the 101st, all of our Mission Orders during training were against North Korea and Syria. Syria was the number two state-sponsor of terrorism back then (1997) and honestly, I'm not sure where they fall now. The Syrians are also ruled by a Ba'athist Majority (the same party Hussein is ruler of in Iraq) and while they haven't been acting up lately, it's a huge jump to say that they're friends of the U.S. I honestl;y don't know enough about the current situation on Syria to make the case that they Hate us, but I can say that hardly any Arab in the Middle East appreciates the US support of Israel.
You stated in your post that you didn't know whether they hated us or not, so I appreciate the honesty. Having served for four years in the Infantry, I can only say that I think you should keep it that way and focus on your job and the troops you've been given. (this only applies to members of the armed forces; I think civilians have a moral and civic DUTY to learn as much as they can about shit before they agree to send people off to put themselves and others into harm's way) Life is long for some, and there will be plenty of time to study U.S. policy at some other point, but as long as you're 'in' I just think the risk is too high that certain information would conflict with any given mission, and there's just no room for that in a combat unit. Anything that might cause hesitation at the moment of truth is not a good thing in that line of work. (thats just my opinion)
If you deploy, I wish you the best. peace.
[Edited on Mar 06, 2003]
i just got a new gun yesterday! i got a Taurus Millenium PT 145. it's a .45 caliber auto pistol, and it rocks! some friends of mine tried to tell me to get a 9 mm, but i personally think the .45 just makes th 9 mm look stupid.
i am bored right the hell out of my mind.
miss_piss:
is there a reason there are two of you?
well, this week went by pretty quick, which is good 'cause the end of it was pay day. 
it's been a weird weekend, but now i have to go back to work.
well, what a shitty night i just had. i went out with this girl i've been trying to hook up with lately..... we went to a club and she proceeded to all but fuck some other guy right in front of me. this isn't the first time this has happened to me, and i'm getting really sick of this shit. as i left the club...
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well, smae shit different day. work is really sucking lately, if we don't get some more people like NOW i don't know when i'll even get a day off
well, it's been a fairly boring last few weeks.... i got put back on graveyard shift, which i hate. i think i'm going to buy a new gun when i get my tax return. i was looking at a Taurus PT140... they're pretty nice... or mabye i'll spend the money on car insurance, or some other respoinsible shit like that.
well, here i thought that this account didn't exist anymore, then the other day, lo and behod! i got an e-mail through it. now i just have to figure out how to cancel the other one i started when i thought this one was gone, which i can't log onto because it's expired....