Comments Posted By Big Chuck
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I am amazed by the comments of those that I presume to be on the left side of the political spectrum. As someone who has gone through SERE School, I can assure you that I am not suffering long term effects from the loud music, sleep and food deprivation, stress positions, humiliation, and occasional open palm slap to the face that I had to endure from this training.
To somehow equate this treatment and the events at Abu Gharib and the interrogations of some of the worst terrorists in the world that conspired to kill over 3,000 Americans, mainly civilians, to the chopping off of heads, blowing up people in a market place, or flying planes into buildings, is beyond the pale.
Until some of these folks that are too weak-willed to to defend themselves, and rely on others such as the military, grow a backbone and realize that we cannot play nice with these extremists and expect to get anywhere besides dead. This enemy only respects power and fear - thus the reason that Sharia law is so appealing to them.
We will never be able to solve this issue through negotiation - Look at the Isreali - Palestine issue. We have to be tougher than they are, meaner than they are, and willing to do what it takes to win. I am not talking about total disregard for the law of war either. The military needs to be able to do the hard work that needs to be done without some whiny reporter sticking a camera into everything that goes on and second guessing what should have been done. It is hard to just do your job at your desk all day long with someone looking over your shoulder, much less trying to fight the enemy with someone eager for you to make a mistake so they can broadcast it to the whole world.
Rick usually has some great commentary and he has expressed his opinion nicely but I have to respectfully diagree with him on this issue.
Semper Fi,
Big Chuck
Comment Posted By Big Chuck On 10.04.2008 @ 13:46
