tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14192095.post8935521456503536191..comments2024-02-07T02:14:50.146-08:00Comments on Dogwalk Musings: If I Were An Alarmist...Mari Meehanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09322012728807169863noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14192095.post-6588150181562693812009-07-31T09:49:23.272-07:002009-07-31T09:49:23.272-07:00Sansego is right...look at how we feel with those ...Sansego is right...look at how we feel with those in the United Nations... even their children are exempt. Look how mad we get when one of them or their children get in a car accident and one of our people is killed... and the person is just sent home, with no recourse.Word Tosserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03519547102435672497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14192095.post-57578860882267145182009-07-30T18:13:46.635-07:002009-07-30T18:13:46.635-07:00I find nothing inflammatory in Sansego's comme...I find nothing inflammatory in Sansego's comment. He speaks to the attitudes of the citizenry and I would agree with his assessment of how they feel.Mari Meehanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09322012728807169863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14192095.post-48966054821960693112009-07-30T18:05:30.134-07:002009-07-30T18:05:30.134-07:00I was in the Navy when the case of the Okinawa rap...I was in the Navy when the case of the Okinawa rapes were going on. The Japanese were very angry about the military presence on that island and that the Marines were not tried in Japanese courts.<br /><br />If an Okinawan man raped an Okinawan girl, he would be tried in the Japanese court of law. However, its human nature that the outrage would be much worse when a foreigner commits a criminal act against a national citizen in that country and is protected by a foreign government.<br /><br />I love people who hide behind "anonymous." Very courageous of you, especially to say my statement is inflamatory. I'm consistent and do not believe we should hold double standards. That's hypocrisy. We don't like foreigners on our soil committing crimes without paying the consequences, so why do we look the other way when Americans commit criminal acts in other countries and flaunt local law?<br /><br />If you cannot understand why the Iraqis hate our occupation and especially what members of Blackwater did that caused all these problems, then you know nothing about human nature. Our world won't get better if we keep holding on to double standards.Sansegohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10499581529539835224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14192095.post-39543118076208395242009-07-30T09:22:47.575-07:002009-07-30T09:22:47.575-07:00Sansego, I can't let that go. Your arguments ...Sansego, I can't let that go. Your arguments are somewhat ingenuous. It is simplistic to say we would not like invaders. That is a given. However, were we occupied, there would be no choice but to accept the "conquerors" rules.<br /><br />And as for mentioning criminal behavior by marines, come on! That is inflamatory. Do you mean that no women have been "raped" by Okinawans? And, you neglect to mention that those criminal acts were severly punished by our military courts. CUAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14192095.post-36464909349326518502009-07-30T03:11:35.457-07:002009-07-30T03:11:35.457-07:00They hate us, they hate everything about us. If th...They hate us, they hate everything about us. If they come into our country (UK) they dont embrace our culture, we have to embrace theirs which is wrong because the same rule is not applied if we were living in their country.<br /><br />I did not agree with the war in the first place and certainly not with GB's role in it. Tony Blair was Bush's lap dog feathering his own nest for his own future. Sod the British, sod the soldiers adn their families. Our troops arent even adequately equipt for war because our politicians are too busy using our tax money to pay for second homes, to have their "moats" dredged, paying for toasters worth £100 .....<br /><br />Get outta town I say!Sara Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16741008340503019303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14192095.post-36826312924912460432009-07-30T02:00:51.455-07:002009-07-30T02:00:51.455-07:00Let's be consistent, though. If a foreign gove...Let's be consistent, though. If a foreign government invaded our country and established military bases here, and their members of the military are exempt from American law...do you think Americans would tolerate that?<br /><br />When I lived in Italy, an American military pilot accidentally clipped the cable that caused an aerial gondola full of skiiers to plummet to a crash. Italians were outraged that the pilot was tried in a military court and found not guilty. The Status of Forces Agreement protects our military members overseas, but the people in the countries where we have bases hate it. Especially in Okinawa where quite a few girls had been raped by U.S. Marines.<br /><br />As a former servicemember, I was grateful for SOFA, but if I was a citizen of the country where U.S. military bases are, I would not like it one bit. So, I understand the Iraqis. After all, Blackwater really caused a huge headache for America by their trigger happy wild west flaunting of the law!Sansegohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10499581529539835224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14192095.post-28973855084593711962009-07-29T19:21:40.701-07:002009-07-29T19:21:40.701-07:00I think I am going to be sick....
push button one ...I think I am going to be sick....<br />push button one for English and button two for Iraqi'sWord Tosserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03519547102435672497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14192095.post-85292077667300561272009-07-29T16:21:02.846-07:002009-07-29T16:21:02.846-07:00My son, who was over there running a police academ...My son, who was over there running a police academy for Iraqis.<br /><br />He said only the Kurds like us. The Iraqis hate us.Margie's Musingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11206751037182686016noreply@blogger.com