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    I'm curious how actual members of the armed forces feel about this whole brouhaha, aside from the top of the chain that made the decision in the first place.

    To me it is a exceedingly silly thing to get worked up over, but I am not running around in some hellhole getting shot at by anyone, so wtf do I know? :|
    Oct 01, 2010 8:21am PDT
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    I'm curious how actual members of the armed forces feel about this whole brouhaha, aside from the top of ... : Onward, to futility!

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      Some interviews with military personnel: http://gamrfeed.vgchartz.com/story/81560/exclusive-military-pers... : ErichTopp
      • Interesting read there. Pretty small sample size, but some good thoughts on the subject. Thanks for th... : Onward, to futility!
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      I've said it here before, but I'm just a lowly Staff Sgt and I agree with what AAFES did. Having been the... : Venbaja
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        If you truly believed in the cause that brought you there, you would have been able to tolerate a game yo... : HisDivineOrder
        • Quite honestly, I'll care 1,000 times more about the opinion of a serviceman who's served in Afghanistan ... : PKDuke
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          We'll stay and fight thanks. And please don't speak on matters you know absolutely nothing about. : Venbaja
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              I will only say this once. Having power isn't as important as how you use it. Frankly, we have the po... : technomage100
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                Ugh, I am pretty sure anyone with a nuke has the power to obliterate another party. It's true that you... : anal justice
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                  And who, pray tell, could stop us if we chose to do so? My point is we chose not to use the most power... : technomage100
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                    Hey, hey. You built schools, hospitals and roads there! Wow. Clearly you're making a lot of good there, n... : anal justice
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                      Admit it - there is nothing in your eyes that we could do right. When we don't act, we're wrong. When ... : technomage100
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                        Being there is wrong, that's what you don't get. Why would "the evil terorrists" care to blow themselves ... : anal justice
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                          So that justifies, in your mind, them taking out innocent men, women and children? Because that's what t... : technomage100
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                            So, the other villains over there are your excuse to keep the invasion going? Wow, you REALLY care about ... : anal justice
                            • And your stubbon defense of an "end justifies the means" mentality is also irritating. At least you're c... : technomage100
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                        ps. You are protectiong yourself from something you've caused with your own actions. No small country wou... : anal justice
                        • Keep in mind we are not talking about a country here - at least as far as the insurgents in Iraq go. Man... : technomage100
    • I've been in about 5 years (SGT, US Army), stationed overseas (Japan), stateside and i"m going to Korea a... : milkandcheeseThis person is cool!
    • I'm military - have been in for 14 years, deployed multiple times to both theaters. I personally think... : technomage100