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You guys know what pisses me off about this whole deal? When I was in the 82nd and later when I got to Group, I had a lot of guys in the Chain of Command and friends that had been in Vietnam, some of them SOG guys, etc that saw a LOT of combat.
Yet here, once again, we have the horrified vet (Kerry) speaking out on behalf of the troops in an immoral war. He was in country 4 months and never missed a duty day because of wounds!
Our old SGM (RIP Pete), spent multiple tours over there. I asked him once "Why did you keep going back when you didn't have to?" He said "When you go to yours, where ever it is, come back and we'll talk." Well, Panama wasn't anything like Vietnam, but after it, I went back to see him and he just smiled. Because I knew the answer. I'm sure Colonel Rowe had nightmares, but I never heard of him complaining. I heard he even laughed at the little joke they played on him when he first showed up at his office at SERE. Fast Eddie talked to us about it a lot, to help us learn.
I never knew anyone, NOT ONE, of those guys to carry on about it the way guys like Kerry do. Of course they had no reason to share anything with a snot-nosed cherry that wasn't there, but still.
I read somewhere once that there are like 12-14 support troops for every trigger puller. Yet the 12-14 are the ones that seem to do all the complaining. I think a lot of it is "Hey! I unloaded trucks, but I was there too!" Since I doubt many people buy books about unloading trucks.
Like the man said, "War is hell, but combat is a bitch." Just seems to me that a lot of the guys that didn't see much combat do most of the bitchin'.
I'm done now.
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Somewhere a True Believer is training to kill you. He is training with minimal food or water, in austere conditions, training day and night. The only thing clean on him is his weapon and he made his web gear. He doesn't worry about what workout to do - his ruck weighs what it weighs, his runs end when the enemy stops chasing him. This True Believer is not concerned about 'how hard it is;' he knows either he wins or dies. He doesn't go home at 17:00, he is home.
He knows only The Cause.
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