Apache 30mm Cannon Makes Insurgent Stew

Media needs to stay out and let our boys do what they need to do to come home the same as they arrived

CPT Don Meaker - Are we talking President Obama or President Reagan? These things keep going round and round, it's hard to keep track.

SPC Kevin Ford - Not necessarily a Trump fan but I don't agree he is a racist. Just because he wants to shut the southern border and keep out ILLEGALS (regardless of where they come from although we know it is mostly Mexico) is not racist or isolationist, it's just common and sense and that rule of law thingy. And lest we forget islam. He never said ban islam as the media continually report. He simply said we stop in the influx of people coming to America from countries who hate America until we have a concrete and absolute way to vet these people to ensure who they are and why they are coming here. I know there is nothing 100% when it comes to that but you have to start somewhere. And there are at least 2 occasions in our history in which our gubment has advocated stopping specific peoples from coming to America. Carter banned Iranians *muslims) during the hostage crisis and I don't recall every hearing anyone calling him a racist. In 1952, Truman's veto was overridden on the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952. The Act allowed the government to deport immigrants or naturalized citizens engaged in subversive activities and also allowed the barring of suspected subversives from entering the country. Did not specifically say muslims or islam but this group has been adamantly anti-American for many decades and contrary to our values and way of life. It is just common sense to not allow those individuals into America whose daily chant includes "death to America" and that is those from most, if not all, muslim countries. Until we have a way of being sure the "refugees" or visitors are not radicalized, we don't need to take the chance and that is just prudent governing. I know there are muslims who desire nothing else but to live and be left alone and have no desire to harm America but they don't come with a warning label or tattooed on their forehead those that do not espouse that ideal. And as far as isolationist, maybe it's time America tried that and the rest of the world would then come begging because it is American dollars that drive most of the world's economy if you really look at it. America puts more money into the U.N. and comes to the world's rescue every time there is a disaster or incident and we need to stop. If we have homeless people as well as hungry children and elderly in America, our money needs to stay here and fix here. We don't need to send billions to countries, including those who hate America, when we have needs here at home. Vets are deprived of promised benefits while we send countless dollars around the world with no return on investment. I know I have jumped around but Trump's policies are only racist in the eyes of liberals and the media. If you take what he has said in the context of the entire statement and not the media edited version, that is clear. Again, I don't like Trump because ultimately I think he is just a plant to ensure Hillary wins and I don't believe he can run the nation. He has been too cozy with the Clinton's in the past. I do strongly believe however that Hillary is the last person in this election we need in charge because she has proven over and over to be corrupt and incompetent when it comes to our security and sovereignty. Rant over.

TSgt Donnie Meaders - I'm aware of what his spokespeople interpret his statements. Personally I pay attention to what he says when he goes off script and it isn't pretty. It's not the outright racism we saw in the past, it is more casual racism that in many ways is more insidious. It's more insidious because you can always weasel out of what you quite clearly were saying (nudge,nudge, wink, wink)

So instead of saying something like, "Mexicans are too stupid to go to collage" such a person might say, "Mexicans do not make the grade for college, though I assume some Mexicans can". Implying that most are not intelligent enough to go but if pressed it can be claimed that the person meant they don't have the educational opportunity to do so.

Then you look at his pattern of conduct whenever he is off script; the birther thing, comments about immigrants, comments about judges of Mexican descent, his dancing around condemning white supremacist groups, retweets white supremacist material, sweeping generalizations all the time by ethnicity. It's all pretty ugly and pervasive.

Having said that I sometimes wonder if your right that he is trying to throw the election. I imagine him shouting angrily after one of his gaffs, "Oh come on, what more do I have to do to get these people to stop supporting me!" I guess that's the other explanation for his casual racism.

As far as stopping groups from entering the country or targeting ones that already are. Sure its happened lots of times. They are the periods and acts we now generally look back at with shame. We tend to do it when we as a group are scared and we do stupid things when we are scared.

Because the dog was smart enough to run

I saw that dog take off

Maybe the dog could dine on the insurgent stew. SPC Brad Coons -

They never did specify as to whether or not the virgins were male or female.

Now that is truly sick!! :-)

It has been changed. No more virgins. 288 goats!

Pretty sure that they ran out of virgins when Prince died.