Recent content by Barth Vader

Ouch....I think that left some bruising!

The grunts down the road were taking fire from this location. The transcript stated that an RPG round was under one of the bodies. So, the chopper unit should have "flown away" and let the grunts come up the road dismounted ? War is a messy, terrible waste of humanity, but the real...

The gunner is executing his training in the best way he knows how........it is kill or be killed. We would all handle such extreme stress in different ways. The ultimate responsibility is not with the grunts, they are doing what the have trained to do, and are ordered to do. The buck stops...

There is not a military force on the face of this earth that endeavors to limit harm to non-combatants than the US military and its western allies. There was a Minf element down the street that was taking fire, the Apaches were in support of the grunts, they were not just "seeking"...

[Note to self: Donate my green polyester leisure suit to Goodwill]

The crowd in the photograph looks like the same skin pigment grouping as the Tea Party fanatics..........

Missing link ? How about the missing beginning............

Agreed........it is without doubt, the hardest job I have ever taken on............but I enjoy it immensely

I had a non-monetary bet with myself that you would have preferred cats........... a bad habit of mine.

Just curious KTS, between cats or dogs, which do you prefer ?

Interesting............. I see Darjeeling may be a problem also. Shades of the "scourge" of nationalism within the "union" ?

Come this November, Mr. Gibbs will wish he was living in outer space .............

Well stated..........and as far as Index goes I have not found any previous statements / opinions that were even remotely "racist", and in fact I agree with most of his political opinions. I enjoy the quick wit and dry humor of Gabby and Ricter, but on the same token I enjoy the in-your-face...

Sometimes I wonder, a different "god" for sure, but possibly one with an uncanny resemblence to, well, Dawkins ........:)

Dawkins ?