tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post2440947877617514026..comments2024-02-09T00:13:51.906-06:00Comments on Army of Dude: I Can Taste ItAlex Hortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13729559701547002624noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post-57776812541102403222008-11-02T22:08:00.000-06:002008-11-02T22:08:00.000-06:00..."superfluous aggression"...Wow. I can't wait t......"superfluous aggression"...<BR/><BR/>Wow. I can't wait to get to the end of this blog to see where you went and what you're up to now.<BR/><BR/>Your calling is clear. <BR/><BR/>Your core has solidified .. like tempered steel .. the boy who left Ft Lewis knowing he'd return a changed man had no way of knowing the reality of that prediction.<BR/><BR/>Maybe you didn't even know about your core because you hadn't really needed it before. But the first time you stood in the hatch and returned fire instead of hiding inside your Stryker was the day your core lit up. It got stronger with every surge of adrenalin and with every tear you shed.<BR/><BR/>You KNOW your worth now. You've found your talent. I really, really hope we see more of it as you make your way into civilian life. <BR/><BR/>You know the old saying that those who ignore the lessons of history are bound to repeat them ... well, it appears we're going to repeat the disaster that was VietNam. We're going to walk away leaving that country with grieving mothers; widows and traumatized children; cities, homes and schools turned to rubble .. with the litter of war.<BR/><BR/>Shoot. I read ONE book, DESERT QUEEN, and learned that the Iraqis go where the money or the apparent winner is, and will switch their allegiance at the drop of a hat. And, I learned that in WWI, when the British upped the ante (read: $$$) the Iraqis took the dosh and left the Turks in their dust.<BR/><BR/>Sorry. I'm wandering here. It's just that I've been reading your blog all afternoon and you've got my mind going in a million different directions - thinking of books I've read, things I "learned in college", things I learned when my father and husband served in VietNam - and man, its a rush!<BR/><BR/>~P~Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post-17180100101046485402007-10-30T01:18:00.000-05:002007-10-30T01:18:00.000-05:00Magnific!Magnific!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post-12898964214159381362007-10-28T09:45:00.000-05:002007-10-28T09:45:00.000-05:00Please write anything else!Please write anything else!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post-12401275387386529792007-10-27T15:06:00.000-05:002007-10-27T15:06:00.000-05:00actually, that's brilliant. Thank you. I'm going t...actually, that's brilliant. Thank you. I'm going to pass that on to a couple of people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post-35230855631947517632007-10-27T14:17:00.000-05:002007-10-27T14:17:00.000-05:00actually, that's brilliant. Thank you. I'm going t...actually, that's brilliant. Thank you. I'm going to pass that on to a couple of people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post-90538311456803496712007-10-26T14:40:00.000-05:002007-10-26T14:40:00.000-05:00Magnific!Magnific!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post-81318198588589382652007-10-26T14:17:00.000-05:002007-10-26T14:17:00.000-05:00actually, that's brilliant. Thank you. I'm going t...actually, that's brilliant. Thank you. I'm going to pass that on to a couple of people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post-67387496659843017292007-10-26T13:05:00.000-05:002007-10-26T13:05:00.000-05:00NrRnnM Thanks to author.NrRnnM Thanks to author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post-63011404830202849982007-10-26T03:47:00.000-05:002007-10-26T03:47:00.000-05:00YqlfqX Your blog is great. Articles is interesting...YqlfqX Your blog is great. Articles is interesting!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post-42795263930601201942007-09-17T10:00:00.000-05:002007-09-17T10:00:00.000-05:00Alex:A beautifully written piece.Americans need to...Alex:<BR/>A beautifully written piece.Americans need to hear more about the true sacrifice our troops are making.There are a lot of kindred spirits here.I am a member of Veterans for Peace and Veterans for America,and we'd be proud to have you,brother.Keep the faith until you get back.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post-46941829405616315612007-09-17T09:05:00.000-05:002007-09-17T09:05:00.000-05:00Wow. Just plain wow.I stumbled onto your blog this...Wow. Just plain wow.<BR/><BR/>I stumbled onto your blog this morning via a slate.com link.<BR/><BR/>When you get home, I hope you'll think about joining the Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW.org). We need your voice. <BR/><BR/>Peace and welcome home, Brother.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post-48383592153351462872007-09-17T08:37:00.000-05:002007-09-17T08:37:00.000-05:00I just found your blog via a link in DemocraticUnd...I just found your blog via a link in DemocraticUnderground.<BR/><BR/>It is a treasure. <BR/><BR/>First, let me thank you for your service - for signing up with the intention of helping support our great nation. Then let me apologize on behalf of that nation for what it did - put people in power who have only their own interests at heart, and give you a nebulous "mission" with atrocious circumstances under which to attempt to carry it out. <BR/><BR/>And then let me thank you profusely for your writing. People like you are why this country came to be. They had names like Thomas Paine, and wrote things like "Common Sense." By communicating so eloquently what our country is actually doing, you can, and I am confident, will, help to change it.<BR/><BR/>Be safe, come home, and keep writing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post-8063249349983038912007-09-03T23:39:00.000-05:002007-09-03T23:39:00.000-05:00You have one fine point wrong. I would still have ...You have one fine point wrong. I would still have cared what you thought. Because you are insightful and well-written, and humorous when I least expect it. However, had Karl not deployed with you, it is unlikely I ever would have stumbled across you.<BR/><BR/>My only concern is what happens next.... When you get home, do you stop writing? When you leave the army, do you stop writing? It's possible I suppose but I would like to hope not.riehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15608042440613492433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post-32645106030753301832007-08-29T23:19:00.000-05:002007-08-29T23:19:00.000-05:00You warn us that we "might want to sit down." Well...You warn us that we "might want to sit down." Well, sir, I beg to differ... I want to stand up and cheer! You have done a lot to show America the fine character of our young people. Back when my generation faced a conflict in Vietnam, many of us hoped and prayed that Kissinger and Nixon would be the last to foolishly squander our lives and treasure in a misguided foreign conflict.<BR/><BR/>Reading your words allows me to hope again that the people will take back our government from the chickenhawk warmongers in Washington D.C.!Ulysseshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05763975139445755569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post-60485478057517661092007-08-29T17:38:00.000-05:002007-08-29T17:38:00.000-05:00It appears that your destiny has selected you to b...It appears that your destiny has selected you to be the voice of the Iraq War, like it or not. Write on, manchild of aging hippies. You have been genetically blessed and naturally nurtured to look for the patterns in the chaos, to recognize the layers of the onion, and to articulate the truth that must be told. You are in my heart.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post-34471420304648502922007-08-27T13:28:00.000-05:002007-08-27T13:28:00.000-05:00i dunno man you use "superfluous aggression" and y...i dunno man you use "superfluous aggression" and yet you say you didnt do well in high school? I think you write very well - it royally sucks that you have to have horrific experiences to act as a writing catalyst. All in all I'd rather you write about your European travels than dying children and buddies... thats one shitty crucible - stay safe and keep writing (look up Tobias Wolff if you havent already)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post-67118813595468432692007-08-27T09:00:00.000-05:002007-08-27T09:00:00.000-05:00WorldNetDaily is a right wing site for those who d...WorldNetDaily is a right wing site for those who drink the Bush Administration kool aid. Leave them to their version of reality, a reality they have to reinvent nearly daily to keep up with how poorly everything is going for the Bush Administration.<BR/><BR/>Continue to speak the truth that you see, Alex.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post-31476747278170928002007-08-27T07:56:00.000-05:002007-08-27T07:56:00.000-05:00I can agree with you don't hear hopelessness of Ir...I can agree with you don't hear hopelessness of Iraq. Having been there from Feb 2004 to July 2007 working as a contractor, running the roads unarmed in convoys, getting my ass hit on base in Tikrit, I have come to the conclusion that there are no "good Iraqis".<BR/><BR/>Americans just don't realize that ALL Iraqis are scum, untrustworthy, liars and thieves. <BR/><BR/>The world should just wall them off and let them kill each other off.<BR/><BR/>Most people have no clue as to the total evil there. No idea that when you have a car accident people come running not to help but to rob you.<BR/><BR/>The same people who will steal the guardrails and street signs not cause they need money but cause they are too lazy to do an honest days work.<BR/><BR/>The same people who will follow a woman into the bathroom so they can spy on her using the toilet, or steal from your luggage because they can.<BR/><BR/>The same people who looted Kuwait were expected not to do the same thing at home? HAHA give me a break, thats their nature, total evil.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post-46159346542631093372007-08-26T17:51:00.000-05:002007-08-26T17:51:00.000-05:00Marine Corporal Matthew Sanchez is in Iraq right n...Marine Corporal Matthew Sanchez is in Iraq right now and disagrees with. He has his own blog and besides being a Marine has been writing for WorldNetDaily. He says that those who belittle the mission and try to say that it's not going well are aligning themselves with the traitors. He along with others pounced on Scott Beauchamp and made him regret his lies. What do you tell our valiant warriors and American heroes like Cpl Matt Sanchez who insist that Iraqis want us to stay and our missino is succeeding at an astonishing pace?CWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09548849750869841221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post-41923054426827270242007-08-26T16:25:00.000-05:002007-08-26T16:25:00.000-05:00i dont know alex...its being reported here now tha...i dont know alex...its being reported here now that the surge is working..go figure!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post-10694196124270850322007-08-26T13:09:00.000-05:002007-08-26T13:09:00.000-05:00Alex, Your ability to maintain your wit in an outh...Alex, <BR/><BR/>Your ability to maintain your wit in an outhouse is incredible. I am sure you are an inspiration to others. <BR/><BR/>Seems the Army thinks they learned what I read in western novels years ago. Vary your pattern, yata - yata - yata. Real think tank there. <BR/><BR/>Bless you all, nobody deserves this crap.ricklee42https://www.blogger.com/profile/08800374059730344431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post-53469099126513045202007-08-26T08:25:00.000-05:002007-08-26T08:25:00.000-05:00Alex,I don't know you, but I can't stop reading yo...Alex,<BR/><BR/>I don't know you, but I can't stop reading your posts. Thanks for the wonderful insight. <BR/><BR/>Stay safe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post-1189664908286779012007-08-26T04:29:00.000-05:002007-08-26T04:29:00.000-05:00Alex, You must have this blog published in book fo...Alex, <BR/><BR/>You must have this blog published in book form. Even if you have to do it on LuLu.com (self-publishing). You are the greatest war writer in the history of the USA at war. I hope you somehow get a Pulitzer Prize. You are a damn brave man and, again, a great writer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post-20495910343584504752007-08-26T01:42:00.000-05:002007-08-26T01:42:00.000-05:00Another brilliant post. THANK YOU!Another brilliant post. THANK YOU!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post-53632355416079396622007-08-25T14:22:00.000-05:002007-08-25T14:22:00.000-05:00Dude, you are one courageous man. Thank you for t...Dude, you are one courageous man. Thank you for the truth and clarity that you write here. Since I found your blog, also from Truthout.org, I have sent the link to all I know and promise to read and follow every day. You have a great future as a writer. We want you and your fellow soldiers to come home safe and sound!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com