I've quoted you and linked to you here.

Anderson, I think his words did fit his deeds. Col. Jessup red flagged Pvt. Santiago because he thought that was how he was going to help make him a better Marine.

Yes, but it killed him, then he acted in ways to cover it up and let two of his marines take the fall for it. I'm sorry, but he is a sociopath and his actions and his words indicate that he is actually a threat to what makes America America.

His mystery post that last night was dates at 5:31 am, is now dated 5:31 PM

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I'm not going to go look them up, but I recall reading of a similar situation in Oregon last year during a protest and another few incidents in California last year or two years ago during another protest. I even recall reading of soldiers getting ambushed and physically assaulted at some of the west coast protests. I'm sure Matt and Scott (blackfive, indepundit) have a better recollection on their blogs.

And like much crime that goes on in the nation, surely for every incident you HEAR about there must be some that you DON'T HEAR about.

Lunacy

I will say that it is odd that his post is dated 5:31 am, but the first comment is 547 PM
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And I mean that literally. Like a few other observant bloggers, I was suprised when this post appeared in his side bar:
A Note to My Readers on Supporting the Troops

I swear that since it magically appeared I have seen it move in posi...

Huh? You must not know much about the military.

#1 the military as a whole can't stop working, they go and do and keep doing until the CiC says stop. The generals don't get to tell the civilians in charge to jump in a lake, and if they don't, nobody else below them does.

#2 Individuals don't get the option of quitting anytime they want. Everyone who signs up signs up for an 8 year hitch in some fashion of active, reserve, inactive reserve duty. They don't get to quit anytime they want. After the 8 year hitch, officers can generally resign their commissions whenever they want, but enlistees sign up for specified amounts of time, and they don't get to quit.

And I think the mercenary comment was way below the belt.

I also think he seems to think that the American people get the right to say whatever the heck they want, but the troops don't get to say how they feel about it.

Free speech goes both ways-you can say whatever the heck you want, but your right to say it doesn't mean you have the right to not be verbally smacked for saying it.

Some people feel a need to be victimized.

I also believe that Col. Jessup was delivering a lesson to his subordinate officers not to shirk their duties in leading their men. You are, of course, free to disagree with any or all of this. But I think it is a mistake to paint Col. Jessup as an all out monster because of a specific character flaw. You may very well have to be something of a prick to be selected to the NSC as Col. Jessup was supposed to be, but you'd still have to be a very successful prick whose abilities were valued and respected.

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