Off to War

Posted by:: "paco"
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 22:17:06 -0500

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fucking crazy
Some of the conversations between the soldiers and there mothers were heart
wrenching.

http://www.cbc.ca/passionateeye/offtowar.html

Off to War follows the lives of U.S. National Guardsmen who find themselves
being deployed into the battlefields of Iraq, even though many have huge
misgivings about the war and their ability to fight. The film focuses on the
239th Engineer Company, which is made up of 57 citizen soldiers from the
small town of Clarksville, Arkansas, who never expected to be forced to
leave their jobs and families. The film also reveals the heavy emotional
strain on the families and friends who are left behind. In a township of
just under 7,000, the departure of the 239th brings war and its terrors into
every home in the community.

Born and raised in Little Rock, Arkansas, filmmakers and brothers Craig and
Brent Renaud followed these "part-time soldiers" from their first
notification of deployment to Iraq in October, 2003, to the first casualties
on the ground and beyond. These part-time soldiers, who are members of the
National Guard and Army Reserve, and who typically drill just a weekend a
month and two weeks in the summer, now make up about 40 per cent of the U.S.
troops on the ground in Iraq. They are often assigned some of the most
dangerous missions, including convoy duty and guarding facilities.

Posted by:: "nu-monet v7.0"
Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2005 22:03:31 -0700

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paco wrote:
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> fucking crazy
> Some of the conversations between the soldiers and
> there mothers were heart wrenching.
>
> http://www.cbc.ca/passionateeye/offtowar.html
>
> Off to War follows the lives of U.S. National Guardsmen
> who find themselves being deployed into the battlefields
> of Iraq, even though many have huge misgivings about the
> war and their ability to fight.

Being in the military in any capacity requires a healthy
dollop of dumbass. Joining the National Guard without
having the requisite training takes a double dollop.

Think about it: there is a short period of time for mostly
males, when they have enough of an education to function,
but have no grasp of the world around them. This is when
they are ideal for military service. This is also why they
push to recruit enlisted people right out of high school.

Beyond that point, most of them start to expand their
consciousness and make realizations about what exactly it
means to wear a military uniform. If nothing else, they
*damn* well want to be trained to be an effective killer
before being put in any situation where they might need
that knowledge. So they sure as hell aren't going to sign
on the dotted line without knowing that stuff first, which
is a bit of a paradox. This is also why officers are usually
college graduates.

But without prior service, joining the National Guard is
just asking to be thrown into a melee with a butter knife,
and that is what happens. And why Guard units frequently
get their asses whipped until they can beg, borrow or
steal what they need to protect themselves.

The bottom line is that the military does not give a shit
for the individual. They don't care if a Guardsman is a
crazed redneck Mormon racist gun nut from Utah capable of
slaughtering a regiment of enemy with a can opener and a
Pez dispenser; or some schmuck who cleans out used car lots
for a living and wears a girdle so he can put on his uniform.
They have a mission to do, and they'll throw anybody they
have at it.

And after they're done, the military will let them go with
a hearty, "Don't let the door hit you on the ass on your
way out!" It's what they do. It's what they've done since
Pharoah was a private.

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Posted by:: König Prüße, GfbAEV
Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2005 05:27:26 GMT

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"nu-monet v7.0" wrote:

>paco wrote:
>>
>> fucking crazy
>> Some of the conversations between the soldiers and
>> there mothers were heart wrenching.
>>
>> http://www.cbc.ca/passionateeye/offtowar.html
>>
>> Off to War follows the lives of U.S. National Guardsmen
>> who find themselves being deployed into the battlefields
>> of Iraq, even though many have huge misgivings about the
>> war and their ability to fight.
>
>Being in the military in any capacity requires a healthy
>dollop of dumbass. Joining the National Guard without
>having the requisite training takes a double dollop.
>
>Think about it: there is a short period of time for mostly
>males, when they have enough of an education to function,
>but have no grasp of the world around them. This is when
>they are ideal for military service. This is also why they
>push to recruit enlisted people right out of high school.
>
>Beyond that point, most of them start to expand their
>consciousness and make realizations about what exactly it
>means to wear a military uniform.

I like the Hugo Boss uniforms!
and
http://www.rtmark.com/more/tommy/tommy1.gif

Posted by:: "fenian d'illudium q-36, Rlari."
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 00:12:19 -0500

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"paco" wrote in message
news:yS8Xd.93256$vO1.581241@nnrp1.uunet.ca...
> fucking crazy
> Some of the conversations between the soldiers and there mothers were
heart
> wrenching.
>
> http://www.cbc.ca/passionateeye/offtowar.html

Them soldiers is crahayhayzee.
So's them insurjeents.

What they all killin for?

I guess it boils down to, "hey bitch, GOTTA have this, so, BULLET IN THE
HEADED U!!"

or, more usually,

KAH BOOM!! minute passes....fuuuuck...i just been blown up now
people yellin can't think straight. ugh...not breathing....can't
breath....sleeeepy...then

CHOOSE YOUR OWN RELIGION:

1) Allah is pleased - many virgins for you.
Y) Jesus gives you what you've always wanted but never knew what
4) You enter Sinbad, and never exit.
9) You receive your portion in the world to come.
j8) Santa finally shows you his things.
X) "It" continues as it should ;)

...
fenian's lefist manifesto:
We should find a way to exist, and recognize and respect the same goal in
all others. We all come to death. We don't need to be rushed.

fenian's rightist manifesto:
We all want to come to our own death, without being rushed. Those who rush
us, should be shot in the back of the fucking head.

PraBob