Marine General's Blunt Comments Draw Fire

[docwebster]

SAN DIEGO -- At a panel discussion in San Diego Tuesday, a top Marine general tells an audience that, among other things, it is "fun to shoot some people."

The comment, made by Lt. Gen. James Mattis, came in reference to fighting insurgents in Iraq. He went on to say, "Actually, its a lot of fun to fight. You know, it's a hell of a hoot. I like brawling."

"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for 5 years because they didn't wear a veil," Mattis continued. "You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them."

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What really depresses is this neanderthal actually got a smattering of laughter and applause.

Comments

[moropus.livejournal.com]

Ouch. Bet he retires real soon.

[popefelix.livejournal.com]

At least he was honest.

[beernotbombs.livejournal.com]

It doesn't surprise me. You pretty much have to have that mentality to be a Marine, anyway. It's different with ex-Navy, Air Force and Army guys, but I've never met a jarhead who didn't think like that.

Cheers!
-g-

[griffen.livejournal.com]

Calling him a neanderthal's kind of an insult to Neanderthals, wouldn't you say?

It's almost enough to make one hope that he'll someday be surrounded by a bunch of Afghanis with guns, laughing as they have fun shooting him....

Sadly, I know I'll be declared a knuckle dragger

[disgruntledgrrl.livejournal.com]

But I'm with him on that. After all he did say "Some People" and if you encounter someone you know to be a wife beating ass hole who thinks nothing of chaining his daughter up and throwing her into the pool because she lifted her veil to look before acrossing the street* - then you're just full of crap if you say you didn't enjoy eliminating the guy even a little.
Roll it around a bit - WIFE BEATER. Man who beats the crap out of his wife until she can't make anymore sounds.
Yeah - he's a jar head, but he's just being honest.

I don't condone - but I'm not condemning either.

*True story. Written in Playboy (I think) by a woman who fled the middle east. I think the word "Princess" was in the title.

That's right - I read it when it came out which was a while ago.

[disgruntledgrrl.livejournal.com]

The Princess aka the Writer - was trying to lift her own veil to look across the street and her friends did the equivolent of the skirt flip to freak her out (and some passing guys).
Thanks for tracking that down. I never got the read the rest of the story. I just remember the part where she was lying in bed knowing for certain her friend was currently drowning in the pool.


Also when she tried to hide her period so she would't be forced to wear black.