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

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

[griffen.livejournal.com]

You've paraphrased and conflated a couple of those stories. The "Princess" series was written by a woman named Jean Sasson, for a Saudi princess using the pseudonym "Sultana," who told Ms. Sasson her story. There's three books, so far, about the abuses of women in fundamentalist-Muslim societies.

The man who drowned his daughter in the family swimming pool (sickening, but true) did so because she had exposed her naked body to men while retaining her veil and hiding her face - a severe violation of fundamentalist Muslim religious laws. One of her friends, who had participated in her activities, was married away to a nomadic man as his (I think) third wife. It was quite sickening to read about.

The first of the books is here: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0967673747/qid=1107368764/sr=8-4/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i4_xgl14/104-2258660-9764716?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

I hit the wrong reply button and left a better reply.

[disgruntledgrrl.livejournal.com]

But instead of flooding Doc's area with redundancies - I'll just ask, was that in Playboy? I can't remember.

Re: I hit the wrong reply button and left a better reply.

[griffen.livejournal.com]

I don't know if it was in Playboy, but the story is from the books I cited.