So when do you leave for boot camp?

Parker,

Mark will leave for boot camp directly following your cerebral vortex operation. It's obvious it has become unhinged.

Jon parker,

I'd be willing to wager that if we did a survey, a significantly higher percentage of conservative posters on this site have served in uniform compared to the liberal trolls who lurk around here.

I'm willing to start the survey: 27 years total miliary service, 20 years on active duty. Continue to serve as a DoD contracted employee.

How about you, Ms parker, how many years did you serve your country?

Jon, Mark went through boot camp back in the 80's. How about you?

Sorry, A-10, I should have hit "refresh" before I posted. I'll join your survey, though. U.S. Navy Security Group/Navy Reserve Security Group, 1965 - 1989.

8 years USN, Silent Service, 1983-1991

USN 1983 - 1987. Served on the USS Orion, AS-18 and the USS Connolly, DD-979. 7 month deployment to the Persian Gulf 1985-1986 to watch Iranians and Iraqis kill each other and protect American and neutral shipping in the Gulf...and during that time, lefties, we went to GQ whenever an Iranian OR Iraqi military asset got close...because both were considered hostile to the United States.

And why are the lefties unwilling to talk about content of the post?

Mark, if you or your readers were interested, there is a great dvd I got from amazon for $4.00 used, called CNN Tribute, America Remembers. It begins with CNN's coverage just before the attacks on 9/11 and continues through the war in Afghanistan. It is 90 minutes and the footage is unreal. As an extra on the dvd, they have President Bush's entire speech before congress, which I believe was on September 20, 2007. Prime Minister Tony Blair was in attendence as well as Todd Beemers wife, Lisa Beemer. The dvd contains no conspiracy theories and no Bush Hate Derangement Syndrome. It was very inspiring watching President Bush's inspiring leadership, letting us know this will be a long war and asking for americas patience. On Amazon, I typed in under the category dvd, 9/11. We must never forget.

If more troops have died in 1Q07 compared to last year, how has the surge worked? If there hasn't been a significant drop in Iraqi civilian casualties, can someone explain to me how the surge is working? If US troops can't stay in Iraq indefinitely, how do we know if the surge, in the long run, will work?

Iraqis ARE NOT our friends Bushbloggers. They are our FRIENDS now, as they procure money, weapons, and protection from us, but when we leave the AK47's and mortars will be aimed at Americans. Remember Afghanistan?

are you kidding me, mark? i followed the link, i read the story, penned by none other than OMAR FADHIL. readers might be interested to know (Ed. Note: Paranoid, conspiracy theory about Iraq the Model deleted - to paraphrase, Fadhil knows people in American who support the liberation of Iraq, ergo he's just a paid stooge of Chimpy McSmirk BusHitler).

And your military experience conscriptor?

I am the first to admit that I have none - I was refused because of a bad heart (found out later it is hereditary). That is why I will defer on military matters to the experts.

now why would the oil and gas industry be looking to bankroll iraqi bloggers to promote face-saving, pro-US propaganda that is in turn disseminated as "real and accurate" reporting from baghdad? - conscriptor

very possibly for the same reason that moveon.org and media matters promote every IED and anti-US propaganda that is in turn disseminated as a "real and accurate" assesment of Baghdad.

hmmm.........

LCpl Lefty Troll
USMC 1972 1976
3RD-MAW MCAS(H)

For some strange reasson Mark won't post my info on his blog. I guess it's his way of thanking me for my years of service. Semper Fi you right-wing maggots.

PS
Are we talking about military service, or are we talking about being in the Navy?

Carry on.

(Ed. Note: This comment was posted in order to demonstrate to the commenter that we do honor our veterans - but the "right-wing maggots" is fairly typical of "mike h" comments, and that is why none of them have ever appeared here before...nor will any of them appear again, unless "mike h" reaches back into his military service and learns some basic manners and shows a little respect for all and sundry.)

that is a new low, mark. now selectively editing comments for supposed conspiratorial bent?

leave it up to your readers to decide what is fact and what is 'paranoid conspiracy'. let everyone do their own research. you selectively DELETE information to throw a blanket on it altogether. i've seen more right-wing, lunatic conspiracies emanating from this site and yet you complacently stand aside. that's cowardly.

conscriptor,

I challenge you to name one "right-wing, lunatic conspiracies emanating from this site".

Perhaps that 9/11 was an inside job?....Oops, that's a liberal conspiracy.

That we only went into Iraq for the oil?....Oops, once again, a left-wing, lunatic conspiracy.

Maybe, that the government has secret detention camps and all the dissidents will be round up?...Drat, that too is a conspiracy of the left.

Oh, by the way, still waiting for your summary of your extensive service to the country.

Oh, by the way, still waiting for your summary of your extensive service to the country.

Don't hold your breath, A-10.

USAF, 1976-1996. Spent 15 years in intel, 11.5 of my 20 years were spent overseas.

Silent service? Would that be subs?

Spook,

I'm not. If he had any, he would have responded by now. He's probably visiting wikipedia right now trying to learn as many military terms, ranks, and branches as possible in an attempt to pretend to have served.

"What is really sad about it is that these critics, for all their self-professed love of humanity, are taking no account of the actual people of Iraq...not the statistics on the dead, but the actual living, breathing people...300,000 of which are figting right alongside us, and millions of whom voted for liberty over tyranny.

They are our friends, these brave Iraqis who fight alongside us and this American, at least, will never, ever abandon them."-by Mark Noonan

Well said, Mark! I totally agree!

Marines 77-81

In the article, "The Waning of the GOP" William F. Buckley Jr also states the war is lost. Isn't he a conservative demi-god to you people?

Thank you all for your service to your country!

keefer,

Yeah, but don't let him fool you with that "silent service" stuff...that is just the bubbleheads way of making their service look important...only thing a bubblehead needs to know is which end of the beer bottle to open.

Now, Tin Can sailors, they are the class act.

CW,

Mr. Buckley is the godfather of the modern American conservative movement and his place in our affections is unassailable. He is, unfortunately, wrong about Iraq.

Keefer,

Yes subs.

Mark,

Tin Can, don't you mean Target. I see you, but you can't see me.

"It is simply untrue that we are making decisive progress in Iraq."

- William F. Buckley, Jr. (4/28/07)

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