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This line tells me exactly everything I need to know about you. We have been here again and again and again. Hello, and good bye. Have a nice day troll.

Gone, but never forgotten. RIP now troops.

For an insider's view on how they are handling it, please follow the following link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AAa0gd7ClM ;D

In other words, the survey attempted to compare apples to pineapples, without presenting context. About as honest a question as a used car salesman, "This car is going to give you great fuel economy!" (Because it is going to travel only to the garage and back for repeated repairs....)

From the linked article. I am sure that the survey in question was completely unbiased and did not guide the respondents down their desired path...  ::) Blackburn is an idiot, and I would love the opportunity to call him thus to his face. He is a bureaucrat, trying to save money to make his...

If true, this is good news. He is directly responsible for the deaths of many of our troops.  He is also not a very nice guy to his fellow Afghans. I do not respect him as an enemy... Let him rot.

Errr, that thought does not give me a warm and fuzzy... But I can not get into the hows and whys here. Read David Kilcullen for an opener in COIN strategy. His paper, "28 Articles" can be found through google. http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/coin/repository/28_Articles_of_COIN-Kilcullen(Mar06).pdf...

Maybe I am wrong, but I was brought through the system to believe that once a person has been counselled and punished, the subject should be dropped. As right (or wrong) as we may have been, gloating about it now just makes us look like the fools on the other side of the fence.

Imagine that, a peaceful protest AND he got in the news with his message AND I read his message. This gentleman I like and respect. Perhaps if the rest of the protesters were near as creative, there would be less of a requirement for security and more of their message getting out. Oh well, at...

As a reservist... Well, recent history.... Ya, no comment on this story. I hope for a future that includes the P Res.

Vern, the professional bodyguards are not the ones on the front lines at G8/G20. Those guys likely make far more then I do, and come from backgrounds as advertised (i.e. SF, police ERT etc etc). The fillers brought in for the event itself however are on the much lower end of the pay scale. ...

Ya, they will be lucky to get $20 an hr. So, for 20 bucks, one gets peppered with urine, bricks, stones and verbal abuse mixed in with the usual pushing shoving. They will not be getting lodging, food or anything like that. Meh, if it was me, I would call in sick too. $20 an hr is no where near...

The socialists just do not get it... Do they (ya, I know, no question mark...). Instead of sending away everyone who looks like a cop, invite the cops in, and debate with them, include them in the planning process, and wow... Imagine that, security might get brought down a couple of levels...

Nice find Old Sweat.  Sadly, the silver spoon children of today will not be bothered with the realities found within.

Ok, thank god I am aware enough to only drink water while reading these forums... Water out the nose still sucks though.  Thanks!

The steadfast refusal of the left to condemn this act, and the potential use of "diversity tactics" (read, violent actions) at the G8/G20 is truly disgusting and hypocritical. The "left" in this country appears content with making themselves irrelevant, which is a shame.  If they ever grew up...

Complete and utter BS.  A fire bomb is a weapon.  Weapons serve one purpose, to destroy. It is an indirect, and unfocused weapon, so there is ALWAYS an extreme risk that there will be a loss of life.  There is no debating that fact sunshine. They picked up, and used a bomb.  The committed to...

I can't stand Michael Yawn for this exact reason. He is not a reporter, he is all about yawn... He does not care one wit about the troops whom he writes about. This is clear proof of this, this clear violation of OPSEC is truly disgusting.

There was a pistol in that picture? ETA: I should have read the whole thread before responding lol.

Yep, gruesome indeed. This went up in our Armouries Weds afternoon, and all over our place of work. Best to learn from other people's mistakes.  Hopefully, the young soldier involved is on the road to recovery, and will keep as much of his hand as possible.