Marine Corp General not PC?

[Billnew]

http://www.whiotv.com/news/4160697/detail.html

"Actually, it's a lot of fun to fight. You know, it's a hell of a hoot. ... It's fun to shoot some people. I'll be right upfront with you, I like brawling."
He added, "You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five 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."

Sounds reasonable to me.
What is a General suppose to say, I cry myself to sleep over the suffering of our enemy?

Marine Corp Generals are suppose to be tough.

 

[Redneck]

"No [soldier] ever won a war by dying for his country.
He won it by making the other poor dumb [soldier] die for his country."

He probably gets a kick out of doing his job.

 

[Grimbold]

I think that the commandant is correct in saying that General Mattis should have chosen his words a little more carefully. However, I'm certain that he is quite happy to have someone like Mattis around. Billnew is right, a Marine Corps general is supposed to be tough.

 

[Redneck]

I had to revise that Patton quote a little bit.

 

[Grimbold]

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[Grimbold]

Hmmm

 

[praying]

http://www.whiotv.com/news/4160697/detail.html



Sounds reasonable to me.
What is a General suppose to say, I cry myself to sleep over the suffering of our enemy?

Marine Corp Generals are suppose to be tough.

What does tough have to do with enjoying killing people, sounds sociopathic to me.

 

[Vylo]

Sounds reasonable to me.
What is a General suppose to say, I cry myself to sleep over the suffering of our enemy?

Marine Corp Generals are suppose to be tough

I think some remorse over the taking of a life would be appropriate, but not exactly in the forefront of a soldier's mind. You have to think about the damage you are doing to people, and realize that they are in fact, people. He seems to dehumanize them a bit too much. They have traditions that are different from ours, and ones that he, and virtually all of America find despicable. But they are still people. They still have loved ones and friends that will mourn their loss.

But yes he should be able to shrug it off. As a soldier, he should be able to detatch himself enough to be able to do his job, which does involve the killing of other people. You can't be thinking about this when you are on the battlefield, you have to stay alive and keep your fellow soldiers alive.

It is after the dust is settled that you can reflect about what you have done, and try to find peace with the damage you have inflicted.

War isn't a "brawl", I find it unsettling that he degrades the loss of a life to a common bar fight. I can understand the challenge, the danger, and the adreniline rush to be entertaining. When you are in the battle, many find it to be a pleasant experience, and those are people you want out on the field for reasons of moral. But after the fight is done, if you absolutely no regrets over what has happened, I can't really understand that.

 

[Gil-Galad12]

"No [soldier] ever won a war by dying for his country.
He won it by making the other poor dumb [soldier] die for his country."

He probably gets a kick out of doing his job.

Oh yeah. I love that Patton quote.

The guy is being honest. A little abrasive? Yes. But he's a Marine.

 

[praying]

Oh yeah. I love that Patton quote.

The guy is being honest. A little abrasive? Yes. But he's a Marine.

The man said he enjoys killing certain people, you don't see a problem with that?

 

[pgp_protector]

What does tough have to do with enjoying killing people, sounds sociopathic to me.

Sociopathic... Never been around a lot of jarheads have you ?


(I'ts sorta grows on ya)

 

[praying]

What do you mean grows on you? It is one thing to do it and accept it as part of your job as a soldeir, cop etc but in my eyes it is quite another to enjoying killing.

Does that mean that serial killers are tough or are you implying that "jarheads" are sociopaths?

 

[kermit]

http://www.whiotv.com/news/4160697/detail.html



Sounds reasonable to me.
What is a General suppose to say, I cry myself to sleep over the suffering of our enemy?

Marine Corp Generals are suppose to be tough.

He sounds like any sane soldier to me.

 

[nadroj1985]

I think a rethinking of our defense systems needs to be done if a lack of respect of human life in a leader is seen as a positive aspect of his character.

 

[Sycophant]

Accepting that killing may be required is one thing, but expressing enjoyment over killing another human is a bit weird.

It's tough, you don't want the people who's job it is to kill being too remorseful to function, but I really don't think it's healthy for them to be taking pleasuse in the killing of others.

Anyone else who expressed a sentiment like that would probably be locked up (especially if they were a school kids who expressed those feelings in artwork).

Basically, feeling justified or rightious in taking someone's life is one thing, enjoying doing it is another.

 

[praying]

Accepting that killing may be required is one thing, but expressing enjoyment over killing another human is a bit weird.

It's tough, you don't want the people who's job it is to kill being too remorseful to function, but I really don't think it's healthy for them to be taking pleasuse in the killing of others.

Anyone else who expressed a sentiment like that would probably be locked up (especially if they were a school kids who expressed those feelings in artwork).

Basically, feeling justified or rightious in taking someone's life is one thing, enjoying doing it is another.

We seem to be in the minority here in this thinking, why I don't know but it seems we are.

 

[zoink]

Oh yeah. I love that Patton quote.

The guy is being honest. A little abrasive? Yes. But he's a Marine.

Patton was a Marine? I thought he was in the Army.

Sincerely,
zoink

 

[Gil-Galad12]

Patton was a Marine? I thought he was in the Army.

Sincerely,
zoink

???

I was err...talking about the subject of that news story.

 

[Gil-Galad12]

And come on, is this anything new? Blood lust in battle has been around for thousands of years. It's not exactly healthy, but it's not a sudden development.

 

[Whyzdom]

The man said he enjoys killing certain people, you don't see a problem with that?

I prefer our Marine Corps Officers doing this instead of passing out hugs to everybody. Who do you think the troops would follow first? The guy who says lets do it, and has a certain field tested attitude, or a guy that is afraid to encourage his guys?

Regardless of what I think about killing or not, I would rather have someone there that isn't afraid to do their job, rather than someone who is. I think you folks are making too much of this.