Sweet Willy
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- May 20, 2009
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You know.......something to look at here for you people who have never served in the US Armed Forces.....
A team is only as strong as it's weakest member, and one idiot can fuck up the reputation of an entire command if it's done badly enough. Need an example? Some moron decided to go out in Dubai when we were there in '91, and got drunk. Walking back to the ship, they passed by a whole bunch of cars. One of the idiots decided to break in, hotwire it, and go joyriding around the town, being chased by the local authorities.
It almost caused an international incident, and for the next few months, our carrier was known as a shit bird of the fleet.
The actions by these reservists over at Abu Graib are pretty much a black eye for the entire military at the time that it happened. As a military man, I'm not going to ignore it, I'm going to acknowledge that yeah.....some of my fellow brothers and sisters in arms fucked up, and I'm not going to make excuses.
But what I WILL do, is point to all the other shining examples that we do have, and hope that eventually, the stellar service of those individuals will eventually dull the memory of the fucksticks that screwed up.
Making excuses only gets you in trouble, and makes you look like shit to the rest of the world.
Couldn't have said it better.
Far too many people are happy to climb down into the gutter to reach the enemies level. Even if you win, you'll come out smelling like shit.