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June 11, 2008 Leave a comment Go to comments

 

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Seventy years ago a highly decorated Marine Corps general, disturbed by his participation in various military interventions, declared that WAR IS A RACKET.

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  1. gunnyg
    June 11, 2008 at 8:18 AM | #1
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    Well, There WERE other Marines who shot their mouths off–Chesty Puller, Davis Shoup, Evans Carlson, Boyington, etc.,etc.

  2. Gunny G
    October 25, 2012 at 11:34 AM | #2
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    Reblogged this on CITIZEN.BLOGGER.1984+ THE.GUNNY.G BLOG.EMAIL and commented:

    Likewise, the President does not describe this as a “global war.” Yes, al Qaeda and other terrorists groups operate in many corners of the world and continue to launch attacks in different nations, as we saw most recently in Jakarta. And yes, the United States will confront al Qaeda aggressively wherever it exists so that it enjoys no safe haven. But describing our efforts as a “global war” only plays into the warped narrative that al Qaeda propagates. It plays into the misleading and dangerous notion that the U.S. is somehow in conflict with the rest of the world. It risks setting our Nation apart from the world, rather than emphasizing the interests we share. And perhaps most dangerously, portraying this as a “global” war risks reinforcing the very image that al Qaeda seeks to project of itself—that it is a highly organized, global entity capable of replacing sovereign nations with a global caliphate. And nothing could be further from the truth.”

    http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Remarks-by-John-Brennan-at-the-Center-for-Strategic-and-International-Studies/

    BUT
    from a Pentagon News Advisory September 16, 2009
    “. . .Monti is recognized for actions above and beyond the call of duty during combat that cost him his life on June 21, 2006, in Afghanistan. He is the sixth service member to be awarded the Medal of Honor during the Global War on Terror, the second to receive it for actions in Afghanistan.”
    http://www.defenselink.mil/advisories/advisory.aspx?advisoryid=3153

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