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		Upon learning that Rumsfeld was fired, Marine patrolling in Baghdad asks "Who is Rumsfeld?", proving that if you squander your education, you'll get stuck in Iraq (philly.com)		328
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frenchcheesemuseum		2006-11-10 03:12:36 PM

This thread is going to get very ugly.

Kanyon		2006-11-10 03:15:50 PM

This thread comes pre-trolled. Nice.

sykottik		2006-11-10 03:17:35 PM

Kanyon: This thread comes pre-trolled. Nice.

No, the Marine was on patrol, not pre-troll.

gulliver_redrick		2006-11-10 03:19:37 PM

wow.

/gonna go over here, to the bomb shelter, don some goggles

robsul82		2006-11-10 03:20:11 PM

BUT JON CARRY HATES OUR TROOPS THOUGH!!!!!11

HaywoodJablonski		2006-11-10 03:22:16 PM

That guy needs halp

Dr. Picklebacon		2006-11-10 03:24:05 PM

Usually if it's got Rum in it I like it. Rumsfeld? Not so much.

Cake Hunter		2006-11-10 03:24:25 PM

I don't know about you, but if I was sitting in some guy's house, watching out for things that explode and people that shoot, and I had to do this almost every freaking day in and every freaking day out, I'd probably be a bit fuzzy on my Cabinet minister recall, too.

HelloHelloHi		2006-11-10 03:24:37 PM

Lance Corporal James L. Davis Jr. was being "ironic".

DJShamrock		2006-11-10 03:26:48 PM

Oh shiat here comes teh poorly constructed banners.

Cyclometh		2006-11-10 03:27:18 PM

Amusing little side anecdote.

I was with the 82d Airborne in the first Persian Gulf War. I was in the first 300 soldiers to deploy, on the sixth plane leaving Pope AFB. During my time there I pulled a lot of guard duty.

At one point, I'd been manning a guard tower in the northeast corner of our compound for a few hours, and got bored enough to start reading the graffiti that others had left behind. It was mostly the completely juvenile stuff you'd expect, but there was one that sticks with me to this day:

"Someday I'm gonna run the farking Army."
-PVT George Bush

/yes, I know Bush Sr was Air Force and an officer.
//it's still pretty damn funny.

NeedleGuy		2006-11-10 03:33:02 PM

Cyclometh
/yes, I know Bush Sr was Air Force

O RLY? the Navy might want to have a word with you...

/first gulf war vet, too ;)

togamoos		2006-11-10 03:37:06 PM

The election is over. We can all stop pretending that's what Kerry said.

Dead Sexy Albino		2006-11-10 03:40:26 PM

im glad the media understands morale is at least 20% of fighting a war...

Mordant		2006-11-10 03:40:26 PM

togamoos: The election is over. We can all stop pretending that's what Kerry said.

Dude, they literally have nothing left. I say we let them pick over Kerry's bones all they want, it may even be better if it keeps them occupied so they can stop trying to hurt the country.

xaveth		2006-11-10 03:40:35 PM

Wow, the Dems still can't get over it.

JohnnyDanger		2006-11-10 03:40:36 PM

Non partisan comment: Maybe he was just trying to put Rumsfeld--or Kerry--down?

Donnie Darko		2006-11-10 03:40:51 PM

Ha Ha Nice one Smitty

/Dangling parts!

johnnyrocket		2006-11-10 03:41:14 PM

The irony is what Kerry accidentally said was true also: Lower class uneducated people, with few options...yes, will end up in the military, disproportionately.

Seems like common sense to me.

Darth Shatner		2006-11-10 03:41:34 PM

one poorly constructed banner coming right up!

SlothB77		2006-11-10 03:42:03 PM

run on that in 2008. You'll do just fine.

And by the way, Germany proves a key point as to why we do not join the International Criminal Court. Unless, of course, you want to allow any old country to sue you at any time they choose, including those that would like wage war on us.

I_am_jesus		2006-11-10 03:42:40 PM

dont they usually take the size of the standing military into account when calculating unemployment numbers?

jcaustin		2006-11-10 03:43:03 PM

Fark people trying to bash about ignorance is pretty damn funny.

Walker		2006-11-10 03:43:47 PM

Davis simply cursed. *

What does the asterisk refer to? I've looked all over the page. Now I'll be up all night wondering about it!

wcarter		2006-11-10 03:43:52 PM

golf clap smitty

/runs and hides

NateGrey		2006-11-10 03:44:31 PM

xaveth: Wow, the Dems still can't get over it.

Get over what? Do you mean beating Republicans silly?

kickabear		2006-11-10 03:44:35 PM

We're all stuck in Iraq. We're just letting our service members take the direct heat.

Detour		2006-11-10 03:44:39 PM

spasepeepoles		2006-11-10 03:44:45 PM

Yeah... I may be a different story, but I'm in the Air Force, have been for almost a decade. I spent 2 years on techschool alone (paid for by the military) receive free education and have a good paying job I love.
Me thinks you are over generalizing.
Love,
Spase

notnotdave		2006-11-10 03:45:16 PM

Haha... he didn't know who Rumsfeld was, bwahaha........ Who is Rumsfeld again?

Cast		2006-11-10 03:45:25 PM

Kerry was quite right, but he's still a dumbass for saying when he did.

joaquin closet		2006-11-10 03:45:36 PM

cut and Rumsfeld.

/stolen
//Rums-fled
///who?

BlazeTrailer		2006-11-10 03:45:54 PM

Lance Cpl. James L. Davis Jr. looked up from his cigarette. "Who's Rumsfeld?" he asked.

Wow. This guy really isn't up on the news. Cigarettes are out too.

sonnyboy11		2006-11-10 03:46:21 PM

xaveth

Wow, the Dems still can't get over it.

Let's see... ah here it is!

BrotherTheodore		2006-11-10 03:46:59 PM

submitter just apologized for botching what was meant as a joke on Bush.

chemical_angel		2006-11-10 03:47:10 PM

SEMPER FI!!

schiefaw		2006-11-10 03:47:13 PM

He was being philosophical. I mean, who is Rumsfeld anyway?

On a more serious note, I was expected to know the chain of command when I was in the military.

/Damn kids these days!

fireclown		2006-11-10 03:47:39 PM

Suck it, libs.

Natefil		2006-11-10 03:47:57 PM

Wouldn't about 75% of Americans get that same question wrong as well?

Fr._Peter_Fitznuggly		2006-11-10 03:49:01 PM

My USMC corespondents in Iraq assure me that Rumsfeld is well known, though mostly as a synonym for shiat, and specifically as the thick, difficult to pass shiat that comes 18-24 hours after meal rich in cheeses but lacking any fiber.

For example, "I gotta toss a Rumsfeld but the portajohns are coned out."

("Coned out" was another term new to me.)

NuclearWinter		2006-11-10 03:49:17 PM

spasepeepoles: Yeah... I may be a different story, but I'm in the Air Force, have been for almost a decade. I spent 2 years on techschool alone (paid for by the military) receive free education and have a good paying job I love.

Shh. Everyone knows the most intelligent folks in the military end up in the Air Force. Furthermore, everyone knows that the AF folks end up in the "safest" of places. Alot harder to replace someone who scored a 98 on the ASVAB than someone who made a 23. ;)

Flashbulb		2006-11-10 03:49:18 PM

Look. It's just a simple fact. The military markets toward young people, not only because they're healthy, but because they are naive and vulnerable to propaganda.

I know. I'm a vet.

Cast		2006-11-10 03:49:47 PM

xaveth

Wow, the Dems still can't get over it.

1. most of the bashers aren't even democrats, they've merely developed an intense hatred of the scumbags that damn near ruined our country (neocon republicans)

2. the republicans have been flaunting their "mandate" shamelessly for 6 years and 3 days into your "loss" you're already whining?

3. people who are hardcore bush administration supporters are either stupid or treasonous or both

xaveth		2006-11-10 03:50:07 PM

NateGrey: Get over what? Do you mean beating Republicans silly?

No, no... they can't get over the John Kerry "botched joke" that went over so well. So they resort to transfering the blame to someone else (a.k.a. I blame Bush Co.).

please		2006-11-10 03:50:36 PM

Republicans are rooting for defeat in Iraq so they can blame it on the dems and take back Congress. They would happily sacrifice another 3k troops if it meant they could take the next election.

Howie_Feltersnatch		2006-11-10 03:50:58 PM

mvfreeman		2006-11-10 03:51:18 PM

I dont think these guys kick back in front of CNN when they're not on duty.

I have a 19 yo daughter who couldn't tell who Rumsfeld was if you gave her $100.

/Suck it subby
//Those guys have more pressing things on their minds.

Harry Freakstorm		2006-11-10 03:51:46 PM

I guess the Marines don't teach their troops the chain of command. The Army hammered it in to you. The nice thing way back then was the president, sec of defense, sec of the army and division commander didn't change that much. I did get gigged when I replied "The Honorable James Earl Carter" and it was right after January 21, 1981.

BXRWXR		2006-11-10 03:51:51 PM

Nice one subby. Kudos.

efinkelnburg		2006-11-10 03:51:51 PM

i'm not gonna defend him. he's a lance corporal. lance corporals aren't paid to think.

i always tell my lance corporals that if i ever catch them saying it, though, i'll make them wish they hadn't

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