Why would they let her enlist in that condition?

2wolves: No, no you're not.

...the funeral procession?

/dnrtfa

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That ain't no way to treat the broken hearted.

BABY C'MON!

Someone just signed up for 4 years of desk duty I'm betting. The military is real sensitive about repeating anything like the Sullivans incident and she'll end up as an aide at the five sided squirrel cage or something where finding parking is OPFOR.

Good for her, but I fear in 12 months she's going to be bitter and burnt out when she realizes command plans on shielding her.

Exterminate brown people?

"I'm going to finish what he started"

Really? What did he start? A Latte stand in Kabul?

What a ridiculous woman. There is nothing heroic about stupidity.

"I'm going to finish what he started enact a personal vendetta against random brown people, the majority of whom are innocent victims of years of shiatty government and violence, in the general vicinity where my fiance lost his life"

FTFM
DRTFA

2wolves: "No, no you're not."

So sad, but so true.
I just hope she finds something positive in the service before she gets sent over there are realizes the pointlessness and powerlessness of the situation.

The Bruce Dickinson: "I'm going to finish what he started"

Really? What did he start? A Latte stand in Kabul?

What a ridiculous woman. There is nothing heroic about stupidity.

Dude! Insensative much?

More cannon fodder.

"I'm going to finish what he started"

Dying for the profits of the military-industrial complex?

This isn't WWII, there's no need for you to go and fight, don't throw your life away.

Nope, she's not naive at all.

That's very romantic; I'm sorry for her loss. Cynicism begins here: Fiance? So likely no spousal support or any other benies you get from being a military spouse/widow. I imagine she joined for the same reason many of us join. She needed a gd job.

Stuff like this worries me. There's no denying that her actions are noble and romantic and motivated by nothing but the best intentions, but is it really a good enough reason to enlist? I'm having a hard enough time understanding why we're still deployed and I'm in an infantry company myself.

This mentality of "we fight because they fought because their fathers..." is very jingoistic and disturbing. I think that while she's being very brave and strong to become a marine, is it really the best way to honor him?

ha-ha-guy: Someone just signed up for 4 years of desk duty I'm betting. The military is real sensitive about repeating anything like the Sullivans incident and she'll end up as an aide at the five sided squirrel cage or something where finding parking is OPFOR.

Good for her, but I fear in 12 months she's going to be bitter and burnt out when she realizes command plans on shielding her.

You are right that thye are going to sheild her, but it isn;t from being killed.

Women are more likely to come back preggo then killed.

The fifties called. They want their mindless "patriotism" back.

Karvey: Dude! Insensative much?

Oh right. Wouldn't want to say anything critical during this difficult time...

Maybe she should ask herself what her fiances death accomplished before jumping off the same cliff like all the other lemmings...

Let's continue a pointless war we can't afford against people that did nothing to us.

RumsfeldsReplacement: Exterminate brown people?

Who needs to be in the marines to do that ?

Bootstraps, people.

ha-ha-guy: The military is real sensitive about repeating anything like the Sullivans incident

Who?

/serious q
//the googles, they do nothing

I find her reaction pathetic.

Best girlfriend ever
You got that right

One Bad Apple: RumsfeldsReplacement: Exterminate brown people?

Who needs to be in the marines to do that ?

Bootstraps, people.

In my defense, I meant doing it legally. I suppose you could become a cop, though.

Yeah, what everybody else said. "Revenge" is not a good motivator in a war with not visible enemy, no boundaries and zero actual, quantifiable goals.

And yes, she will be in a safe desk job. Most likely at the base downstate rather than Afghanistan. This ain't WWII or even Korea or Vietnam. It's far more complicated and far less defined.

Jingoism and Patriotism make us look like rubes rather than heroes.

I'd say she has more balls than the fark common taters. Good for her.

Gay marriage is allowed in the UK?

Oh! Fiancée!

marius2: Good thing they never got married, she would have turned into an army/navy wife. There is nothing more horribly annoying than that group of people, especially when they are able to access the internet.

As a women in the military, I agree

So fiancé has been completely neutered, huh?

muddythinker: I find her reaction pathetic.

Me too.

At least Darwin stands to get a full house on this one.

/Too bad they didn't have any kids to carry on the Lemming-like tradition.

I assume the Stupid tag has also been killed by an IED?

She'll regret this about 48 hours in.

Came in for a John Henry reference...leaving disppointed, as soon as I adjust my onion.

Vasquez, is that you.?


/first thing I thought of
//God Speed, and kick a few asses for us

I think she should have waited longer before making that decision...something tells me it's not going to work out well for her...knowing what to expect and being able to handle it accordingly are two very different things.

Chowder_17: marius2: Good thing they never got married, she would have turned into an army/navy wife. There is nothing more horribly annoying than that group of people, especially when they are able to access the internet.

As a women in the military, I agree

As an AF wife with my own hobbies and career I also agree. I want to say stfu but that would be unamerican and feminazi-esque.

/I sent a CARE package. whar cookie WHAR

I'd like to finish what he started... wink wink nudge nudge know what i mean

HotWingConspiracy: She'll regret this about 48 hours in.

Nope. Sooner. As soon as she gets off that bus and stands on those yellow painted footprints.


"Oh shiat. What have I done ?"