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Jack Rabbit

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16. Water boarding?

Reply to braddy (Reply #13)

Wed Jan 21, 2015, 11:45 PM

Jan 2015

Knowing what I know today, I would refuse. There can be no question about that.

Knowing what I knew in 1977, when I left Ft. Devens for a one-year tour in Korea, I don't know, but I think there was less of a chance of being ordered to do anything like that then. I hadn't given the Spanish Inquisition much thought, but I know now that water boarding was used by Torquemada's thugs.

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Mike Malloy - Chris Kyle Was No Hero, But A Goddamn Mass Murderer [View all] hschulein Jan 2015 OP

During the Vietnam War, Hathcock had 93 confirmed kills of North Vietnamese Army (NVA) and Viet-Cong braddy Jan 2015 #1

Teenage American draftees collected human ears in Vietnam . . . another_liberal Jan 2015 #2

Vietnam was mostly fought by volunteers though, it was WWII that was a draftee military. braddy Jan 2015 #3

No it wasn't RoccoR5955 Jan 2015 #4

I didn't say there wasn't a draft, I said that Vietnam was mostly a volunteer's war, unlike WWII. braddy Jan 2015 #8

I don't know a soul who volunteered for the Vietnam War . . . another_liberal Jan 2015 #5

During the Vietnam war only about 30% of those killed in Vietnam were draftees, Army and Marine. braddy Jan 2015 #9

The VFW magazine . . . another_liberal Jan 2015 #10

Yes, an excellent source for the facts on veterans and their military service. braddy Jan 2015 #12

Although I haven't seen one in years . . . another_liberal Jan 2015 #14

my stepdad volunteered and did three tours in Vietnam! wildbilln864 Jan 2015 #15

I have a different point of view Jack Rabbit Jan 2015 #6

Chris Kyle was a Navy SEAL, not Army, and you were trained to only follow "lawful" orders when you braddy Jan 2015 #7

Thank you Jack Rabbit Jan 2015 #11

I always considered the empasis on training soldiers in the difference between "lawful" orders braddy Jan 2015 #13

Water boarding? Jack Rabbit Jan 2015 #16

Water boarding of American GIs was common back then, I assume they still do it. braddy Jan 2015 #17

The closest thing I had to what you are describing was Field Training Exercises (FTX) Jack Rabbit Jan 2015 #18