"It's only a few bad apples..." etc., etc...

[Crankie Avalon]

101st Airborne 'torch party' returns home

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Four 101st soldiers have been charged in the rape of an Iraqi teenager and murder of her and three relatives, along with former 101st soldier Steven D. Green, who pleaded not guilty to charges last week. Another soldier was charged with dereliction of duty for failing to report the incident.

Capt. Mark Weinschreider said there wasn't a shred of shame or disappointment in his unit.

"(The allegations) don't affect me," he told The Tennessean newspaper of Nashville. "All the good we're doing over there outweighs any bad stuff that happens."

Staff Sgt. Adam Carabello, returning from his third deployment, said the allegations are not on his mind.

"It doesn't affect me at all," he said. "Seeing all the people cheering when we came in (to the base) made me a little more proud. I feel proud to be a soldier."

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[geardaddy]

1. K & R

This is disgusting..."I feel proud to be a soldier." Sickening

[RethugAssKicker]

2. They're our best and brightest....

Yeah right!!.... Everyone knows this is not true... but if you don't say it ...you're unpatriotic and not supporting our troops!..

[atreides1]

3. As a former soldier...

....and one who served with the 101st during my first enlistment and then again during Desert Storm,
I am ashamed, not only of those charged with this crime, but also of these two cretinous fools.

This is why those men almost got away with this, because members of the chain of command will look the other way as long as no one brings it up.

The next time someone tells me that the "majority" of the troops are doing a good job, they better have a damn list of names, and the ability to prove that all of the troops don't think like these two a**holes think.

I truly wish something bad happens to both of these men, not anyone in their families, them directly.

Edit: I know that some here have family and friends in the military with some serving in either Iraq or Afghanistan, and my conditions don't include them.

[whistle]

4. Correct...Donald Rumsfeld, top U.S. military policy makers....

....U.S. military commanders....pResident George Bush, VP Dick (mien kampf) Cheney...just a hand-full of bad apples!