SNAFU!

Saturday, February 25, 2012

WHOA! Didn't see this coming. ACV anti-semitic???

I did not see this one coming.

A blogger is claiming that Act of Valor is anti-semitic. I can't even begin to comment cause I haven't see the flick but this is a part of her spill...

By Debbie Schlussel
It’s official: “Act of Valor” is anti-Semitic tripe wrapped in the American flag with a Navy SEAL cherry on top. The movie, which debuts in theaters today, goes to great pains to tell you that the largest terrorist plot against America is perpetrated by a Jew. Did the Stormfront guys write this crap? In case there’s any doubt, “But you’re Jewish!” is shouted by a real-life Navy SEAL interrogator who heads SEAL Team 7 featured in the movie and goes by the nickname, “Senior.” Apparently “Senior” forgot this, but the last time I checked, the guys behind 9/11 were not named Osama Bin Cohen and Khalid Sheikh Horowitz. Ditto for the guys behind every major terrorist attack against Americans, whether on U.S. soil or abroad. The Beirut bombing and murder of over 300 U.S. Marines and civilians? Here’s a tip, Navy SEALS: It wasn’t perpetrated by HezboLox&Bagels. And the guy just sentenced for trying to blow up a plane full of Americans with his underwear isn’t Umar Farouk AbdulEpstein.

I've been hard on this film but never would I believe that they would do this.

Time to watch the film I guess. Afternoon showing here I come.

NOTE:
I am also aware that a good bit of controversy is always good to up movie sales. I'm probably falling for a marketing scheme but oh well.

Time to leave Afghanistan.

via Military.com

A gunman killed two American advisers inside a heavily guarded government compound in Kabul Saturday, officials said, as protests against the burning of copies of the Muslim holy book roiled the country for a fifth day.
U.S. officials said the assailant remained at large as neither an apology from President Barack Obama nor gunfire from Afghan police could quench public outrage over what NATO insisted was an inadvertent desecration of the Quran.

No more apologies.

No more understanding.

No more nation building.

No more patience, spinning of the truth, staying the course, showing our 'spirit', etc...

This is bullshit. Its time to go.

Friday, February 24, 2012

General Allen calms the troops....or tries to at least.

Word must have gotten out that they were going to lay some wood to the Afghans. He's a good guy but he's wrong on this one. The bastard who did this should be hunted down, and executed.

The lesson of Capt Rogers that the SEALs forgot.

Act of Valor starts playing today and the SEALs have been on the red carpet, had people jump from planes onto the red carpet and basically succeeded in doing an end run around the Pentagon to get this film made.

Good for them. I hope they like it and the blow back they're getting/gonna get from the rest of the Special Ops community.

But being Sailors I hope they remember the case of another aggressive person that belongs to the greater naval community.

Capt Rogers.

He was the skipper of the USS Vincennes and was responsible for ordering the downing of an Iranian airliner. He had to have FBI protection for a while because of death threats from the Iranians. His wife had a pipe bomb go off under her van while she was on her way to work (she was a teacher and the case has never been solved---the Rogers believe it was a terrorist attack here on US soil).

They lived in fear because they were readily identifiable to an enemy that they had drawn blood from.

Hopefully the SEALs have properly planned.

Hopefully the worst that will come of this will be criticism from me and others.

Hopefully no one is reading their playbook that they're posting for all to see.

Hopefully no one is smart enough to go to Coronado and identify SEALs, follow them home and do harm to their families.

Hopefully the retired founder of SOCOM is wrong and the enemy won't be waiting for them the next time they OR other special ops teams go into action.

Hopefully someone has some type of Force Protection Plan in place for these hot dogs.

Hopefully.