Comments on: Get a Life http://www.vamortgagecenter.com/blog/2007/11/12/get-a-life/ Updated information on Veteran Benefits, featured Military Bloggers, the You Served Podcast and various other news and information relevant to Veterans. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:44:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Troy http://www.vamortgagecenter.com/blog/2007/11/12/get-a-life/comment-page-1/#comment-33547 Troy Sun, 18 Nov 2007 00:51:35 +0000 http://www.vamortgagecenter.com/blog/2007/11/12/get-a-life/#comment-33547 Thanks Alex, it was a good experience. Even though I seemed to talk a lot on there, I held my opinion on a few things and bit my tongue. I told the producers ahead of time not to ask my my opinion on Iraq as I would defer to you guys. I was in Iraq a long time ago and don't feel I am qualified to comment on the current situation. Do I have an opinion, HECK YEAH, because I am a soldier, it does effect me and has effected my of my friends and my own soldiers. I have done some other interviews in the past and they always want to ask me about Iraq, or something to do with there and I always brush it aside. I have no problem talking about Afghanistan and have plenty of opinion about that place but don't get asked about it as much. We may differ on opinion, but we are soldiers and more importantly we are Americans and that is what is great about living in our country. We can agree to disagree. I have been reading your blog, and am glad I found it. Some really great stuff there. Keep it up. T Thanks Alex, it was a good experience. Even though I seemed to talk a lot on there, I held my opinion on a few things and bit my tongue. I told the producers ahead of time not to ask my my opinion on Iraq as I would defer to you guys. I was in Iraq a long time ago and don’t feel I am qualified to comment on the current situation. Do I have an opinion, HECK YEAH, because I am a soldier, it does effect me and has effected my of my friends and my own soldiers. I have done some other interviews in the past and they always want to ask me about Iraq, or something to do with there and I always brush it aside. I have no problem talking about Afghanistan and have plenty of opinion about that place but don’t get asked about it as much.

We may differ on opinion, but we are soldiers and more importantly we are Americans and that is what is great about living in our country. We can agree to disagree. I have been reading your blog, and am glad I found it. Some really great stuff there. Keep it up.

T

]]> By: Alex http://www.vamortgagecenter.com/blog/2007/11/12/get-a-life/comment-page-1/#comment-33245 Alex Fri, 16 Nov 2007 03:56:45 +0000 http://www.vamortgagecenter.com/blog/2007/11/12/get-a-life/#comment-33245 That was a silly question from the caller and it caught me a little off guard when he asked me for the answer to it. Thankfully, not many people in the military actually believe the war was for oil. It's an asinine, baseless argument. Glad to have you on the program despite our different opinions. I enjoyed your segment in particular. Take care! That was a silly question from the caller and it caught me a little off guard when he asked me for the answer to it. Thankfully, not many people in the military actually believe the war was for oil. It’s an asinine, baseless argument.

Glad to have you on the program despite our different opinions. I enjoyed your segment in particular. Take care!

]]> By: CJ http://www.vamortgagecenter.com/blog/2007/11/12/get-a-life/comment-page-1/#comment-32504 CJ Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:14:49 +0000 http://www.vamortgagecenter.com/blog/2007/11/12/get-a-life/#comment-32504 Troy, glad to hear you could at least provide some sanity to the Bay Area. One of the things that bugs me about media outlets like NPR (and pretty much every other one as well) is what you outlined here. Not sure if you noticed right off, but just take a look at what the topics were: "veteran’s homeless situation, the high rate of suicides amongst vets, the Pat Tillman family notification fiasco." Seems quite obvious that it was business as usual at the station - highlighting ever possible negative aspect of our fight and ignoring the pluses and benefits. Not one mention of either of the TWO Medal of Honor recipients. No mention of the fact that fewer Soldiers and Iraqi civilians are dying. No discussion on the fact that Iraqis are turning against insurgency and terrorism. We just need to keep beating the drum, brother. One day, the truth will give them headaches. Well, the GOOD truth and not the UGLY truth (or the 1%). I just love hearing the oil argument almost as much as the "9/11 was an inside job" argument. I'll admit that in a way, all wars are about energy of some sort. Without stable supplies of energy, our nation would grind to a halt and true security and progress will halt. By having a stable middle east, at the cost of war, we secure a way of life for all; including the left!! Troy, glad to hear you could at least provide some sanity to the Bay Area. One of the things that bugs me about media outlets like NPR (and pretty much every other one as well) is what you outlined here. Not sure if you noticed right off, but just take a look at what the topics were: “veteran’s homeless situation, the high rate of suicides amongst vets, the Pat Tillman family notification fiasco.” Seems quite obvious that it was business as usual at the station – highlighting ever possible negative aspect of our fight and ignoring the pluses and benefits. Not one mention of either of the TWO Medal of Honor recipients. No mention of the fact that fewer Soldiers and Iraqi civilians are dying. No discussion on the fact that Iraqis are turning against insurgency and terrorism.

We just need to keep beating the drum, brother. One day, the truth will give them headaches. Well, the GOOD truth and not the UGLY truth (or the 1%). I just love hearing the oil argument almost as much as the “9/11 was an inside job” argument. I’ll admit that in a way, all wars are about energy of some sort. Without stable supplies of energy, our nation would grind to a halt and true security and progress will halt. By having a stable middle east, at the cost of war, we secure a way of life for all; including the left!!

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