tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post336488681731486394..comments2023-10-17T04:51:08.765-10:00Comments on KauaiEclectic: Musings: A Better RideJoan Conrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00172330100788007499noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-65185482473134928782015-05-19T10:59:05.881-10:002015-05-19T10:59:05.881-10:003:22PM wrote:
"The Navy exercise is Kauai'...<br />3:22PM wrote:<br /><i>"The Navy exercise is Kauai's part in keeping the wolves at bay."</i><br /><br />No, it's not. It's because it's convenient, and because it's less expensive. It's because the Navy knows that since the U.S. Armed Forces have Hawaii by the economic short hairs, the state government won't make the waves that other places would.<br /><br />Another thing it isn't, is connected in any fashion to your myth of the military as Noble Protector of Freedom. That died decades ago, when even the most boneheaded warrior wannabes got it through their shaved skulls that the military's true role in this country is as an economic mega-engine and major political player. So please, spare us the 1950s militaristic jingoism. <br /><br /><br />"No bastard won a war by dying for his country. They won by making the other poor dumb bastard die for <i>his</i> country."<br />- George S. Patton<br /><br /><br /><br />Dawsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-57487109345161860922015-05-19T09:13:33.099-10:002015-05-19T09:13:33.099-10:00Not sure if all of these military exercises are ne...Not sure if all of these military exercises are necessary and I have heard from marine biologists that these exercises DO negatively impact marine life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-76413142109289986242015-05-19T08:15:22.685-10:002015-05-19T08:15:22.685-10:003:22 PM You hit it on the head! We have the freed...3:22 PM You hit it on the head! We have the freedom to whine and bitch because of our strong military; the most technologically advance force in the world. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-10318752413083029102015-05-18T20:11:04.953-10:002015-05-18T20:11:04.953-10:00I guess Archie Bunker is still aliveI guess Archie Bunker is still aliveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-8368473805495251312015-05-18T18:13:51.481-10:002015-05-18T18:13:51.481-10:00Nothing but fear & war mongering bs.Nothing but fear & war mongering bs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-66721493937626668992015-05-18T15:22:05.549-10:002015-05-18T15:22:05.549-10:00Welp. I wonder what the nutjobs on Kauai would do ...Welp. I wonder what the nutjobs on Kauai would do if there was a violent attack on the island?<br />Run for their gun, for which it is pertneer impossible to get a permit? Hide behind a GMO free Cheese Goat? Wave their l'il fistees in the air and chant?<br />Nope. The limp wristed nutjobs would expect to be protected by the cops and the Military.<br />Gag me with an AK-47 Batman, freedom and liberty come with a cost.<br />On this little green island which run by a bunch of First Cousin Commies, we feel we are immune to the big bad world. <br />The Navy exercise is Kauai's part in keeping the wolves at bay. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-42674215624279774352015-05-18T09:31:16.037-10:002015-05-18T09:31:16.037-10:00Link is not a clip.Link is not a clip.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com