Lt. General James Mattis : "It's fun to shoot some people"....Feb. 4, 2005

[ElsewheresDaughter]

General: It's 'fun to shoot some people'
Commandant gives counsel, acknowledges wrong word choice

Friday, February 4, 2005 Posted: 11:02 AM EST (1602 GMT)


Lt. Gen. James Mattis, right, speaks during a panel discussion Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A three-star Marine general who said it was "fun to shoot some people" should have chosen his words more carefully, the Marine Corps commandant said Thursday.

Lt. Gen. James Mattis, who commanded Marine expeditions in Afghanistan and Iraq, made the comments Tuesday during a panel discussion in San Diego, California.

"Actually it's quite fun to fight them, you know. It's a hell of a hoot," Mattis said, prompting laughter from some military members in the audience. "It's fun to shoot some people. I'll be right up there with you. I like brawling.

"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil," Mattis said. "You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them."

Mattis' press office has not yet responded to a request to answer questions about his comments.

However, the Marine commandant, Gen. Michael Hagee, defended Mattis, calling him "one of this country's bravest and most experienced military leaders."

More at link:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/02/03/general.shoot/

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egad! a secret perverse little side of me has always wondered what would happen if beavis and butthead were given guns, and now i know. they would have been marine corps. brass. huh huh huh i just shot a guy, cool..what a dumbass. i suppose it's the price we pay for the ability to turn 18 and 19 year olds into morally flexible hardmen that can kill when they're told to without becoming either full on psychopaths or catatonic trauma victims.


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[NoFederales]

1. Our Zealots hiding behind Nationalistic , False Patriotic , and

Righteous Indignations do us proud, don't they?:sarcasm:

Where is country headed?

NoFederales

[crickets]

2. "the unfortunate and harsh realities of war"

do NOT include the warped attitude that it's "fun to shoot some people" unless there are sickos at the top who teach this to their troops.

[lumpy]

3. Apparently this is true.

Mattis brought to mind the soldier who was interviewed after the shooting of the wounded Iraqi on the ground (video). The kid was really exhilerated and excited to be in on the kill. Beasts.