WOW Active Marine to Tea Terrorists-This Is NOT A Civil War-If It Was I Would Have To Shoot You

[kpete]

An article I wish I would never have to write -
To those calling for a civil war, this Marine wants you to stop, and think...
News Type: Opinion — Fri Mar 26, 2010 12:13 PM EDT

By Sgt C USMC

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The headlines of the last week have reminded me more of glimpsing at the S2 Daily Briefing Sheets while in theater or the Al-Jazeera than the NY Times or the Washington Post. Think about that for a moment, let it sink in.

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But the SECOND you start committing acts of violence and vandalism, then you've usurped that Constitution. You in a way have assaulted it. And then you and I (I being every servicemember who has sworn to defend said Constitution) will have a MAJOR PROBLEM.

For those of you calling for a civil war, I implore you to stop and think about what you're saying. Look around your neighborhood and your city. Now imagine using that terrain to survive. Imagine dodging semi-automatic rifle fire as you scramble from cover to cover, dragging your wounded child behind you. Imagine the deafening report of a mortar as it strikes the ground a 150 feet in front of you, the overpressure enough to shatter your teeth and perforate an ear drum. Try and envision a Stryker rolling through neighbor's front lawn or a F/A-18 making lazy loops over your head in Close Air Support for the troops in the distance.

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Now I 'd like to disperse a myth here - many of you think that US military would not fight civilians. I can't speak for all, but in my case - the moment you declare civil war, you're no longer civilians. The moment you attack the constitution, you're now enemies of that constitution. And I swore to defend and support and if necessary give my life for that Constitution and utilize every tool, technique, and weapon at my disposal to do so. And trust me, I'm not alone.

more:
http://christopher-calbat.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/26/4073188-an-article-i-wish-i-would-never-have-to-write-to-those-calling-for-a-civil-war-this-marine-wants-you-to-stop-and-think

[MicaelS]

1. Lengthy thread already

Over here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=8027914&mesg_id=8027914

[HughMoran]

2. Top of Greatest Page

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8027914

[chill_wind]

3. K & R. A little bit of useful sobriety. n't

[ixion]

4. All wars are bad, but civil wars are one of the worst kinds

of war, IMO.

The US Civil War was one of our bloodiest. That's really not something that we need to relive.

[woodsprite]

7. Most tea partiers don't realize the civil war ended.

They think it's escalated to a black man in the White House. They probably think the White House got it's name because that's the color of the person that's supposed to be in it, not from the paint on it's exterior.

They're idiots, and unfortunately for me, some of my in-laws think just like them :(

[rationalcalgarian]

14. Historical check-up

The White House is "white" because the British and Canadians burned it during the War of 1812. Cheap whitewash to cover up the burn stains and smoke trails.

Anyone know what colour it was before that? Just asking....

[bhikkhu]

16. It was white.

Almost too bad about the lack of irony or anything, but it was originally built with a sandstone facade which was painted white. I think there weren't very many color options at the time, and bare stone was probably considered unfinished.

[Ozymanithrax]

5. People calling for civil war for the most part havn't been to a war..

and don't know what it is like.

[Mithreal]

10. People calling for ANY war...

[L0oniX]

6. The civil war would be between Dems and repukes, not civilians and the government.

[lsewpershad]

8. Now

there's a patriot. Yes off to the grearest.

[annabanana]

9. There are many good comments following that newsvine entry.

(encouraging)

[James48]

11. The article has been pulled by the author.

Too bad. It was a good read.

Signed:

Retired U.S. Army officer.

[Obamanaut]

12. It's on the front page here, as well as the GP already. Link

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=8027914&mesg_id=8027914

[James48]

13. Here is his retraction

He writes a good followup to the original letter:

http://christopher-calbat.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/27/4080107-a-rewrite-of-a-marines-call-for-peace-and-pause-that-had-been-reduced-into-sheer-irrelevanceand-an-apology

Calling on people to THINK!

[spicegal]

15. Don't they also then become enemy combatants, which means, at least by

their rules, we can torture them and deny due process.

[bhikkhu]

17. Of course they do...but in reality things tend to get pretty fuzzy

If you look at any civil war, or any war at all really, the run up is usually a bunch of argument establishing the good of one side and the evil of the other. No one fights a war without an unshakable belief in their justification, and even in our own civil war both sides believed they were acting strictly in defence of the constitution, or in response to its violation. If we have another one the stage is well set for the same.

[LSK]

18. link no longer good: "This article was deleted by the author."

:shrug:

[Name removed]

19. Deleted message

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[ck4829]

20. Teabaggers always seem to think that if their "revolution" began, the military would side with them

Good for this Marine to tell them just how divorced from reality they are.