Posted 02:19 by Tycho

So here I am, at 0138 hours, listening to Dropkick Murphy's ("The Streets of Boston", with "Noble" up next, then "Fortunes of War" after that). I'm also talking to a couple people...well, maybe its just one person...seeing double is fun :-). Well, just kidding, the other person abandoned me to go kill shit and eat it by playing Half-Life. What nerve! :-P.

Aye, I'm a bored man right now. But far from ready to sleep. Too much to think about. Too much to do.

I feel like ranting about retarded liberals right now. But I don't have the time nor the patience nor the rage necessary to make a good, funny, yet serious rant. We'll just have to suffice with the quote "LIBERALS suX0rZ!!!" and "Conservatives r0x0rs j00 b0x0rs!!! PWNED!!!". Yes, thats a good, simple, and accurate way to put it. Sometimes I can't stand left-wingers. I only wanted to punch one of them though--he was expressing his hope that all US soldiers sent over there would die bloody deaths. Oooh...I was pissed to high hell...sure, it wasn't the most enraged I've ever become, but it was a cold hatred, a cold anger I held for the protestor. Not every enlisted personnel agrees with a war, or why its being fought. When the order is given, they nonetheless enter the combat zone and risk life and limb to fight the enemy. Reason? They were ordered to. They swore an oath to. They don't fight because they want to--hell, war is the most horrible thing you can put a man through. I know many veterans...at least one from every conflict or war we've participated in since 1939 (the arbitrary starting year of World War II)...war changes a man. A man goes to war a joyful guy, but when he comes back, its an empty shell shaped by violence, blood, and death. They don't fight because they feel like it or believe in their cause. They start fighting because they're ordered to. After the initial shock of battle, they don't even fight because they're ordered to--they fight for each other. Once you're in the combat zone, all that lies between you and death, is your trust and friendship with the guy next to you. I've heard stories where a man would be hit and drop, and someone would leave cover and drag them back to safety under intense fire, and many times the would-be rescuer would be killed either on the way to the fallen man or on the way back. To even insinuate that our fighting men fight because they all want Arabs to die or they're bloodthirsty or they want to be part of a new Crusade is the height of stupidity and idiocy. When one joins the army, they understand that they are putting themselves at risk. They understand that they may not agree with the war or conflict or police action or whatever you want to call (well, it doesn't matter if you buy the farm during a full-blown war or a small scale police action--either way, you're still flying home in a body bag). They accept that. They also accept the reality that when the order to go is given, they go, without question. The only time there should be a question about orders is when the orders are blatantly illegal (ie go out and massacre every person in sight, regardless of age or affiliation). Questioning orders is insubordination, and it can lead the deaths of your comrades. If you do not agree to the war, then you apply for concientious objector status (not sure you can do this once your unit is assigned to the combat zone, though), or you talk to your superiors about it. You do NOT murder your comrade-in-arms, your friends, men who trusted you, in cold blood, like many anti-war protestors have encouraged. One group actually encouraged that enlisted men kill their officers.

Oh, and don't think that was randomly done or anything...well, it was, but the only reason I ranted for so long was that I'm waiting to brush my teeth and have nothing else to do :-P. Whomever is in the shower is taking their damn sweet time about it. Unfortunately, I can't blame him, because I did receive advanced warning, which I obviously failed to heed.

I doubt any of you would read the entire thing, because I know much of it is unordered and nonsensical, but its good work considering its now after 0200 hours. Yes, I've got alot on my mind.

Its understood that my writing style in blogs is unordered and somewhat mind boggling. That is because I intentionally write down whatever comes to my head first. This is my way of relaxing, of kicking back. I shouldn't have to actually do any logical thinking to be able to have fun and possibly provide a few minutes of entertainment for my friends (which is the primary reason I do this, by the way--just to give you guys a couple of cheap chuckles or a well-needed laugh).

For some reason I'm in the mood for a good war movie. Maybe "The Longest Day" or "The Lost Battalion"...or maybe even the depiction of Pickett's Charge in "Gettysburg".

Alright, enough of my bitching and moaning and groaning, I'll see you all on the flip side.