Comments on: A Bitter Cracker’s Prayer http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2293/a-bitter-crackers-prayer/ Sun, 27 May 2012 08:25:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Taters http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2293/a-bitter-crackers-prayer/#comment-209583 Taters Sat, 26 Apr 2008 08:55:20 +0000 http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/04/24/a-bitter-crackers-prayer/#comment-209583 Well done! Well done!

]]> By: Taters http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2293/a-bitter-crackers-prayer/#comment-209582 Taters Sat, 26 Apr 2008 08:54:51 +0000 http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/04/24/a-bitter-crackers-prayer/#comment-209582 Excellent, Retired. Excellent, Retired.

]]> By: Taters http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2293/a-bitter-crackers-prayer/#comment-209580 Taters Sat, 26 Apr 2008 08:53:57 +0000 http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/04/24/a-bitter-crackers-prayer/#comment-209580 My thoughts and prayers go out to you and your loved one,Simon. My thoughts and prayers go out to you and your loved
one,Simon.

]]> By: Taters http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2293/a-bitter-crackers-prayer/#comment-209578 Taters Sat, 26 Apr 2008 08:52:18 +0000 http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/04/24/a-bitter-crackers-prayer/#comment-209578 Thank you for a beautiful post, Melissa. Thank you for a beautiful post, Melissa.

]]> By: Taters http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2293/a-bitter-crackers-prayer/#comment-209576 Taters Sat, 26 Apr 2008 08:50:48 +0000 http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/04/24/a-bitter-crackers-prayer/#comment-209576 Thanks Larry for posting this. Hoopster, well done, lol! Keep us in the loop on Jordan. Thanks Larry for posting this.
Hoopster, well done, lol! Keep us in the loop on Jordan.

]]> By: hit_escape http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2293/a-bitter-crackers-prayer/#comment-208454 hit_escape Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:44:01 +0000 http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/04/24/a-bitter-crackers-prayer/#comment-208454 Larry, you should stick to CIA stuff. This post is revolting. What do you think of the CIA trials going on in Italy? http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5j6H0zRWgPPnzoIB7moQ3-bZW1oAw Larry, you should stick to CIA stuff. This post is revolting. What do you think of the CIA trials going on in Italy?

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5j6H0zRWgPPnzoIB7moQ3-bZW1oAw

]]> By: TeakwoodKite http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2293/a-bitter-crackers-prayer/#comment-208440 TeakwoodKite Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:37:31 +0000 http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/04/24/a-bitter-crackers-prayer/#comment-208440 In my thoughts...keep us updated. K? In my thoughts…keep us updated. K?

]]> By: simon, too http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2293/a-bitter-crackers-prayer/#comment-208350 simon, too Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:02:01 +0000 http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/04/24/a-bitter-crackers-prayer/#comment-208350 Melissa, how did you cope with it, in terms of getting through, emotionally? I figure it's up to God, whatever happens, but I really worry more about his ability to understand, and grasp, the horrors around him. He's very young, I hope he can make some sense of the things he will see, returning, to make it better, instead of drowning like so many others. Removing the safeguards of the Geneva conventions hurt our soldiers psychologically. The psychic structure by which they make decisions, their psychological infrastructure, (civil behavior in the context of war, the rules) was removed, by a bunch of bird brained morons. Cheney's guys are too dumb to understand that abstract, but do you see what I'm saying? The GC provided a psychological support for young soldiers, telling them how to behave, giving them a sense of security, Dad, the superego, if you will, brakes on the car, creating mental and emotional structure out of the chaos of war. Without those rules, their minds are really no more than dust caught in a twister. Was that some new army battle plan, weakening your military? The use of brutality is the worst psy ops you can run on your army, my goodness, Cheney might as well be the enemy, he's so stupid, so incompetent, and inept. Rambo is not real life, and sure enough, they lost the wars. Melissa, how did you cope with it, in terms of getting through, emotionally?

I figure it’s up to God, whatever happens, but I really worry more about his ability to understand, and grasp, the horrors around him.

He’s very young, I hope he can make some sense of the things he will see, returning, to make it better, instead of drowning like so many others.

Removing the safeguards of the Geneva conventions hurt our soldiers psychologically. The psychic structure by which they make decisions, their psychological infrastructure, (civil behavior in the context of war, the rules) was removed, by a bunch of bird brained morons.

Cheney’s guys are too dumb to understand that abstract, but do you see what I’m saying?

The GC provided a psychological support for young soldiers, telling them how to behave, giving them a sense of security, Dad, the superego, if you will, brakes on the car, creating mental and emotional structure out of the chaos of war. Without those rules, their minds are really no more than dust caught in a twister. Was that some new army battle plan, weakening your military?

The use of brutality is the worst psy ops you can run on your army, my goodness, Cheney might as well be the enemy, he’s so stupid, so incompetent, and inept. Rambo is not real life, and sure enough, they lost the wars.

]]> By: simon, too http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2293/a-bitter-crackers-prayer/#comment-208224 simon, too Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:23:17 +0000 http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/04/24/a-bitter-crackers-prayer/#comment-208224 OTOH, perhaps we can now make real progress towards cleaning this mess up, out of the hands of the clueless Cheney criminals. OTOH, perhaps we can now make real progress towards cleaning this mess up, out of the hands of the clueless Cheney criminals.

]]> By: Melissa http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2293/a-bitter-crackers-prayer/#comment-208212 Melissa Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:18:03 +0000 http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/04/24/a-bitter-crackers-prayer/#comment-208212 I pray for the troops every day. My son has done two tours in Iraq and multiple missions in the middle east. Daughter in law as well. I will never forget the day my son hit the ground here at home after his first tour. Pins and needles every day for a week until he landed. It is very hard to wait with no word. God Bless our troops and bring us peace! I pray for the troops every day. My son has done two tours in Iraq and multiple missions in the middle east. Daughter in law as well.
I will never forget the day my son hit the ground here at home after his first tour. Pins and needles every day for a week until he landed. It is very hard to wait with no word.
God Bless our troops and bring us peace!

]]> By: simon, too http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2293/a-bitter-crackers-prayer/#comment-208209 simon, too Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:16:35 +0000 http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/04/24/a-bitter-crackers-prayer/#comment-208209 Nothing really changes your perspective on teh war like having a family member, a loved one in the line of fire. I think, sometimes, the decision makers in Washington have a total disconnect, and are unable to really understand what is at risk, from lives, to finance, in terms of Iraq. I don't know whether that is a function of the current day Pentagon, or a reflection of Bush and Cheney's criminality and stupidity, but, boy, I wonder what makes it real to them, the war, the utter catastrophic failure of their decisions, in terms of the future of the United States? Maybe they're just not qualified, and it's a reflection of their overall impotency as decision makers, they've pretty much lived their lives that way -- obtuse failures. I hope the new president, whether it's Clinton or McCain, can function intelligently. This is the stupidest adminstration, ever. A lot of work ahead for the US, playground time is over, now that Cheney and Bush are on their way out. Nothing really changes your perspective on teh war like having a family member, a loved one in the line of fire.

I think, sometimes, the decision makers in Washington have a total disconnect, and are unable to really understand what is at risk, from lives, to finance, in terms of Iraq.

I don’t know whether that is a function of the current day Pentagon, or a reflection of Bush and Cheney’s criminality and stupidity, but, boy, I wonder what makes it real to them, the war, the utter catastrophic failure of their decisions, in terms of the future of the United States?

Maybe they’re just not qualified, and it’s a reflection of their overall impotency as decision makers, they’ve pretty much lived their lives that way — obtuse failures.

I hope the new president, whether it’s Clinton or McCain, can function intelligently.

This is the stupidest adminstration, ever.

A lot of work ahead for the US, playground time is over, now that Cheney and Bush are on their way out.

]]> By: Melissa http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2293/a-bitter-crackers-prayer/#comment-208207 Melissa Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:15:00 +0000 http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/04/24/a-bitter-crackers-prayer/#comment-208207 Great! Just what I needed to start my day! thanks! Great! Just what I needed to start my day! thanks!

]]> By: simon, too http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2293/a-bitter-crackers-prayer/#comment-208191 simon, too Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:05:40 +0000 http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/04/24/a-bitter-crackers-prayer/#comment-208191 Out of NC, Camp Lejeune... Out of NC, Camp Lejeune…

]]> By: simon, too http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2293/a-bitter-crackers-prayer/#comment-208189 simon, too Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:04:50 +0000 http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/04/24/a-bitter-crackers-prayer/#comment-208189 Family member, a marine, just left for Rawah,Iraq. I hope he makes it home, safe and sound. Family member, a marine, just left for Rawah,Iraq.

I hope he makes it home, safe and sound.

]]> By: Talktruth http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2293/a-bitter-crackers-prayer/#comment-208159 Talktruth Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:43:54 +0000 http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/04/24/a-bitter-crackers-prayer/#comment-208159 I love it! I love it!

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