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Withthelotus : LVL 12: VP 2.1: said:

Withthelotus

21 votes NegativePositive

726 days 20 hours ago...

Screw the army

Violetninja420 : LVL 15: VP 2.4: said:

Violetninja420

15 votes NegativePositive

726 days 19 hours ago...

Of course its a business, you gotta make weapons to counter-act the weapons you sold them before, so that they'll buy the new weapons.

Circle of death ftw!

Levelord : LVL 35: VP 4.3: said:

Levelord

Hidden (Show Comment) -8 votes

726 days 15 hours ago...

Good. Once the US army fucks their own troops, there will be none left to defend the home country. Then the rest of the world can move in to invade their asses.

READY_FOR_WAR : LVL 8: VP 1.7: said:

READY_FOR_WAR

12 votes NegativePositive

726 days 12 hours ago...

sorry dumbfuck^^^^

but with over 80 million registered gun owners (not to mention all the illegal gun owners) in America. invasion is impossible. good try but you still lose bitch!

truth-is-the-nemesis : LVL 8: VP 1.7: said:

truth-is-the-nemesis

-3 votes NegativePositive

726 days 12 hours ago...

it all sounds abit anti-semetic or mel gibson for my liking. (the fact that it was made in Israel).

Ninj4 : LVL 22: VP 3.1: said:

Ninj4

7 votes NegativePositive

726 days 12 hours ago...

^^ Actually.. 'dumbfuck' that only means citizens could defend themselves.. but that still means fuckin war within your country if it came to that. Besides they are just idiots with guns, half who don't know how to aim. You lose, bitch! Your government fucks over your honord men and women in uniform and yet you blind fucking retarted dip shits can't see the corruption of the system. You useless cunts make me sick!

darthmaximillian : LVL 33: VP 4.2: said:

darthmaximillian

42 votes NegativePositive

726 days 11 hours ago...

For those of you who think this issue is about protecting US troops, you're blissfully ignorant; remain that way, you'll sleep more soundly at night.

For those of us who actually live and work in the real world however, this situation has nothing to do with saving lives, or the Army protecting its turf.

It's about money.

Raytheon is one of the largest defense contracters in the US. If TROPHY was accepted by the military that means that the army would be paying the Israeli manufacturers and not raytheon, but thats not where it ends.

Not only would raytheon be cut out of literally billions of dollars, but so too would the politicians who rely on financial contributions from Raytheon lobbyists in washington. Not only would politicians not get money indirectly from the deal, but no contract to Raytheon would mean the loss of jobs to hundreds of blue collar workers back in their home states, and loss of jobs mean less likely votes for that politician which means he loses his access to Washington and all the money, power, and influence.

This is the Industrial Military Complex.

The Army doesn't want it because they don't want to have to muck up their operations dealing with a foreign country, even though Israel is a close ally.

The congress doesn't want it because that would mean lost jobs and lost campaign contributions.

Raytheon doesn't want it because they would lose the contract and billions of dollars.


Now do you get it? It has nothing to do with lives. The government and the military see the average fighting soldier as a number; a number that isn't worth as many dollar signs as ensuring an American company gets its contract so that everyone comes out richer in Washington and at Raytheon, but every soldier that the delay until 2011 will kill, comes out poorer, and dead...

Your government doesn't give a fuck about you, or the soldiers dieing in the Iraqi occupation.

It's time to get rid of the school-boy delusional naivete, and grow the fuck up people. People are dieing because their lives are valued as less than the value of a contract to a US corporation by the people who call the shots.

And here's a clue: voting a democrat president in 2008 won't fucking fix it.


"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, will make violent revolution inevitable."

~John F. Kennedy.

*Prophecy* : LVL 26: VP 3.5: said:

*Prophecy*

7 votes NegativePositive

726 days 10 hours ago...

yes, i suggest you guys watch the documentary "Why We Fight" it's about the military industrial complex, and why it became so important for the current American way of life..

*Guaii* : LVL 47: VP 5: said:

*Guaii*

7 votes NegativePositive

726 days 9 hours ago...

for those of you that LOVE military porn, guns and lots 'o' explosions, try this page:

www.thewartapes.com

"Straight from the front lines in IRAQ, The War Tapes is the first war movie filmed by soldiers themselves."

For all you grunt wanna-be's, it doesn't get any more real than this!

It's a war movie with U.S. Soldiers carrying a video camera in one hand and a gun in the other. I saw the film last night, here in Vancouver. I'd give it an 8/10 for action and honesty.

It's probably not showing in many Amerikan cities though... it's a bit of a downer when they criticize why they are there and the money grubbing asshole from Halliburton... and on and on.

If you get the chance... take yourselves out to this film for some "war reality" and the business behind it.

One funny scene is the drive thru at Burger King that has a widened driveway to accept hummers on their way to "work". Priceless.

KIRIFUDA : LVL 17: VP 2.6: said:

KIRIFUDA

5 votes NegativePositive

726 days 5 hours ago...

^Yup, its the military industrial complex. Of course the US army will favor the american company over the israeli company. War has basically become a business.

"A vital element in keeping the peace is our military establishment. Our arms must be mighty, ready for instant action, so that no potential aggressor may be tempted to risk his own destruction...

This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience. The total influence — economic, political, even spiritual — is felt in every city, every statehouse, every office of the federal government. We recognize the imperative need for this development. Yet we must not fail to comprehend its grave implications. Our toil, resources and livelihood are all involved; so is the very structure of our society.

In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.

We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals so that security and liberty may prosper together."

-President Eisenhower Farewell Adress

By the way, I think Hideo Kojima said the same thing in the MGS4 trailer.

shadowfox9 : LVL 19: VP 2.8: said:

shadowfox9

4 votes NegativePositive

726 days 1 hour ago...

IED's are the most popular weapon, with mortar fire in close second, then I would say car bomb.
Gotta love those military contractors trying to push more of their gear on us. They care only to get rich while claiming their protecting soldiers lives. If your worried so much about their lives how about selling your equipment for little to no profit? Make your equipment and sell it for just enough to cover your base cost? Instead of gourging yourselves on fat military contracts.

shadowfox9 : LVL 19: VP 2.8: said:

shadowfox9

2 votes NegativePositive

725 days 23 hours ago...

I bet the jerkwad who got his contract turned down, went crying to the media to get this story put out. In an attempt to get people to start complaining to government officials that soldiers "need" this equipment. Thus he gets his contract after all. Wonder if Fox News gets any kickbacks?

GERROR : LVL 11: VP 2: said:

GERROR

0 votes NegativePositive

724 days 10 hours ago...

This isn´t news, all military operations including Irak and Afganistan of the US-Military after 1989 are justifications for the military budget. No more cold war...

chinup : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

chinup

6 votes NegativePositive

724 days 10 hours ago...

Gun ownership is only as good as the owners .. & if you believe the American people will stand together .. your kidding yourself .. most Americans try as hard as they can to ignore each other .. don’t feel the government is representative of there views .. nor care what the government do, so long as they don’t notice it effecting them negatively .. basically mass selfishness & isolation ..

Guns are big business, second biggest business in the world .. first is obviously oil .. the more you produce guns the more demand there is .. the current corporate, military & government leaders are only concerned with lining there own pockets .. NOW .. any future for the people or the world is of no consequence to them ..

America is going to fall .. because Americans don’t even know how to revolt any more .. don’t know what they want the government to be .. thus cannot possibly replace the current system with a better one ..

So the only result is a spiral of destruction & societal decay .. the lefty hippy types have tried to warn you for years & years & years .. but you have ignored them & attacked them ..

You laid your bed .. now you gotta sleep in it .. I predict America will be a Russian / Chinese communism before 2010 .. that’s if Americas government doest blow Americans resources up rather than have them taken over ..

America has totally fucked up .. America was never about greed, it was supposed to be about people working together for each others common good .. & you pissed it all away ..

there is still Antarctica .. to start again I suppose .. pfft .. fuck ups .. you never clue in to what’s wrong until its far too late .. because your heads are suck so far up your own asses ..

Such a shame the American dream was a great one .. the north American landmass is a beautiful & grand raw canvas, huge resources & potential .. a place that could have been the perfect nation .. but as per usual selfishness & laziness .. fucked it up

If Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln saw what you have made of the nation they fought so hard to give you .. they would weep in shame & anger .. for giving you the power to ruin the worlds last chance & giving the human race a future free of greed & domination ..

Rob1ooo1oo : LVL 15: VP 2.4: said:

Rob1ooo1oo

3 votes NegativePositive

724 days 10 hours ago...

Whats with the subtitles on the israeli who speaks perfect English?

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