Maybe many have used the ignore function...hiding the thread....I'll chime in here...RIP....and PEEP....I never followed the man's career so have no real opinion about his work....from what I've read, he sounds like the consummate professional.
Lanny, I once stated that you had the right to say and post any damn thing you want. I will also support @DaLincolnJones in his right to do the same. I suspect you might feel better if you did the same. But continue with your right even if you will not do the same for other Vets.
ridiculous post...assumptions are pretty sensationalized there...as a vet...I find Lanny quite respectful myself......notice the disrespect for his service didn't garner your attention...probably because of your penchant for political comraderie
notice you "liked" this post Marz…...Lanny being a disabled Viet Nam vet and a patriot...I found it offensive....and disrespectful to all the Viet Nam vets who were "drafted"….there were a lot of us. I was going to be drafted, my grades got me into NTC radio school early...I preferred the Navy. Lanny stood a post in country ….glad I didn't have to do that
Thank you. Never get tired of that. Let me return the favor, Thank You for your service. I slept better while guys like you were on duty.
>>> I often find your posts offensive. But in between you do some likable stuff. >>>Me too. >>>Me too. Well anymore than I did. More than enough ugly shit seen by those that serve in a lot of places.
Most guys in Vietnam and in the Army were drafted. The morning I was drafted they took about 8 of us and drafted them (almost me) into the USMC. Even the guys who were regular Army were mostly guys who were drafted and in one swoop of the pen, separated from the Army and re-upped for an additional period of time so they could get into some special training. I chose to remain a draftee with a service number that began with 'U' 'S'. Toward the end of Basic I regretted not going regular Army (4 years) because I was scared of going into combat. My test scores were pretty good, e.g. IQ - 147; Math - 154. I wound up with a lengthy school at Ft. Monmouth, N.J. (now defunct), where the Army's crypto school was. Still wound up filling sandbags, pulling guard duty, undergoing numerous rocket attacks and manning a machine gun. Did I mention that I got to burn human shit? Probably not, not the proudest moment in my military career. So, DaLincolnJones derides me although I survived the Tet Offensive, and he walked the decks of a ship, I suppose, all safe and sound. Even knowing all this about him, he could not have done better if he were in a foxhole in combat, than to have me in the foxhole with him. We would both have survived or both have perished together.
and you were in the service? must have been drafted[/QUOTE] I'd like to add that my father, who really wanted me to follow up on my orders and go to Vietnam, told me that as a father he felt obligated to offer me the option of going to Canada rather than Vietnam. I told him thanks but no thanks 'cause if I didn't go someone else would have to fill my place. So, I went and now I'm disabled but it was my choice. I just recently got back from church where I was admonished to open my heart to refugees fleeing to the United States and to others no matter how difficult. So, I'm going to apologize to you if I came down on you too hard. I lost my temper and I'm sorry for that.
Yeah, I am aware of you service record. I have seen you post about it before. I have tons of respect for your service and I do owe you an apology, as I went too far with the drafted comment.
Thank you. Apologies that are the most difficult are also the most important. I reiterate my apology to you.
I guess the main part of the post, aside from the point that I have stated as to being in poor taste, pretty much explains my feelings about this poster that you continue to stick up for. Lanny , for the past year I have watched you pile on every left wing fuster cluck, bang the gong with harsh comments and defend the same crap that I have bagged on the poster for doing. Honestly, just boggles my mind..how can a guy, that appears to have been a boy scout, go to the dark side (as to not offend, this is a disclaimer, the last sentence in intended in jest)
Naw, man, you owe me nothing..as you mostly post in threads that I do not reply too, you must not be aware that I can often be an ass.
