The Marine Corps issued an apology of sorts today for the comments of one of its own. Lt. Gen. James Mattis, a former commander of the First Marine Division was holding an impromptu discussion about the war in Afghanistan at a recent conference of defense contractors in California and remarked, "You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil ... you know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them."
In response, the commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. Michael Hagee, issued a written statement wherein he praised Lt. Gen. James Mattis' military service and said that Mattis was only discussing the "unfortunate and harsh realities of war."
Mattis added, "Actually, it's a lot of fun to fight. You know it's a hell of a hoot. I like brawling."
TKID2 is glad to see that someone in the military finally has the balls to tell it like it is. Frankly, we need more testosterone-injected moronic rants from our Lt. Generals in charge of combat operations overseas.
I searched for some quotes from some other U.S. Generals and ran across one from U.S. Grant.
"It has been my misfortune to be engaged in more battles than any other general on the other side of the Atlantic; but there was never a time during my command when I would not have chosen some settlement by reason rather than the sword."
What a bunch of pansy crap. You know what Lt. General Mattis would say about this. Probably something like, "Guns good go boom...veil-heads...kill now...hoot hoot..hoot."
Semper Stultus
