ReconSnake
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If by some chance you have not left your bathroom today, here is the story.
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It's a training tool.
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She was being interrogated in a so called neutral environment that allowed armed fedayeen to wander the halls. She was at the very least physically assaulted - hit in the face - in the alleged neutral environment. The doctors & staff themselves may have acted professionally, but if fedayeen is in that same environment intimidating and abusing her why would she trust anyone else there?
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XM29 is the experimental tag for the OICW - which is a general name for the project. ATK is the company involved in the project.
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I don't remember saying it was a problem anyone asking about RvS here.
Now I understand where you are coming from, you must not have seen all threads that mention RVS get locked and the originator of the post directed to agr instead of getting their question answered here. That is really what I want to see changed, not the fact that they are two separate forums.
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But the simple fact that she was involved in any particular situation does not qualify her to comment on it. If I had heart surgery, does that qualify me as a doctor? Because I went to school, would I be a good teacher? Lynch was - and continues to be - just along for the ride.
One of the first things we were taught on Basic was dealing with reporters. It was made VERY clear: If anyone has to talk with the media you are ONLY allowed to discuss your own VERY specific job. And thats the way it should be done. Since when does a grunt know why the enemy does what he does? If he said anything it would be pure speculation, and would be useless to anyone other then a tabloid editor. Yes, she KNEW she was scared. But thats about all. Everything else is her own opinion and her (most likley traumatized) opinion is shaping govt policy through the media.
My beef isnt about her being racist or a coward or a hero. My problem is that people are taking her opinions like they mean something - analyzing and evaluating an obviously biased view like it was a fair representaion of the given situation.
That's not her fault, that is the media's fault. AFAIK Jessica is a civvie now & free to say what she wants.
But the simple fact that she was involved in any particular situation does not qualify her to comment on it. If I had heart surgery, does that qualify me as a doctor?No but it qualifies you to talk about what it was like going thru the surgery and how you felt.
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can think of a whole bunch of places (a lot closer to home than you may think), in which I feel less safe than I would, in the streets of Pakistan, for example.
When was the last time you were in the streets of Pakistan?
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When you are in a warzone, you treat every unknown as a potential enemy.
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Magnum get one of these instead of unplugging.
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That is a minor point and could easily be changed.
Except for the fact that theres a reason I put that in the description.
Doesn't change the fact it is easily changed.
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Utah, Idaho, and Oklahoma.
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First off, I just want everyone to tread carefully, to prevent this from degrading into a political argument.
I agree with Aussie Terry. Regardless of how scared/confused/worked up you are, making statements like this:
JESSICA LYNCH: No. I mean, who would though? I mean, if you were surrounded by a whole hospital of Iraqis, would you believe them?and this
JESSICA LYNCH: I was afraid to sleep again. I was afraid of what they might do to me or what … it was a scary thought.indicate a deeper aversion/disconnection/hatred.
Transcript here.
You're so far off base you're over in the bullpen. You seem to forget that in a crowd in Iraq, one out of ten might be fedayeen. They don't follow the rules of war and wear uniforms. They blend in with the crowd. Wouldn't be too hard to do that at a hospital either would it? Not to mention Lynch had just survived an ambush many of her friends did not. Try to put yourself in her shoes and tell me you wouldn't be scared and extremely hesitant about trusting anyone in that situation that even looked middle eastern. If any of you do, my stance is you're either a fool or a liar. Easy to sit in your home and second guess, especially when your blood has never been on the line.
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think paintball with plastic bb's instead of paintballs.
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It's also a myth. Made the rounds at tactical gamer about 10 months ago. Sorry to ###### in the wheaties
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Lots of Americans think that all Middle-Eastern people hate America and that they are all terrorists
Like who?
or feel afraid of them because they're on your flight.What about if you just sit there and plan which to take out first if they make a move?
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Yeah I've heard good things about that inspire set.
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H Hour pretty much summed it up. Calling her statements racist etc is a load of fertilizer IMO.
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That is a minor point and could easily be changed.
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T1 you and I are on a different page. If someone here wants to ask a question about rvs to the guys here he respects, as long as it is in the "other games" forum there should be no problem.
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Thanks bud.
or do I? 
Jessica Lynch seems to be a bit racist
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That was not a doctor, it was a lawyer who was at the hospital visiting his woman.
This debate is pretty much dead in the water, so I'm done here. There is nothing that those of you implying that Lynch is a racist can say or quote that comes anywhere close to substantiating your ridiculous claims.