DAMN , YOU HAVE TO READ THIS MARINE'S LETTER!!

[packman]

[ffr]

1. K&R

Beat that crap back!

[Wounded Bear]

2. K & R...for truth...nt

[smirkymonkey]

3. K&R

[angstlessk]

4. Gotta kick it

[keithbvadu2]

5. 1 missile

NK missile tests chart

[robbob]

20. OMG that hair!

Looks like he’s auditioning for Dumb and Dumber III.

[NCLefty]

32. I knew they had been launching missiles. Now who will cash the check the troll's mouth wrote? :p

[Farmer-Rick]

6. Trump surrendered the Kurds to the dictator of Turkey

Tell me again how this country will never back down under coward, bone-spur Trumpy Dumpy?

[BigOleDummy]

7. Well said

Very well said.

[Perseus]

8. Brilliant! And this has to be the "QUOTE OF THE DAY"

"Happens a lot with you people. trump could fart into a microphone and you would mistake it for MLK's 'I Have a Dream' speech".

[dewsgirl]

9. K and R beautiful.

[3catwoman3]

10. "Poise and sound leadership." BAM!

Hit that nail right on the head.

And Kudos to the Marine, even tho he is not looking for it.

[BigOleDummy]

11. Kudos

And a standing ovation to this brave Marine. As a veteran myself I have and will continue to use words like this whenever I am forced into debating the "bravery and manliness" of private bonespurs. I usually get to it faster though I must admit. More along the lines of , "Hell ya! I get thanked for my service ….. when did YOU serve and where so I can thank you for yours". I always add the "where" because of a co-worker for a time tried claiming to be a ex-Marine on a Memorial day function we were working when I KNEW he had never served. I stood right next to him and informed everyone who stopped by that this guy was a liar and a fraud before they gave him money. He quit that day and I got fired the next for harassment. (He was a good salesman I must admit)

[aggiesal]

18. It's called "Stolen Valor" and it's illegal ...

Congress passed the Stolen Valor Act of 2005 & updated in 2013.
The law amends the federal criminal code to make it a crime for a person to claim they have served in the military.

[crickets]

12. Calm, eloquent, and right. K&R!

[jayfish]

13. Honest Question...

for the general DU populace and not the OP specifically. What's the logic behind posting a screen-cap of text? I see this quite a bit along with posting the same tweet 3-5x in the same OP. Why aren't these posted as block-quoted excerpts with a link to the original content? That way I can go have a look at it myself? Is this a posting from a mobile device thing? Is it a paywall/registration issue? What am I missing?

[Raster]

15. Because it's easy to post, plain and simple.

[JHB]

17. Because sometimes they don't originate with the person posting to DU...

...and the image is all they have available.

And even when it does originate with them, the image with names obscured is less privacy-impinging than providing a link, for both the poster and other persons involved.

Although, in this case, the person who obscured the names could have done a better job.

[littlemissmartypants]

24. The post isn't from Twitter. It's a screen capture of a Facebook post and reply. nt

[a la izquierda]

25. Some people don't have Facebook or Twitter. Nt

[DarleenMB]

43. Because it isn't a tweet, it's a FB post.

[lagomorph777]

14. Now we have a pussy-grabber for a "president."

Rather surprising that even a Despicable would choose that word...

[Generic Other]

16. Putin, Kim, Erdogan

Trump Moscow, Trump Pyonjang, Trump Istanbul. It really is that simple.

[calimary]

19. BOOM! BOOM-DE-BOOM-BOOM-BOOM!!!

[SaveOurDemocracy]

21. I would like to read it but can't see it. 😯 Do you have a link?

[FakeNoose]

30. You should enable jpegs viewing in your browser

If you can't view jpegs then you're probably missing most of the content that is posted on DU.(?)

[H2O Man]

22. Recommended.

Thank you for this!

[panfluteman]

23. LMAO! The Colorful Language That This Guy Used Was Priceless!

[JudyM]

39. Farting into a microphone. Priceless.

[narnian60]

42. +1

😁

[mopinko]

26. he has sooooooo screwed the pooch w the military.

[CaptYossarian]

27. A pussy wouldn't have found and ordered the execution of bin Laden.

A pussy would bend over and let Putin slam him from behind.

[Fritz Walter]

28. Gee, I wonder how he feels about last week's news

Cadet Bone Spurs commuting the courts martial for three service members who committed war crimes.

From Military News:

But critics have warned the moves could send the message that troops need not worry about following rules of engagement when fighting enemies abroad.
...
Pentagon leaders privately had expressed reservations about the moves, but Defense Secretary Mark Esper has declined comment on the rumored actions in recent days.

Last week, he said that he had a “robust” conversation with Trump about the proposed pardons and clemency and that “I do have full confidence in the military justice system and we’ll let things play out as they play out.”

I suspect this Marine understands the need for discipline, something sadly lacking in the Cadet’s upbringing.

[Grokenstein]

29. And that's the moment at which

the OP switches from "thank you for your service" to "traitor, you knew what you were signing up for!"

[ThoughtCriminal]

31. Plus the fact that Trump has pretty much let NK own him

What exactly did we get from all that chest-thumping stupidity?

[soldierant]

34. Laughed at.

[TomSlick]

33. As President Roosevelt said:

[link:|

Mind you, it's hard for a retired Army guy to say nice things about the Marines. But, when a Marine is right, s/he's right.

[CaptainTruth]

35. This is one of many things that makes me sad & mad ... how Trump & his supporters crap all over...

...our Constitution, the rule of law, & those who risked their lives defending them.

My dad & several of my uncles risked their lives fighting fascism in Europe in WWII. Now, I have to fight fucking fascism on American soil today.

[oasis]

36. Bravo!

[tirebiter]

37. Could I see the source for this letter

I'd like to pass it around. I need the source. A simple connect to the tweet would be adequate.

[greyl]

38. Why redacted and anonymous? nt

[The Wizard]

40. Bluntly speaking

Trump supporters are short peckered, punk ass jerkoffs that I would never trust in a combat situation. We had ways of dealing with assholes like this in Vietnam that I will not discuss here.

[malthaussen]

41. A polite Marine.

The umbowlderized version would be much spicier.

-- Mal