tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101215822428783.post2655221777516478067..comments2024-02-24T19:42:39.876+05:30Comments on Bill the Butcher: Reagan and the Taliban: Deconstructing a Propaganda ImageBill the Butcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436195659154078021noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101215822428783.post-7419644365355785182015-07-13T21:13:43.155+05:302015-07-13T21:13:43.155+05:30Today on someone else's blog I typed "msn...Today on someone else's blog I typed "msn" instead of "man". Wouldn't want to cast the first stone, etc. Bill the Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08436195659154078021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101215822428783.post-48958795791824964542015-07-13T06:06:30.003+05:302015-07-13T06:06:30.003+05:30p.s. In my comment on the latest "movie"...p.s. In my comment on the latest "movie" I meant speed limit, not sped. Thanks for not pointing out my error. Or, maybe you just overlooked it or figured hell, old charlie can't spell worth a crap….charlie ehlenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101215822428783.post-51904881626214280082015-07-13T06:04:50.391+05:302015-07-13T06:04:50.391+05:30Bill,
Excellent work. I appreciate the links also....Bill,<br />Excellent work. I appreciate the links also. Yes, I knew the Taliban did not exist during the presidency of Ronnie Ray-gun, still in my opinion he was a total waste of space. Oh, and Bonzo was THE star of that movie.<br />Yeah, I do despise "saint" Ronnie and his pal, the same "hero" he couldn't remember a shot time later, Ollie the shit North. I have a particular dislike, I am trying very hard to stay polite with my language here, for Ollie. That turd was a Lt. Colonel in the USMC. He claimed during sworn testimony to a congressional committee that he was "just following orders" when he was running guns and drugs during Iran/Contra since his president asked him to dodge the rules set by the US congress.<br />Now, I was a US Marine, 1968-72, I still remember lectures in boot camp where we were told we were obligated to disobey unlawful orders. Being given an order to bypass a law from congress would certainly be unlawful. The allies prosecuted the Nazis for "just following orders" at Nuremberg. The UCMJ had a rule regarding that sort of excuse and that is why we got that particular lecture. Maybe the officers didn't get that lecture or maybe Ollie was in sick bay that day. I still despise that vile sack of cow pie, Ollie North. He is a shameful disgrace to the uniform and the entire Corps.<br />I am not one who likes war at all. I detest war as one who has been in combat and seen what war does to all who get caught in it. Fortunately for me, my wounds were not physical, I was not shot nor blown up. Oh, but those memories, they are like starlight my friend, they do go on forever. <br />I suppose one could excuse "saint" Ronnie and say he was in the beginnings of Alzheimer's when he hosted those folks in the photo you posted above. Dad thought he was totally nuts/worthless when he was governor of California. <br />Sorry for the extended rant Bill, but this hit a nerve with me. Some old wounds heal very, very slowly, if they ever do.charlie ehlenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101215822428783.post-62035196783012536232015-07-12T23:41:07.609+05:302015-07-12T23:41:07.609+05:30It would appear that for decades we (Americans) ha...It would appear that for decades we (Americans) have been meddling in the affairs of other countries, to our shame. Brzezinski was an evil man whose pernicious world view poisoned American actions. This does not let any of them off the hook, however. Not a one. benni https://www.blogger.com/profile/09942386013237815777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101215822428783.post-50148659037240822072015-07-12T13:05:12.547+05:302015-07-12T13:05:12.547+05:30Thanks for the correction. I'll make it in the...Thanks for the correction. I'll make it in the article.Bill the Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08436195659154078021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101215822428783.post-47446514339445773282015-07-12T12:36:43.581+05:302015-07-12T12:36:43.581+05:30Thanks, Bill. I hate liberals' Republican stra...Thanks, Bill. I hate liberals' Republican straw men they attack in order to draw attention from the crimes of their Democratic Party blood lusters like Obama, Killary and her husband, and the like. BTW, FDR was referring to Anastasio Somoza when he said he was "our son of a bitch" but the concept would have been the same if he had said it of Trujillo.Senior Dogs Abroadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15070644209769137511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101215822428783.post-7659904978569876142015-07-12T11:13:53.480+05:302015-07-12T11:13:53.480+05:30Nicely researched. I can't defend the fact tha...Nicely researched. I can't defend the fact that America has always backed the horse that served its purpose in the short term at the expense of the long term. It's just a thing my government does. We need people like you who are willing to point it out.Chuck Baudelairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16071566464851365196noreply@blogger.com