Monday, August 27, 2012

Combat is Now a No-Cuss Zone?

So, this is the cause of the green-on-blue attacks in A'stan? It's not infiltration and subterfuge, it's --- cussing?  

I see Sensitivity Training on the horizon! Because, according to the report linkied above,  "military officials should consider banning the use of the term (expletive) “Mother F*****” for soldiers while in uniform that is so common in U.S. Army vernacular it threatens lives in this war zone.” 

From now on, I reckon, our troops in A'stan are going to have to use their Indoor Voices and speak in Polite Company Language whilst warfighting.


I am reminded of something Col. Kurtz once said:

We train young men to drop fire on people. But their commanders won't allow them to write "fuck" on their airplanes because it's obscene!

14 comments:

Bloviating Zeppelin said...

I could write all kinds of things about this, because there are many, many thoughts whirling around in my Wheelhouse which, predominantly, are not good.

That said, keep it up Mr Obama and US military. One day you'll give a war and find yourself with an entire nation of what you wish: men with no balls and women with them.

Who will be the only strata left with testosterone? Correct! The Loser gangbangers in jails and prisons.

Keep this kind of stuff up, America.

Hey, why don't we just disband the military entirely? After all, it's just so HARSH and, well, militaristic.

BZ

Susan Katz Keating said...

Who will be the only strata left with testosterone? Correct! The Loser gangbangers in jails and prisons.

You are sooooo on point with that, BZ.

Pinkies up, lads! You're not being correct!

Soldier Boy said...

Maybe if those sensitive souls would stop planting BOMBS and shooting at us and chopping off each others heads WE WOULDNT CUSS!!

Richard said...

I am simply flabbergasted. As a Viet Nam era vet I cannot imagine a military without swearing. Same for a military that has no alcohol. I really wish we had just nuked both Baghdad and Kabul at the get go just to make our point and get it all over with. This culture only respects violent authority and now that we will become emasculated (I believe it is an impossible task to demand soldiers not to swear) we will rapidly lose what little control we currently have. I think it is time to make the hard decisions.

Anonymous said...

Take it away, JFK:

"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable."

BZ

Old Mossback said...

I can see it now:

"OK, people now that we reviewed the rules of engagement we need now to discuss the famous or infamous seven dirty words we no longer can use while in the middle of a hostile action, There has been a recent direactive from the Pentagon that you may use, but while only only fire the word, "damn" but only once and there will have to be a after action report filed explaining exactly the circumstances when that word was said, who said it, volume, who heard that word and who may have heard it and if there was any or possible blow back from the time the word "damn" was said. Are we clear?
One last thing, tonight the base movie will be Patton.

CI-Roller Dude said...

Shit!

Nanny Police said...

Soap! Water! Open your mouth son, this won't hurt at all!

Justthisguy said...

The other night, the housemate had me watch a movie about Joan of Arc. One of her proven miracles, which elevated her to official sainthood, was persuading the entire French Army to refrain from cussin' and swearin'. She did allow the Marshall of France to swear by his baton.

Justthisguy said...

P.s. One of the guys who works on this place gave me a short wooden T-ball bat. I gave it to the housemate for use as his baton, if he happens to need such when answering a knock at the door.

Susan Katz Keating said...

One of her proven miracles...was persuading the entire French Army to refrain from cussin' and swearin'.

Which explains the cow-catapult scene from MP & the Holy Grail....

WTF! said...

17 Afghans beheaded at ONE party and no one has the means to stop them. They wonder why we cuss? I would do a lot more than that if given the chance.

Justthisguy said...

Susan. I fart in your general direction.

Minicapt said...

JtG
She is "... the most foul cruel and bad-tempered rodent you ever set eyes on ... a vicious streak a mile wide, huge sharp ..."

Cheers