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- Janinco, on 11/02/2009, -2/+102Thank you for your service, Staff Sergeant Olaf Sean George Schmid
- Awwzm, on 11/03/2009, -1/+46Absolutely tragic. Rest in peace.
- pwarnock, on 11/03/2009, -3/+40God rest his soul.
- ModernTenshi, on 11/03/2009, -0/+25Anyone see the movie The Hurt Locker this year?
That movie is basically about what this guy did, and it's riveting. I can't imagine doing this for a living. - WoundedCow, on 11/03/2009, -2/+22The bravery of one man saves so many lives while the cowardice of another takes so many.
I hate this ***** war.
Rest in Peace brother - brickwall99, on 11/03/2009, -12/+31***** this war.
- inactive, on 11/03/2009, -1/+15It's not irony. Irony would be if he flew home and his stove exploded and killed him.
- DecoyQ, on 11/03/2009, -0/+12Can I ask why humans are still walking up to IEDs? don't we have robots or sniper rifles to shoot and explode these things from safe distances?
- mattsidesinger, on 11/03/2009, -3/+12MacGruber!!!!
- s4g4n, on 11/03/2009, -1/+9Because he died, he will be honored more than if he were still alive.
- thekronz, on 11/03/2009, -1/+9You've saved the day with your input. Now go away.
- DecoyQ, on 11/03/2009, -1/+8or Canada will have a huge influx of people moving into the country.
- Shawn4168, on 11/03/2009, -0/+7Very sad, rest in peace.
Although, I didn't see anything in the article indicating that this was his "final day in Afghanistan", where did that come from? - fxu1989, on 11/03/2009, -2/+8RIP.
Bring back the draft... you'll see how these wars end immediately. - frequentFlyer, on 11/03/2009, -2/+8My best friend's nephew died the same way. US Navy EOD. Rest in peace all of you, brothers in arms.
- shininia, on 11/03/2009, -2/+8The Taliban are gaining support BECAUSE US soldiers are in Afghanistan, the moment we move out they start losing support. The people of Afghanistan, like the rest of the world, want to govern themselves. We are causing the Taliban to gain support and the only way to end it is to leave Afghanistan.
- nowhereelse, on 11/03/2009, -0/+6I can't imagine the guts it takes to do that job over and over again and whereas I think that waging this sort of war sucks I will be eternally grateful to brave people like Olaf Schmid.
- Jikul, on 11/03/2009, -0/+6That movie was the first thing that came to my mind when I read the title. Great movie, sad, sad story.
- sgarrity, on 11/03/2009, -0/+6The article doesn't mention that it was his final day in Afghanistan - though it's horrible regardless.
- Entroper, on 11/03/2009, -3/+8OK yammibowla. Let's just take over the entire world. Then we can prevent all acts of genocide/hatred/discrimination/evil and enforce our own moral standards on every living human being.
...yeah. ***** this war. - Jovian84, on 11/03/2009, -1/+6***** all you guys i hate fox news, and i hated the invasion of iraq but the taliban MUST die, these ***** need to go. period.
- ProfessorSYM, on 11/03/2009, -0/+5They have machines that can go up and identify them but dismantling them is still largely in the hands of actual people.
- mark5hs, on 11/03/2009, -0/+5Tragic :( This man is a hero who undoubtedly saved many lives.
Rest in peace. - catalogbiz, on 11/03/2009, -0/+4More US soldiers will die in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2009 than died in 2008. Way to go you hypocrite punk Obama.
- jsffive, on 11/03/2009, -4/+8"Cowardice"?
Right. Because the enemy is just supposed to line up and get mowed down by the superior firepower of the U.S. forces... THAT'S how you win a war... for your ENEMY!
Tell us, how "brave" are the people in Langley, who operate remote controlled Predator drones? You know, the guy who takes so many lives, without risking his own? The Press talks a LOT about the people who sacrifice for this war, but they never mention the people who take human lives because their masters tell them to.
I hate this war as much as anyone I know, but I'm not going to try and ***** myself into thinking that our intentions there are honorable. We are invaders... and we are being treated as such. Sgt Schmid had to know what he was in for when he joined. Yes, he was trying to save the lives of his compatriots, but how many lives will those same comrades take, as a result of his actions?
Sure, the man who died was "serving his country", which is admirable. But he wouldn't be dead from an IED in the first place, if not for the continued failed policies of a bunch of "leaders" who won't get us out of Afghanistan, and continue contributing to the deaths of innocent people on BOTH SIDES of the conflict, merely because they don't want to be embarrassed!
I grieve for Sgt. Schmid. But it doesn't end there. I also grieve for the countless innocent people who have been killed by this worthless and useless conflict.
And this war won't end until people in the MILITARY refuse to do the mission, because it's apparent that the American people have no stomach for resistance. - URnotheonly1, on 11/03/2009, -4/+7really?
- Kaloli, on 11/03/2009, -1/+4from club-wielding alien overlords?
- DecoyQ, on 11/03/2009, -1/+4why not have the robot drive over it then? Have them bust out some 9.6v R/C cars to explode the damn things.
- jiggawatt, on 11/03/2009, -1/+4What his wife said got me choked up a little
"Oz was a phenomenal husband and loving father who was cruelly murdered during a relentless five-month tour. He was my best friend and soulmate. The pain of losing him is overwhelming. I take comfort knowing he saved countless lives with his hard work. I am so proud of him." - askantik, on 11/03/2009, -0/+3Probably inappropriate here, but I dugg you up anyway because the picture they used screams 1970s.
- iBleeedOrange, on 11/03/2009, -3/+6You sound like an *****
"He knew what he was in for when he joined up. He's a casualty of war."
Yea, he is, and I feel bad he had to die, I feel bad whenever anyone dies from war
"Would it make you feel better if I posted some useless and pointless platitudes about how brave he was? Don't we get enough of that from our political leaders? Tell Sgt. Schmid's family how brave he was. It might make a small modicum of difference, but in the end, his family STILL has to wake up tomorrow, and try to ***** themselves into thinking that he lost his life for some higher cause."
Useless and pointless? I think not, how many people did he save from going up to bombs and disarming them, SO THEY DON'T EXPLODE AND KILL PEOPLE, that's pretty ***** brave, he has more balls than me. We get that from our political leaders because it's true, he was brave, and it's a sign of respect and thanks for doing something for our country. It means a lot to show people that you care for them and their loss, it helps the healing process, so its a more than "a small modicum of difference" Where does it say that they believe in a higher cause, they could be atheists. Also what's the matter with believing what you want to believe?
"Meanwhile, George Bush... and Barack Obama, and any of the other LEGIONS of people who benefit from this war, lose NOTHING from the loss of such a brave and noble man as Sgt. Schmid.."
He was from the UK, of course they wouldn't lose anything, they didn't know him, they are in no way related to him aside from the fact that they were both once/are a leader of a country who is also in a war in the same country. Oh, now you call him brave, as a compliment yet before you shove it aside as nothing...stay classy.
"How quick are you, to get angry and upset at the person who MADE that IED, who was just trying to defend his COUNTRY, but will readily and willingly give your gutless leaders a free pass on the responsibility of this failed war?"
The person who made the IED could have been a terrorist, who wasn't defending their country when he/she attacked another country unprovoked. And who said I'm willing to give a free pass on this failed war, I don't want troops their as much as you(?) do, but I do realize that it does take time to pull thousands of troops out of a country. (even though it's not being done)
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As the very first post in this forum states: "Thank you for your service, Staff Sergeant Olaf Sean George Schmid."
Now, let's line another one up for slaughter.
You don't like that?
Why?
Because I'm SAYING IT?"
No not because you're saying it, but because it's wrong. Not every person who serves in the military dies in service. Most come home to live another life, it may not be the greatest life, but they don't get "slaughtered"
"Then what should your response be for the people who are DOING IT?"
My response it to get out of these wars, as I said before.
Please try not to be so ignorant :( - kingp43, on 11/03/2009, -2/+5YES!!! We should be the world police! Never mind our own countries problems, there's trouble in them thar hills! ( / sarcasm, as if it was needed )
end these damn wars
dummy..... - TrevorBelmont, on 11/03/2009, -1/+4If we're gonna go to war with every country where women are treated poorly, we're gonna need to get that robot army going pretty quickly. We don't have nearly enough soldiers.
Where did you get in your head that Afghanistan is part of the War on Misogyny? It's a little more than a little disingenuous to go around calling people "pro-rapist" for being of the opinion that we shouldn't be i n a war when that doesn't have ***** all to do with what the troops are doing over there. - bstew22, on 11/03/2009, -2/+5"If people were to simply NOT enlist, the government wouldn't be able to wage these wars. " - Actually it's called a draft, so yes they can.
here's a link i found pretty quickly
http://www.militaryspot.com/resources/item/militar ... - bandomac, on 11/03/2009, -2/+5Sodade,
They did nothing to the US, and AQ was a group created by the CIA for the purpose of defeating the Soviet Union in Afghanistan. We gave them guns, training, and supported the militarization of Islam in order to do our dirty work. Now, we don't like the monster we created. Go figure.
I don't believe that the Taliban are good, or that their beliefs are valid, I just think that the people of Afghanistan should be the ones to put them in their graves. - bandomac, on 11/03/2009, -3/+5Um, I would rather see an endless war comprised of volunteers, than send young men, involuntarily, to their slaughter.
- KyloOb, on 11/03/2009, -0/+2Brilliant post friend, keep it up...
- apr400, on 11/03/2009, -0/+2It was reported as such in various other sources in the UK (he was a Brit).
- PacketScan, on 11/04/2009, -0/+2His last day? come on we couldn't have given him light duty.. However I'd bet he would have raced to the scene to help anyway..
- axb156, on 11/03/2009, -1/+3You're just as much of an ***** iBleedOrange,
Your main argument is "this has to be done." Why? Jsfive, sure comes off harsh but he does have a point. Service is voluntary and there is a deep tradition of nobility and honor in killing other "wrong" people. You are trained to think a death of a soldier is a tragedy; and the death part certainly is - people that surrounded this man will feel their lives changing. What about the soldier part? These guys are trained killers, their job is to go out and KILL other human beings, so their families can suffer. Do you not realize how animalistic this is from any perspective? Do we really need to be fighting these wars or is there a better way? - dizam, on 11/03/2009, -4/+6Every service man and woman in the armed forces will probably disagree with you.
With your logic, if we got rid of the law enforcement, jails will be empty and crime will disappear... - TwwIX, on 11/03/2009, -2/+4What's Michael Dudikoff doing in Iraq?
- radink360, on 11/03/2009, -1/+3This war, like so many others are useless. All they do is get honorable and brave people killed so a handful of elitist scumbags can profit. ridiculous. I think people should just stop enlisting and any politician that proposes war other than to defend our soil, should be instantly removed from office.
- cplusplus, on 11/03/2009, -2/+4Well, its the final day for every solder who gets killed. :(
- rrwest, on 11/03/2009, -0/+1Yet the draft for the other side of this war starts when they are born and never ends until they either die or leave.
- RunLikeTheWind, on 11/03/2009, -0/+1Regardless of how these wars started, today we are fighting against men who are bombing their own countrymen, women, and children. They are deliberately targeting the innocent far more than foreign troops.
The soliders who volunteer to put themselves in harm's way to resist this true evil from spreading are heros.
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing - jsffive, on 11/03/2009, -1/+2"We get that from our political leaders because it's true, he was brave, and it's a sign of respect and thanks for doing something for our country."
How about the guys in Langley, who operate remote controlled drones from thousands of miles away? How do you wish to justify their courage?
As I said, you join up, you know the risks. It's the same risks I took when I served for ten years. And even though my family would have mourned my loss, had I died in Dessert Storm, the same empty platitudes, without viable, solid solutions would have been offered to my family.
Go ahead, keep "staying classy", if you think that's necessary. But this war won't end until the cruelty of it comes home to the people who are not affected by it. That was the point of my post. A harsh reminder to the people who tout the bravery of the "troops", while nothing really gets done to stop their senseless deaths.
Your post? Obviously an attempt to glorify a sacred cow. This idea that every soldier gives his life for some grand purpose, when the truth is, Sgt. Schmid gave HIS life so that other soldiers could continue fighting, and killing innocent people, in an IMMORAL, UNJUST, and UNWARRANTED war.
Put it on his grave stone: "He was a brave man, sent to war by cowards."
Yes, he was trying to "save lives"... but would those "saved lives" have honored that effort, by not taking any more lives? I doubt it.
And there IS two sides to this, now isn't there? Do you wish to identify any "heroes" for the other side?
You know, there were German soldiers who posthumously won awards for diving on hand grenades in World War II. Would you like to comment on THEIR "bravery"?
And I'm sorry, but YOU are wrong. Every soldier who is sent into harms way, and is killed in unjustified, unwarranted, IMMORAL war IS "slaughtered". The fact that this may offend your ignorant sensibilities is irrelevant.
We're not allowed to protest the soldiers who kill in the war. We're not allowed to protest the leaders who get us into, and keeps us in these wars. And we're not even allowed to point out the OBVIOUS immorality of killing people in wars based on false pretenses... what else is left?
You don't like my implication that Sgt. Schmid is yet another piece of cannon fodder to be discarded as soon as our leaders can do it?
Well don't bitch at me. I'M NOT SENDING THEM THERE!
And as for, "You sound like an *****."?
It takes one to know one.
And if you don't like the harshness of a war that YOU AREN'T EVEN IN... my recommendation is to man the ***** up, and grow a pair. - charlietuna, on 11/03/2009, -0/+1Oh cut it out! The methods behind this war may be questioned, but the need to curtail the growth of organizations that sponsor terrorism is real. Sure the politicos like Dick "Long Knives" Cheney and Rumsfeld went on and on about WMDs, but that does not undo the fundamental horror of suicide bombers blowing themselves up in the market.
Certainly it should not be *assumed* to be a bad thing when a soldier carries out his duties. - AtomicTheory, on 11/03/2009, -3/+4fail
- aliengoods, on 11/03/2009, -0/+1No. You're comparing apples to buckets. They have nothing to do with one another. The police force, at some level, is absolutely necessary. Are you seriously trying to tell me the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were absolutely necessary? At the very least, it's pretty common knowledge that Iraq was an enormous was of money, resources, and lives.
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