I hope the media dosen`t blow this out of proportion as they did when I was a Sgt. in the USMC during Desert Shield/Desert Storm, just to make ratings.
I remember being in a hangar working on KC-130`s(stateside), we had on a radio as the air campaign started. There were around 10 of us, we happened to have a local television reporter with a camera crew there as it started. We stopped what we were doing to listen, next thing I knew the cameras were rolling and we were on TV.She hyped up her report up so much it made me look at the news in a completely different perspective.
She used adjectives such as anxiously, nervously, cautiously, ect. in her report.(Look lady all we`re doing is listening to what was going on!) None of us at all felt the way she was describing us AT ALL. Pay attention to the reporters and what they say, you`ll see the hype also.
This could turn against us. For example if they report terrorist threats or attacks against us in the same fashion people could go into a frenzy, I believe that is why duct tape and plastic was such a hot commodity a few weeks back.
In my opinion war is not pretty, are we doing the right thing? I believe we should take whatever steps necessary to prevent terrorists and rouge nations from gaining access to any kind of weapons that will cause large amounts of casualties, most of which would be innocent civilians anywhere in the world. ( I`m getting tired of hearing "Weapons of Mass destruction")
They have been fighting over there since the beginning of time, but now thru technology the planet has become a whole lot smaller and we are effected.
I still remember back in `87 in boot camp, the Drill instructors telling us the biggest threat to our Great Nation was terrorist attack! That was 14 years before the Twin Towers came down.
I couldn`t believe it, Russia was still in power back then but terrorism ranked above them as a national threat in the eyes of our military.
I want through quite a bit of NBC (nuclear, biological, chemical) warfare training and hope it dosen`t come to that. It`s as nasty as you can imagine!
I believe it is the uncertainty, that has sparked all the protests around the world. Everyone world wide saw what happened to us, and is now complacent with the fact they believe it won`t happen again. Well guess what? It will, whether here or abroad, you`ll always have some brainwashed idiots ready to die for their beliefs. I just hope we can prevent the majority of them. Remember a terrorist has won when he strikes fear into others so as to have them change their ways.
God Bless our Beautiful Nation and all those who serve to protect us!
Semper Fi, SSgt Jim Kaske
"Once A Marine Always A Marine"
This should scare a few drunk Camels 
