Why do local Hawaiins hate the military so much?
831455
Mark was referring to the attack on Pearl Harbour. That is a good point, maybe they are a bit paranoid about having a large military presence as it attracted the Japenese in'41'. Or it could be the attitude of people from the lower 48 if "AFwife"s atitude is an example .
673772
My husband is in the military as well. Have you ever noticed that the people protesting are the same people that would never lift a finger to serve anything but themselves? Yet they have the audacity to criticize and question those who do, they should just say thank you, or not. \nThese people wouldn't dream of serving our nation even if it were deemed a "Just Cause" They are talkers, They make me sick. Most wars aren't popular, they suck in general. Thank you for serving.
252499
It's because of ignorant a**es like yourself that we are hated so overseas.\n\nYou're next question will probably be "Why do people hate us so much?"\n\nYou f**king retard.  Why don't you wrap your American flag around your head and suffocate yourself with it so the rest of us don't have to pay for your arrogance when we travel abroad.
739127
First of all movements of the fleet are classified and secondly you decided to call me a c**t in another question.  Do you do that to all ex-servicemen? I wore my uniform with pride and did my bit where it was neccessary. I was around for the first one and I knew when I signed up what I was getting in to. Soldiering is not something that you decide to complain about if the locals get a little shooty. It's explained in the literature.\n\nOh yes, may I just add that you should not worry about your partner too much over there. We are doing better in the locals department than the Americans. We learn that the locals are allies and not enemies, whatever happens, and if you want to comment to me please feel free to do so.\n\nI'll take the violation but please don't think I am taking some sort of wild bias against the army. I'm not, just sick of those who think that impersonating a member of the armed forces will give them some sort of kudos.
34043
I am a veteran of the US Marines, with combat experience in Iraq.  The best ones to ridicule and mock the military are the ones in it.  Every person has the right to do so, and oftentimes there is cause to.  \nAsking what military folks would like to "do" to those exercising their rights is a thinly masked suggestion to commit violence against them. That violent hillbilly strain of virulent "Umericanism" is one of the reasons THE WHOLE WORLD hates the United States.\nThat attitude is all to common amongst the military members and is a disgrace.  Believe me, the military  and the government it is yoked to are both very deserving of ridicule- and is in fact a means by which it can improve itself.  Anyone who wished to stifle such dissent really should move to North Korea.\nOh, and by the way...I express my opinions concerning the current administration and the military all the time, and would just LOVE to see some Army dog, or anyone else,  try to "do" anything to me.....LOL  Just try to mess with a pissed-off Marine...!
256753
YES, my husband is army stationed on an air force base and is disgusted on a daily basis by the people he sees wearing an American uniform
794207
During WWII, the Japs knew the US military was bigger and badder then theirs. They tried to destroy the Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor to take the US Navy out of the equation to make the playing field more even. However, many of the Jap military leaders thought bombing the Pacific fleet was a bad idea. They thought of the bombing as simply awakening a sleeping giant. Turns out, they were right.
611017
Hell yeah, the Coasties are tough. I dont think they get the credit they deserve. You gotta have your shit together to board a boat full of drug runners, who usually have guns and a bad attitude, and arrest them. They also have the daunting task of making sure every dumb civilian who owns a boat doesnt kill themselvesd on it. And I'll say this too, anybody who is willing to fly a helicopter into a hurricane, then dangle below said helicopter, to rescue complete strangers, is ok in my book. These guys and girls fight a war every single day, against either people or Mother Nature, and they do it well, like the professionals they are.
229549
I'm proud to be an American, but i do not share the same views as most of my fellow country men. it is wrong for the media or any one else for that fact to blame an entire county for what a few people do. no matter what country you come from now we all started in the same place. made by the same God. most of us wish to help other countries while still some Americans want to fight and go to war. the only time i believe god would approve of was is if it were to protect the innocent. fighting to conquer or revenge is just plain wrong. God didnt put us here to kill each other.
450894
No, we are hated because we always have our noses in everyone else's business! We're kind of like the big bullies of the world, because we have the people and firepower to beat just about everybody, so they enforce their will whenever and whereever they want, even if the cause isn't a honest one. We're quick to "spread democracy" when you have citizens being treated like trash here! How can you fight a war to free people when people here couldn't pee in the same room? We're bullies, thats why they hate us!
260183
I dont know why they do those things.....seems like people will try to rationlize actions in some insane ways... tribal warfare is nuts......thank God I live in the US.. we have our problems ...poverty...crime..democrats..it is still the best place to live.......peace
1109388
WOW,  one in about 10,000.  Sounds like it's anarchy in the streets as the entire military opposes the war.  And a 1st LT at that.  That's not even a real officer - the coward.\n\nHey I noticed you took down that phony pic from your avatar of the Purple Heart license plate you were pretending to have.  Good move.  Conscience get to you or was that advice from your "lawyer"?  That was one of the most despicable acts I've ever seen a non military person do if you ask me.\n\nAnd since you apparently don't have a valid email according to yahoo - I thought you deserved an answer I will answer your last email to me here.  Just so we all understand, I'll include a copy of your note.\n\nFrom: cantcu \n\nSubject: Military.. \n\nMessage: I was in the military for 8 years active! Wanna see my DD214?\n\nYour remarks are libelous and if I were you, you better be damn careful where you tread because you are full of BS.\n\nKets compare our discharges. If you have one!! \n\n\nMY RESPONSE\n\nLet's see that 214.  Scan it & email it to me.  BTW, what did they suggest  you do with it at discharge?  What was that MOS again? What is "pinger" to a GI?  \n\nI notice it  took a month to answer one of half a dozen questions I asked you.  I suppose you had to Google it?\n\nSo sue me jack*ss.  I can't wait till your attorney says you have no actionable damages.  Let me put it into terms even you might understand. \n\nAs you're sniveling in her office, your attorney asks "Now, now little cantcu, what's the problem?  You wipe your tears and reply, "This guy is saying I was never in the military.  It's making me look like a real poser on a Q&A forum where nobody knows who I am".  And then she says, "Hum, cantcu you've got a real problem.  Since knowbody knows who you are, that's going to be a tough one."  \n\nSince you don't have a real job, as you hear it, you breakdown and start crying again because you were  expecting a really big pay day.  \n\nBlubbering through your tears, you ask very eloquently, "Huh?"  She relies "Yeah, sorry dumb *ss, its going to be hard to prove how you were liabled under an annonymous screen name." And you very eloquently ask once again but this time louder,   "HUUUUUUHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"  \n\nShe's says, "Hit the road.  Besides, you are a f*cking POSER."  "Somebody get this poser out of here", she yells in revultion.\n\nNo charge for the legal advice, POSER.\n\nHold on, let me check that email account & pull up that 214.  Is it there yet? Nope, didn't think so.\n\nAs for my service, US Air force AFSC 303X3. My squadron was responsible for more kills during Vietnam (it was a war right?) than any other military MOS or SC.  Have an extra pair of clean pink panties with you sometime and we can talk about it.\n\nHmm, maybe that's why I find your POSING so reprehensible.
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There's a high population of people from liberal cities or states in the service right now. The servicemen and women themselves may be conservative or may be liberal but their home voting precincts are largely liberal. This is because a disproportionate percentage of servicemen and women come from inner cities and very very rural areas, which historically tend to vote more with the liberals. These areas are, by coincidence, poorer than the suburbs and rural areas (not the very very rural areas), and it is much easier for recruiters to find recruits in these areas. Think about it... if you had any other way to put a down payment on a house, pay for college, etc, you would be very unlikely to join the military, given what is going on in Iraq these days. Everyone who enlists (even in the reserves) is going to get deployed... and it's no longer an "easy" way to earn tuition money for a middle class kid. And a $20,000 enlistment bonus does not sound like enough to risk getting shot over, if you come from a middle-class home, but for an inner city family, that is a whole lot of money.\n\nSadly, it has become a war created by the rich and fought by the poor. Very classist, very ugly.  Rich people's kids are not going to Iraq but poor people's kids sure are.
1125454
I was one of those who mocked my compatriots.  As a Submariner, I was a "bubble head", the surface Navy were targets, or Pukes.  Marines, "Jarheads"....the list goes on.  In part it is just the banter and good nautured ribbing of other branches, to make yourself or your branch better.  I suppose there are those who really dislike other branches, but I never met one.  I don't think in eight years I saw anyone say one of those names in anger.
1187528
They hate it.  Next time you see me and a Marine in a restaurant, pay for my meal instead.   :)
513781
You are an American and should be proud of that.  Those who hate Americans (like some of the mensa candidates who answered here) want to tear you down because when you are strong they can't bully you.  There is absolutely nothing wrong with anything that you said.\n\nTo those who say you don't serve your country because you aren't in active duty truly don't understand the sacrifices that military spouses make and they are the ones being arrogant.  Without the support of the spouses at home those in the military couldn't do their jobs.  They want all the credit themselves without sharing that with all the others that helped them get where they are.
99438
may be they feel like the military is just like the federal government. Corrupt!!