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You were asking for that one.

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I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish he didn't trust me so much. - Mother Theresa

It was around the time. No, I wasn't afraid of being captured, I remained in the company of US soldiers alomost the entire time,and only went off base(the training site,when they were screaming for help from a bomb or a shooting. I am also a Former Marine with plenty of experience to help should a sticky situation arise,plus we were armed .But my wife wasterrified. Made me email her or call at least 4 times a day,no matter what the time was.

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We do what we must because we can,for the good of all of us....except the ones that are dead.

Hmm the debate of Money vs. the need to help. It was a little bit of both. Initially I signed on to BE a firefighter on a base somewhere(the money aspect) but the opportunity came around for the training job,which I jumped on(the need to help aspect).

I was able to take a trade that I have devoted my life to and train others,who see more action in a week than most FF's do in a year,or a career and help the to learn the proper way to help those who are in a battle for their lives everyday. Also this was a once in a lifetime deal for me,and since I would be making around $17K a month, I chose to go.

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We do what we must because we can,for the good of all of us....except the ones that are dead.

Hey, does that mean you're partially naive or are you exempt since you actually experienced it?



Cool beans. Sounds like you got a lot out of it.

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I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish he didn't trust me so much. - Mother Theresa

Yeah..Almost as much as the IRS!! Since I was over there less than a year,I got the tax man poking around in tender places wanting his cut.

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We do what we must because we can,for the good of all of us....except the ones that are dead.

Ouch. Should've claimed the snakes as kids and gotten deductions!

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I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish he didn't trust me so much. - Mother Theresa

I already have 4 deductions!!!! thats enough

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We do what we must because we can,for the good of all of us....except the ones that are dead.

Your wife is a saint.

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I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish he didn't trust me so much. - Mother Theresa

My wife is one of my deductions.

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We do what we must because we can,for the good of all of us....except the ones that are dead.

Still a saint..she puts up with you right?

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I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish he didn't trust me so much. - Mother Theresa

For 12 years....That and I'm sometimes gone for days(or months) at a time....that always helps

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We do what we must because we can,for the good of all of us....except the ones that are dead.

Lucky her!

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I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish he didn't trust me so much. - Mother Theresa

Yes, since working outside of the US can be tax free income there is a significant incentive. We have several groups in the area that provide contractor services from RTI to Blackwater .....

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With friends like Guido, you will not have enemies for long.

“Intellect is invisible to the man who has none”
Arthur Schopenhauer

"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits."
Albert Einstein

I agree the Sunni Triangle is where the problem occurs, and since the Sunnis got better treatment from Saddam that makes sense. They aren't happy we took him out because now they really are a minority.

But the point was things aren't always the way they seem in the news. How about we see a couple bombings in the Sunni Triangle, and then we go outside where things are going better and see a good story. That would be balanced coverage. Instead the coverage gives the impression the whole country is like the Sunni Triangle, and as some of know, that is not the case. If the news wants to tell us when it goes bad, that's fine. But they should be willing to tell us when it goes right too. It's hard to make a sound decision on something when you only hear one side of the story. But then if that is the agenda of the media it all makes sense.

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I don't know what your problem is but I bet its hard to pronounce.

regarding the original topic this thread started as...."

castro, zarqawi, and george bush can all lick my butt as far as im concerned.

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lately i been thinkin' aunt betty stopped her blinkin'....soon she'll be a stinkin'..........my deceased mother in law speaking of her aunt who had died.