A few weeks ago I got done reading the autobiography American Soldier by Ret. General Tommy Franks. I highly recommend this book to everyone, especially those interesting in military functions.

The first half of the book is about his childhood, college(which he flunked out of his first time), his service in Vietnam, Germany, Korea, and a few other places.

The second half is about Operations Desert Storm, Enduring Freedom, and Iraqi Freedom(the latter two in which he was the commanding general). It's very interesting to see the differences in the military from Vietnam to now and how strategy and tactics have changed so drastically. It's amazing.

After this book you will also gain a new loathing of the media. I know I have.

Go get this book. Now.

Also, did you know "woot" is an army expression?

"Way off <something> target?"

I know SNAFU was originally.

....what?

Situation Now All Fed Up

BTW, I am quite sure woot came from root, which was what some n00b hacker shouted when they got root access to a remote host. :p

you can loathe the media all you want but your still reading propaganda... don't believe everything you read even though it may look like the facts are straight they're not.

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the liberal media just disgusts me though-- their coverage is so obviously biased towards the left when broadcast news should be right down the middle, IMO. During the RNC, only one station in my area had it. However, the DNC was on every channel.

Bah, they were both on the Daily Show, and that's all that matters.;)

um, doesn't loathing it kind of imply that I think it's all bull**** in the first place?

Page: This isn't about liberal or conservative. This is about being sensationalist and every news medium is sensationlist. TV is just the most blantant and obvious offender.

Yes, my father was a Major in the Army and he and all his men would always do that .

Unfortunately, us Utahns don't pronounce our T's very well, so when we say "Woot" is sounds like a redneck saying "What?" I don't know if it sounds like that elsewhere or not though.

I'm not quite sure what you're talking about, but I do think that I wouldn't trust the book as much as the media.


Liberal media. That's funny.
The RNC was on as many channels here as the DNC.


I agree. It's unfortunate that they have to do that to get ratings.

Then could you atleast put something in it that tells us what the thread is about, so we don't have to waste our time if we're not interested?

Seconded - I want my 20 seconds back! :p

i was just saying this general obviously made it out that the media is full of lies and such and that we shouldnt trust it... i was just saying his book is a form of media itself and isn't always exactly true... its all propaganda is what im saying no matter whose side your on theres always gonna be another story contradicting yours