The military doesn't censor all the communications of all the deployed soldiers. It isn't like they have people reading all the mail that get sent from Iraq, especially email and the like. Nowadays with the ease of communication anyways, sensitive info can be passed much quicker, so they don't have to worry that much about people blabbing.
There were two groups involved in this battle. Delta Force and U.S. Army Rangers. Delta Force is the most elite Army unit, which generally operates on their own terms. Delta Force is separate from the rest of the Army. They are not governed by Army regulations. Delta Force operatives use their own equipment, and generally do not wear rank. About 1 out of 100 Rangers ever qualify for Delta.
In this mission Delta Force was to clear the building and capture the men, while Rangers provided security.
Special Forces is an entirely different horse altogether. Special Forces were not involved in Mogadishu at all. Special Forces level of eliteness is somewhere inbetween Rangers and Delta. The mission of Special Forces is to teach.
I am a cadet at the United State Military at West Point, NY. We are located about 50 miles directly North of NYC on the Hudson. If you don't know what USMA is it is a military college that give a top of the line education in exchange for 5 years of your service as an officer in the Army after you graduate. I am a freshman (plebe) here. We are totally military oriented. The majority of teachers are officers and our environment revolves around the military.
About 0900 EST I had just woken up from a nap and was working at my computer. A plebe from across the hall come over and told me to turn on the news; a plane had hit the WTC. I did that and saw the disaster. My roommate just got back from a class and started watching. We had not heard many details but with knew this was going to be big, especially in our area of work.
0930 I headed to my Psychology class. Before class we put the TV on and watched the news. Even the teacher was somewhat upset. While I was watching (before 0945 when class started) the bottom of the screen had a line about a fire at the Pentagon. This was all I heard until I came out of class at 1040.
I walked out in the hall and everybody is abuzz. I asked someone what was up and found out both the building have collapsed. I went back into a classroom with a TV on to set what was up. I found out that both buildings were down and a plane hit the Pentagon. Then they said a plane near Pittsburgh was hijacked. I am from around near Pittsburgh. Around this time I headed back to my room. An auditorium was open with CNN playing and many cadet's in there watching.
Back in the barracks I walked past my roommates Team Leader's room (TL is a sophmore -yuk-who is responsible for squaring away their plebe). She called me in to watch (technically its against the rule for plebes to use their computers to watch TV or listen to music until Christmas break). We realized this was big, really big. A good number of Cadets are from military families or know someone who works in the Pentagon. This was around 1110 and we heard there were several planes that hijacked and the Capitol Building was bombed (this later turned out as false).
Lunch formation was 1200. We were told that business would go on as usual. The Corps of Cadets would continue activities as normal. No classes were canceled. The skies were clear all day; no smoke or anything.
Security is much tighter. The post is open only from one road. We must carry our military ID's everywhere in every uniform. We are not permitted to order any food into post (we have a MickeyD's that delivers). The barracks are open only from one entrance. All passes and off post privliges have been suspended. The football game for this weekend is status pending. High accountability standards are being enforced.
Everyone is upset. It hits us especially hard. We are a target as the nation's youth and future of the military. We are prepared for anything. Believe me, we in the military are not all gung-ho about nuking them. We are rational people. This is a travesty against our country. We as a people cannot stand for this.
I am a cadet at the United State Military at West Point, NY. We are located about 50 miles directly North of NYC on the Hudson. If you don't know what USMA is it is a military college that give a top of the line education in exchange for 5 years of you service as an officer in the army after you graduate. I am a freshman (plebe) here. We are totally military oriented. The majority of teachers are officers and our environment revolves around the military.
About 0900 EST I had just woken up from a nap and was working at my computer. A plebe from across the hall come over and told me to turn on the news; a plane had hit the WTC. I did that and saw the disaster. My roommate just got back from a class and started watching. We had not heard many details but with knew this was going to be big, especially in our area of work.
0930 I headed to my Psychology class. Before class we put the TV on and watched the news. Even the teacher was somewhat upset. While I was watching (before 0945 when class started) the bottom of the screen had a line about a fire at the Pentagon. This was all I heard until I came out of class at 1040.
I walked out in the hall and everybody is abuzz. I asked someone what was up and found out both the building have collapsed. I went back into a classroom with a TV on to set what was up. I found out that both buildings were down and a plane hit the Pentagon. Then they said a plane near Pittsburgh was hijacked. I am from around near Pittsburgh. Around this time I headed back to my room. An auditorium was open with CNN playing and many cadet's in there watching.
Back in the barracks I walked past my roommates Team Leader's room (TL is a sophmore -yuk-who is responsible for squaring away their plebe). She called me in to watch (technically its against the rule for plebes to use their computers to watch TV or listen to music until Christmas break). We realized this was big, really big. A good number of Cadets are from military families or know someone who works in the Pentagon. This was around 1110 and we heard there were several planes that hijacked and the Capitol Building was bombed (this later turned out as false).
Lunch formation was 1200. We were told that business would go on as usual. The Corps of Cadets would continue activities as normal. No classes were canceled. The skies were clear all day; no smoke or anything.
Security is much tighter. The post is open only from one road. We must carry our military ID's everywhere in every uniform. We are not permitted to order any food into post (we have a MickeyD's that delivers). The barracks are open only from one entrance. All passes and off post privliges have been suspended. High accountability standards are being enforced.
Everyone is upset. It hits us especially hard. We are a target as the nation's youth and future of the military. We are prepared for anything. Believe me, we in the military are not all gung-ho about nuking them. We are rational people. This is a travesty against our country. We as a people cannot stand for this. Also, don't place blame on any source until we are sure who has done this.
Your webpage says you are an objectivist, a follower of Ayn Rand's philosophy. However you also say you are a Christian. A Christian Objectivist is an oxymoron.
You also say that the record companies are only in it for the money. Capitalism is one of the founding pillars of objectivism. Have you ever actually read Atlas Shrugged?
By definition the person who holds the copyright has the right to decide who and how their work may be copied. They own it. It is their right to decide what is done with it.
And lest anyone waste a free moment worrying about this dilemma, information technology bombards us so constantly with
entertainment and marketing that quiet, objective consideration of our fate often becomes impossible. This leads to a society in
which each member is increasingly concerned with the satisfaction of his or her own material appetites, and less and less
concerned with the philosophical problems and principles that underlie the successful creation and maintenance of a civil
society. The result? A downward spiral into a very uncivil state, one in which the public interest takes a distinct back seat to
public diversion.
wow.
This is the main problem with the world. It is the person who is concerned with his own material interests who benefits a civil society most. A man who acts in his own interest will do the most to further society. An objective consideration of our fate is what will tell us this. Everything productive has been done by those who work in their own interests.
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The military doesn't censor all the communications of all the deployed soldiers. It isn't like they have people reading all the mail that get sent from Iraq, especially email and the like. Nowadays with the ease of communication anyways, sensitive info can be passed much quicker, so they don't have to worry that much about people blabbing.
Aren't you already at the mercy of the producer to produce something in the first place?
There were two groups involved in this battle. Delta Force and U.S. Army Rangers. Delta Force is the most elite Army unit, which generally operates on their own terms. Delta Force is separate from the rest of the Army. They are not governed by Army regulations. Delta Force operatives use their own equipment, and generally do not wear rank. About 1 out of 100 Rangers ever qualify for Delta.
In this mission Delta Force was to clear the building and capture the men, while Rangers provided security.
Special Forces is an entirely different horse altogether. Special Forces were not involved in Mogadishu at all. Special Forces level of eliteness is somewhere inbetween Rangers and Delta. The mission of Special Forces is to teach.
I am a cadet at the United State Military at West Point, NY. We are located about 50 miles directly North of NYC on the Hudson. If you don't know what USMA is it is a military college that give a top of the line education in exchange for 5 years of your service as an officer in the Army after you graduate. I am a freshman (plebe) here. We are totally military oriented. The majority of teachers are officers and our environment revolves around the military.
About 0900 EST I had just woken up from a nap and was working at my computer. A plebe from across the hall come over and told me to turn on the news; a plane had hit the WTC. I did that and saw the disaster. My roommate just got back from a class and started watching. We had not heard many details but with knew this was going to be big, especially in our area of work.
0930 I headed to my Psychology class. Before class we put the TV on and watched the news. Even the teacher was somewhat upset. While I was watching (before 0945 when class started) the bottom of the screen had a line about a fire at the Pentagon. This was all I heard until I came out of class at 1040.
I walked out in the hall and everybody is abuzz. I asked someone what was up and found out both the building have collapsed. I went back into a classroom with a TV on to set what was up. I found out that both buildings were down and a plane hit the Pentagon. Then they said a plane near Pittsburgh was hijacked. I am from around near Pittsburgh. Around this time I headed back to my room. An auditorium was open with CNN playing and many cadet's in there watching.
Back in the barracks I walked past my roommates Team Leader's room (TL is a sophmore -yuk-who is responsible for squaring away their plebe). She called me in to watch (technically its against the rule for plebes to use their computers to watch TV or listen to music until Christmas break). We realized this was big, really big. A good number of Cadets are from military families or know someone who works in the Pentagon. This was around 1110 and we heard there were several planes that hijacked and the Capitol Building was bombed (this later turned out as false).
Lunch formation was 1200. We were told that business would go on as usual. The Corps of Cadets would continue activities as normal. No classes were canceled. The skies were clear all day; no smoke or anything.
Security is much tighter. The post is open only from one road. We must carry our military ID's everywhere in every uniform. We are not permitted to order any food into post (we have a MickeyD's that delivers). The barracks are open only from one entrance. All passes and off post privliges have been suspended. The football game for this weekend is status pending. High accountability standards are being enforced.
Everyone is upset. It hits us especially hard. We are a target as the nation's youth and future of the military. We are prepared for anything. Believe me, we in the military are not all gung-ho about nuking them. We are rational people. This is a travesty against our country. We as a people cannot stand for this.
I am a cadet at the United State Military at West Point, NY. We are located about 50 miles directly North of NYC on the Hudson. If you don't know what USMA is it is a military college that give a top of the line education in exchange for 5 years of you service as an officer in the army after you graduate. I am a freshman (plebe) here. We are totally military oriented. The majority of teachers are officers and our environment revolves around the military.
About 0900 EST I had just woken up from a nap and was working at my computer. A plebe from across the hall come over and told me to turn on the news; a plane had hit the WTC. I did that and saw the disaster. My roommate just got back from a class and started watching. We had not heard many details but with knew this was going to be big, especially in our area of work.
0930 I headed to my Psychology class. Before class we put the TV on and watched the news. Even the teacher was somewhat upset. While I was watching (before 0945 when class started) the bottom of the screen had a line about a fire at the Pentagon. This was all I heard until I came out of class at 1040.
I walked out in the hall and everybody is abuzz. I asked someone what was up and found out both the building have collapsed. I went back into a classroom with a TV on to set what was up. I found out that both buildings were down and a plane hit the Pentagon. Then they said a plane near Pittsburgh was hijacked. I am from around near Pittsburgh. Around this time I headed back to my room. An auditorium was open with CNN playing and many cadet's in there watching.
Back in the barracks I walked past my roommates Team Leader's room (TL is a sophmore -yuk-who is responsible for squaring away their plebe). She called me in to watch (technically its against the rule for plebes to use their computers to watch TV or listen to music until Christmas break). We realized this was big, really big. A good number of Cadets are from military families or know someone who works in the Pentagon. This was around 1110 and we heard there were several planes that hijacked and the Capitol Building was bombed (this later turned out as false).
Lunch formation was 1200. We were told that business would go on as usual. The Corps of Cadets would continue activities as normal. No classes were canceled. The skies were clear all day; no smoke or anything.
Security is much tighter. The post is open only from one road. We must carry our military ID's everywhere in every uniform. We are not permitted to order any food into post (we have a MickeyD's that delivers). The barracks are open only from one entrance. All passes and off post privliges have been suspended. High accountability standards are being enforced.
Everyone is upset. It hits us especially hard. We are a target as the nation's youth and future of the military. We are prepared for anything. Believe me, we in the military are not all gung-ho about nuking them. We are rational people. This is a travesty against our country. We as a people cannot stand for this. Also, don't place blame on any source until we are sure who has done this.
Your webpage says you are an objectivist, a follower of Ayn Rand's philosophy. However you also say you are a Christian. A Christian Objectivist is an oxymoron.
You also say that the record companies are only in it for the money. Capitalism is one of the founding pillars of objectivism. Have you ever actually read Atlas Shrugged?
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Internet access: paid for by my employer while I waste my time which he is also paying for
Operating system and browser for surfing:you mean people pay for that?
Posting ridiculously offtopic, redundant, conformist, or stupid posts and getting mod'ed up:Priceless
There are some things you need to know. /.
For everything else, there's
---- heg - because some things are more important than karma
Look at the word copyright:
copy + right
By definition the person who holds the copyright has the right to decide who and how their work may be copied. They own it. It is their right to decide what is done with it.