15 Minutes of Shame
A few decades ago, so-called modern "artist" Andy Warhol floated the notion that everybody will enjoy 15 minutes of fame in his or her lifetime. And even though 99% of what Warhol did was absolute shit, he does deserve credit for the 15 minutes theory.
But in the case of the 15 Limey marines who allowed themselves to be captured by the Iranians, used for propaganda purposes, and who are now seeking to cash in on their ordeal, it's more like 15 minutes of SHAME. These people degraded themselves, degraded their country, and emboldened the Islamists around the world by making the West look like a bunch of gutless pussies. Perhaps these 15 are (sadly) an accurate portrayal of the wimpy whiners that now permeate Western society. Nevertheless, people in the military are supposed to be tougher than the average Joe (and not surrender at the drop of a fucking hat).
The British seamen (semen?) and one woman are now whining to everyone within earshot that they were outnumbered and outgunned, and there was no way they could have won in a firefight with the Iranians. Give me a fucking break. It is indeed sad and ironic that this incident coincided with the release of the movie "300," in which the entire Persian army is held off by a mere 300 Spartans. Whatever happened to "fight to the death?" Whatever happened to Winston Churchill's words: "Never give up. Never, never, never give up?" I guess they've been replaced by "Well, Oprah (sob), there were just too many of them (sob), and we didn't join the service to actually do anything (sob). Can I borrow a sanitary napkin? (sob)."
I just caught the latest video of the little boys playing chess. I wouldn't be surprised if we next saw them dressed up as schoolboys playing jump rope and hopscotch. Now this sissymary says he cried when he saw Faye after so many days apart from her and that he wanted a "mum" hug from her. Sweet Christ, where are the real men??? I can see wanting to give this chick a big hug (what with those big boobs and all), but to cry and act like a little baby, calling her "big sister" and "mum" is just a fucking disgrace, plain and simple. Again, you may say that they had little choice in making those videos, to which I say they should never have allowed themselves to be captured in the first place.
I know a lot of people love to brag about shit they will never do, and there are many assholes who are saying what they would have done in this case. So let me state for the record that I understand that there are times in life where quitting (or backing down) IS the best option:
1) If I were challenged to a fight by a UFC champion, I would politely decline. There would be no way I could win, nor could I possibly inflict sufficient damage to my opponent before getting the shit kicked out of me. Same goes for a game of rugby against a group of rough-and-tumble Aussies. The best I could hope for is only a few teeth knocked out, and there'd be nothing in it for me.
2) If I were in a shitty part of town, and some homey stuck a gun in my face and told me to hand over my watch, I would do it in a heartbeat. Of course, if I were armed, I would shoot the fucker in the head the moment he put his gun away, but I wouldn't likely have the opportunity.
3) If I were challenged by Sean Penn to see which of us was retarded, I wouldn't even try. Penn has a lock on that role, and I couldn't even begin to fake it.
On the other hand, if I were an armed British sailor sworn to protect the security (and honor) of Great Britain, and I was on patrol in Iraqi waters (at the behest of the Iraqi government) and some Iranian gun ships illegally entered Iraqi territory and started ramming the boat I was in, I wouldn't hesitate to shoot as many of those fuckers as I possibly could. I certainly wouldn't allow myself to be captured and made to look like a total douchebag wolfing down food and falsely stating that my crew had "trespassed" into Iranian waters on worldwide television. I would take out as many of those Iranians as I could (or die trying). If there was no way I could have shot any of them, I would have eaten a bullet from my own gun. I would sure as hell not come out whining about why I was such a pussy (or sell my story to the media).
And as pointed out by Tiberius, there's an online forum at which many British vets (and wannabes) are bitching and moaning about how this is the YANKS' fault. I went there to see what they were saying about us, and all I got was a bunch of poorly-written, misspelled drivel. And yes, I understand that words like "fuck" have to be deliberately spelled as "fcuk," but that's only a portion of the retarded grammar and spelling at that site. I learned long ago that the Limeys are just as stupid as the average American when it comes to things like spelling and writing ability. I was disappointed, but no more than when I learned that the average Jap doesn't work a bit harder than the average American (they're just better at making themselves look busy).
I won't go into a long rant about the shit I saw at that website. Most of it was hatred towards the U.S. I didn't see anything negative about the fucking Iranians. And there was a shitload of boasting about how "tough" the Limey marines were at the Chosin Reservoir during the KOREAN WAR. Give me a fucking break. Citing something that happened more than 50 years ago only serves to UNDERSCORE what pussies the British have become TODAY. It's like the typical schoolyard pussy talking about how tough his granddaddy was. Nobody cares. It's what the UK has BECOME that everybody's concerned about. Great Britain has been taken over by pussies, radical Islamists, and hard-core anti-Western leftists. The country is finished. It doesn't matter that Britain USED to be the greatest (and the most benevolent) empire in the world. Pointing this out only makes it worse.
What a fucking joke.
The part of me that has always been proud that Australia was descended from the once great British heritage died after reading that interview....
© by Michael Cooper 2007