Comments on: US military ‘should ban smoking’ http://www.easenews.net/us-military-should-ban-smoking World's best source for the Latest News Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:45:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Unknown http://www.easenews.net/us-military-should-ban-smoking/comment-page-1#comment-220 Unknown Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:54:19 +0000 http://www.easenews.net/?p=2236#comment-220 I totally agree with Shawn Synder I totally agree with Shawn Synder

]]> By: Shawn Snyder http://www.easenews.net/us-military-should-ban-smoking/comment-page-1#comment-218 Shawn Snyder Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:53:21 +0000 http://www.easenews.net/?p=2236#comment-218 Absolutely unbelievable......A person stands on the frontlines being shot at for our freedom and we want to tell them they can't smoke because its dangerous. Since when does telling citizens what they can and cannot do still fall into the "Land of the free and home of the brave"? Smoking impairs military rediness? Soldiers have been smoking since humans started fighting........long hours in trenches, stress from IED's, gunfire, and watching your closest friends die from multiple gunshot wounds or missing limbs also impair rediness. Stop fighting wars for other countries would be the best solution to the so called economic burden. I'm looking for a free country to live in........I agree with Michael McFadden, sit on the front line with the soldiers, then you have the right to complain. Sgt Snyder USMC Absolutely unbelievable……A person stands on the frontlines being shot at for our freedom and we want to tell them they can’t smoke because its dangerous. Since when does telling citizens what they can and cannot do still fall into the “Land of the free and home of the brave”? Smoking impairs military rediness? Soldiers have been smoking since humans started fighting……..long hours in trenches, stress from IED’s, gunfire, and watching your closest friends die from multiple gunshot wounds or missing limbs also impair rediness. Stop fighting wars for other countries would be the best solution to the so called economic burden.

I’m looking for a free country to live in……..I agree with Michael McFadden, sit on the front line with the soldiers, then you have the right to complain.

Sgt Snyder USMC

]]> By: Michael J. McFadden http://www.easenews.net/us-military-should-ban-smoking/comment-page-1#comment-169 Michael J. McFadden Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:15:28 +0000 http://www.easenews.net/?p=2236#comment-169 A couple of years ago a councilman in Winooski, VT wanted to boot the local veterans out of their posts and into the cold to smoke. He justified it by saying, “This seems like a good way to honor our veterans, to prolong their lives.” The Councilman probably agreed with the Lung Association’s spokesman, Joel Africk, who urged people not to send smokes to soldiers in Iraq even if those soldiers asked for them, saying “Tobacco use presents an immediate and real danger for our soldiers who are on the lines today… our troops should be sent care packages that don’t kill.” I suggest that Mssrs. Clark and Africk should spend some time with these fighting men personally, and discuss these issues of honor and danger with them as they stand in the snow outside their veterans’ halls and huddle in trenches in Fallujah. I’m sure they’d find the discussions most enlightening and the end result of the discussions would benefit all of us. And the same holds true for those who’d try to ban active duty soldiers from smoking. Sad. Michael J. McFadden, Author of “Dissecting Antismokers’ Brains” A couple of years ago a councilman in Winooski, VT wanted to boot the local veterans out of their posts and into the cold to smoke. He justified it by saying, “This seems like a good way to honor our veterans, to prolong their lives.”

The Councilman probably agreed with the Lung Association’s spokesman, Joel Africk, who urged people not to send smokes to soldiers in Iraq even if those soldiers asked for them, saying “Tobacco use presents an immediate and real danger for our soldiers who are on the lines today… our troops should be sent care packages that don’t kill.”

I suggest that Mssrs. Clark and Africk should spend some time with these fighting men personally, and discuss these issues of honor and danger with them as they stand in the snow outside their veterans’ halls and huddle in trenches in Fallujah. I’m sure they’d find the discussions most enlightening and the end result of the discussions would benefit all of us.

And the same holds true for those who’d try to ban active duty soldiers from smoking. Sad.

Michael J. McFadden,
Author of “Dissecting Antismokers’ Brains”

]]> By: Bob http://www.easenews.net/us-military-should-ban-smoking/comment-page-1#comment-153 Bob Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:34:13 +0000 http://www.easenews.net/?p=2236#comment-153 As long as the military is all volunteer, I can see it. If the draft is reinstated for all 21 year old adults, I see major problems. As long as the military is all volunteer, I can see it. If the draft is reinstated for all 21 year old adults, I see major problems.

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