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Bob Morecook, then Spec 5, AFVN US Army Saigon

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Did no editor with even the most cursory knowledge of Vietnam copyedit this article? This cringeworthy error is repeated throughout the article.

I know Dave is just trying to make the soldiers feel better by talking about how evil and stupid the people are that they are fighting but in reality, all he's doing is providing them with more of a reason to harden up their consciences to stay there and kill.

If your country was invaded, no matter what philosophy the occupiers' government wanted to spead (communism, capitalism, democracy, fascism, etc.), wouldn't you feel obligated to fight them, regardless of the tactics?

Hi,

I am 69 and am sooooooooo tired of the rheteric from the "official" documentaries that take the life out of how it was. It was a time of revolution all over the world. Refusal to play war, the woman's movement, the awsome courage of the black lady who refused to give up her seat to a white man, it was a raw and wonderfule time. Go Dave Rabbit.

darjade

It's alternately funny and pathetic that people are so quick to condemn the efforts of Mr. Rabbit et al before they even get started.

So it doesn't promise to be the most highbrow show in the world. So what? We live in an age in which a TV show like "Jackass" passes for humor, is turned into a movie, and then gets a sequel, for crying out loud. If that's not your cup of tea (extended pinky finger and all), then the comedic brilliance of Tom Green is also considered a box office draw. Or if you prefer to stay home, Fox's lineup of sitcoms has plenty of "humor" derived from all manner of bodily functions. The list goes on and on.

No one is under any illusions that Garrison Keillor is going to call Dave Rabbit and ask for some material. But while most of the people reading this site are content to sit comfortably in front of their computers, glibly curse the war and anything associated with it, then go back to yanking themselves into a blissful stupor over the latest tabloid shots of Jessica Simpson, Dave Rabbit is putting aside his own comfort for a while, and doing what he can, with the resources he has.

None of us can wave a magic wand and bring every last troop back home, no matter how much we would surely love to do so. But at the very least, Dave Rabbit can find a microphone, and be Dave Rabbit. A bit dated? Maybe (can't tell until the show's done). Madison Avenue mass-marketing gold? Probably not. His show won't cure the ills of the world, or even be "relevant" to everyone, but then, he never said it would. Given half a chance though, it just might allow a few troops to crack a smile, or (horrors!) even laugh a bit. That's already a lot more than most of you would apparently do for the people who fight to preserve your rights to - among other things - bitch about their very existence.

If you think Dave Rabbit is so awful, get off your keyboards, and go do something "better." Otherwise, get out of the way of the people who care enough to at least make some kind of effort for the people doing hellish work on the behalf of a bunch of ingrates - over there, and here at home.

We could paste it up and xerox it and... oh, fuck, I guess maybe a web page would be more expedient, eh..? As long as there's electricity.

OK, so no drug jokes, no "sexist" humor..? Hmm... I guess you won't be keeping track of how many ambushes of US troops were leaked by Mossad.. WAIT! STOP! NOT PC!! STOP! STOP!!!

1970. Attached to a Navy patrol squadron flying dinosaurs in the sky (P2V6F) from Udong Thailand where the USAF roared like - well, busdrivers. Radio ops among other duties (hell, we were "active resevists" replacing rotated airdales from VP28, I think) and we flew out of north Thaistick over Laos (my butt well puckered) to So. China Sea. Occassionaly, I would pick up "Rabbit" on my medium band radio, thinking it was Jack from L.A. (my home town.) What a blast to come across the Salon article and find to Rabbit's website - about as nuts as I might expect. I'me so proud of what he's doing - the SOS in Iraq. Yea! Old farts with weapons training and a lot of middle-age hostility are DANGEROUS!!! Go, Rabbit!!!

Which ones, Dave? The ones in Washington who are doing this in service to the Project for a New American Century, or the ones who don't have the money for bombers and so strap bombs to themselves instead?

"The show is for the front-line troops searching those houses, putting their lives on the line," Dave says. "We're going to slam the terrorists and those knuckleheads, the idiots with bombs strapped to them. But most of all we want the show to be tremendously funny."

You are the idiot, my friend.

Hey, Dave;

I heard bits and pieces of your show on tape during my first tour back then, and then I got 'volunteered' for a second tour in Thailand's northeast provinces, Laos and Cambodia. Lotsa fun, being in air base defense with the AF security police and then a door gunner for the 56th S.O.W.

Thanks for kicking ass back then, bro, and welcome back!

Go to Iraq with my blessings and kick some ass over there, too. Watch your back, as always, and remember that there ain't much decent cover over there. Also, intel sucks as always but they have technology now that can probably find you; you may want to consider moving frequently.

God bless, and write me anytime: belovedbold357@gmail.com

Dave H.

Sgt, U.S.A.F.

RVN 1972, 8th AF

TLC 1974-75, 56th S.O.W.

SP4, U.S. Army, 1978-80, 344th M.P. Co., 182nd Inf.Brigade