Betrayus- OK for me, but not for thee

Posted By Uncle Jimbo

The left has seized on a comment left here several years back by someone saying that Petraeus was nicknamed Betrayus back then by his troops in the 82nd. Of course he was, it's the simplest pun on his name and as Matt pointed out he was probably known as Cadet Betrayus at West Point. The nickname is not the problem, it's the idea that he would lie to Congress because he, like all military officers, is just a stooge.

Let's clear one thing up right away, when the troopers of the 82nd called him Betrayus they were indulging in the millenniums old pastime of soldiers bitching about their command. There is an old tip saying "if the soldiers stop bitching check their pulses, 'cuz they're dead".  As far as the difference between his own troops calling him that name and a bunch of dirty, nasty, patchouli-smelling hippies doing so, the guys in the maroon berets earned the right. And if they heard the hippies call him that you can bet your sweet ass their would be a monumental mudhole-stomping. We once had a Company Commander who we called Ferret Face or PNG for pencil-necked geek. He was more or less universally disliked, but just let some leg, or squid or zoomie or god forbid some scumbag civilian mouth off to him and a lesson in pain would ensue.

So no it doesn't absolve the disrespectful punks at MoveOn or their hordes of poo-flingers from the insult that they know they intended.

The always wicked Ms. Underestimated has been at the digital zoo watching poo flung on HBO by the always unappealing, unattractive, dirty-looking Janeane Garafalo. I actually recall a stand up she did, I think her first, she had a little notebook of jokes and she was funny, I swear. She must have lost the notebook. She is so fundamentally dense and painful that I cannot stomach her. Ms. Underestimated has taken one for the team and has some Dirty Jobs style work reporting on the moistened bint.

Then for the lighter side of the whackadoo left the Laughing Squid brings Park(ing) Day, just go laugh.

On a serious side there is an excellent look at the whole way Rules of Engagement are used and interpreted at the Captain's Journal.

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Betrayus- OK for me, but not for thee

The left has seized on a comment left here several years back by someone saying that Petraeus was nicknamed Betrayus back then by his troops in the 82nd. Of course he was, it's the simplest pun on his name and as Matt pointed out he was probably known as Cadet Betrayus at West Point. The nickname is not the problem, it's the idea that he would lie to Congress because he, like all military officers, is just a stooge.

Let's clear one thing up right away, when the troopers of the 82nd called him Betrayus they were indulging in the millenniums old pastime of soldiers bitching about their command. There is an old tip saying "if the soldiers stop bitching check their pulses, 'cuz they're dead".  As far as the difference between his own troops calling him that name and a bunch of dirty, nasty, patchouli-smelling hippies doing so, the guys in the maroon berets earned the right. And if they heard the hippies call him that you can bet your sweet ass their would be a monumental mudhole-stomping. We once had a Company Commander who we called Ferret Face or PNG for pencil-necked geek. He was more or less universally disliked, but just let some leg, or squid or zoomie or god forbid some scumbag civilian mouth off to him and a lesson in pain would ensue.

So no it doesn't absolve the disrespectful punks at MoveOn or their hordes of poo-flingers from the insult that they know they intended.

The always wicked Ms. Underestimated has been at the digital zoo watching poo flung on HBO by the always unappealing, unattractive, dirty-looking Janeane Garafalo. I actually recall a stand up she did, I think her first, she had a little notebook of jokes and she was funny, I swear. She must have lost the notebook. She is so fundamentally dense and painful that I cannot stomach her. Ms. Underestimated has taken one for the team and has some Dirty Jobs style work reporting on the moistened bint.

Then for the lighter side of the whackadoo left the Laughing Squid brings Park(ing) Day, just go laugh.

On a serious side there is an excellent look at the whole way Rules of Engagement are used and interpreted at the Captain's Journal.

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