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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Tue Aug 15, 2017, 08:40 PM Aug 2017

'you're not some p***y sitting on the sidelines'

Secretary of Defense James Mattis praised a group of sailors last week by telling them they'll never regret military service because it's a sign they're 'not some p--y sitting on the sidelines.'

'Thanks for sticking with the Navy,' he said at the Naval Base Kitsap in the state of Washington, adding that the experience would change them 'for the better for the rest of your life.'

'So you'll never regret, but you will have some of the best days of your life and some of the worst days of your life in the U.S. Navy, you know what I mean?
That says – that means you're living. That means you're living.'

'That means you're not some p***y sitting on the sidelines, you know what I mean, kind of sitting there saying, "Well, I should have done something with my life",' he said.

It's unclear if any women were among the sailors in Mattis' audience, who were all crew serving on the USS Kentucky nuclear missile submarine.

The U.S. Navy has allowed females to serve on submarines since 2010. A Pentagon spokesman did not have information available about whether any women are among the sub's crew members.

Mattis referred to his audience last week as 'guys' and 'fine young men.'



Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4793458/Mattis-praises-sailors-Not-p-y-sidelines.html#ixzz4psG95F1d

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'you're not some p***y sitting on the sidelines' (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Aug 2017 OP
I hate that shit. CurtEastPoint Aug 2017 #1
Dennis Leary has a song about guys like this: tblue37 Aug 2017 #2
Poor choice of words on Mattis' part, considering... 3catwoman3 Aug 2017 #3
Birds of a feather ... left-of-center2012 Aug 2017 #4

tblue37

(65,340 posts)
2. Dennis Leary has a song about guys like this:
Tue Aug 15, 2017, 08:44 PM
Aug 2017

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3catwoman3

(23,975 posts)
3. Poor choice of words on Mattis' part, considering...
Tue Aug 15, 2017, 08:58 PM
Aug 2017

.. CinC's (Coward in Chief's) "grab 'em by the pussy" boast.



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