Rick Reyes's full testimony before Congress

[faronkeilbatch]

This is what i was looking for. Thank you for sharing.

[KozmoJ68]

To those of you who can only reply by name calling, and accusations. Why is it that you can only reply to this Marine's concern for not only your welfare, but that of other human beings. Is he lying? A fake? Why would he express his concerns if they weren't genuine? Is he getting paid to do this? I don't think so. Where as a person towing the status quo would most likely be receiving some sort of material payment, his only payment is to satisfy his need for justice.

[fakepeoplethatlie]

What a disgrace. What a Fake.

[DeuceMP2]

@fakepeoplethatlie yeah hes such a fake that congress hasnt yet discovered him to be lying right? You're an idiot who is obviously trolling. Go back under whatever rock you crawled out of.

[WillSmithy2567]

@fakepeoplethatlie Go fuck yourself Troll. How is he a fake. Just becasue he has a opinion different than yours does not mean hes a digrace. He fought and took bullets so your fatass here can sit at home and troll all day calling men of war fakes. I may not agree with the war but do support our troops. Im grateful for there service. So Shut the fuck Up!!!

[dharpe82]

this really makes me sick!

[waitaminute991]

what is the price of peace

[lostinspacex]

i guess the peace nobel price didnt watch this video ,

[MsSevenangel]

Thank You for being a honest Rick!

[TheWatcher4569]

Although Cpl. Rick Reyes' testimony was 5 months ago, it made a great impact on me when i learned that my youngest daughter joined the Army National Guard. Whatever her reasons for doing so, I believed that if she knew of the testimony, she would have reconsidered her decision.

[armyveteran101st]

Why? Serving in uniform is a privilege, regardless of who sits in the White House calling the shots. Your attitude is that of the typical bleeding heart who blames the military for the bad decisions made by worthless asswipes like Bush. Your daughter will become a better person and citizen for having served in uniform, as do 99% of the people who have the honor of serving in the military. Reyes has a very unfortunate way of painting U.S. troops as the bad guys, and he is wrong for doing that.

[bigbengamer]

lol these are the same people who say its the head of a business that deserves the credit for its growth. yet when the business is failing, the first thing they do is layoff the people who put their backs into something that won't fill their wallets

[armyveteran101st]

I couldn't agree more, bigbengamer!

[Acecool444]

It's the ignorant mentality of this moron "armybetaran101st" that lived off American Tax Payers that make me ashamed to be an American. Me? 82nd ABN INF 11c Jump School Honor Grad, what were you? Motor Mouth Brigade? You don't deserve to be called a veteran, your most likely some poor fool that has to find an excuse for being dumb enough to get your leg shot off in Viet Nam....FKG TARD! RICK REYES!!! Thanks For Standing Up And Being A MAN!

[armyveteran101st]

Can you explain intelligently just what's so ignorant about it? Can you use your brain for anything other than hurling unprovoked insults and making stupid assumptions? You might have served in uniform, and my appreciation for that goes out to you if you did, but you certainly don't get to question neither the legitimacy nor the value of my military service. I'll be happy to debate Rick's stand on the issues with you, once you stop behaving like an arrogant, ignorant, conceited, moronic jackass.

[Acecool444]

First off! We can't afford it, 2nd of all, you weren't there, Rick Reyes was, and I've heard many U.S. troops telling the "SAME" story! Killing is not the answer, and we don't belong there! As far as "Explaining" in an intelligent manner, WATCH THE VIDEO! IT Speaks For Itself! What you got from me was my take on how ignorant (void of any common understanding) you are. Killing/Maiming/Detaining/Hara­ssing innocents is WRONG! What? ALL TROOPS ARE GOOD AT HEART? BULLSHIT! EVIL EXISTS EVERYWHERE!

[armyveteran101st]

I agree that we can't afford it if it goes on indefinitely. And the fact that I wasn't there doesn't automatically mean that my opinion has no value. I served long enough to know what I'm talking about, and I believe Reyes is not focusing his critique on the real culprits. He seems to be focusing it on the troops, and that's the wrong position to take. I'm not saying the troops are perfect or infallible by any means, but they're trying hard to carry out the mission they've been handed.

[Acecool444]

Sorry to come down on you so hard armyvetran, but I cannot for the life of me understand why "ANY" American could devalue the life of others. Had the same thing happened here in our country, seeing my own kids or wife PLEADING! "PLEASE DON'T TAKE MY DADDY" and without "ANY" proof or evidence is in itself pure evil. The same freedoms and justice we ourselves expect should be given without prejudice. I see the U.S. military forces as Brutally "POLICING THE WORLD". Know What Your Fighting For!

[Acecool444]

"If It Goes on Indefinitely" ? With money owing into the "TRILLIONS" WITH INTEREST to COMMUNIST COUNTRY'S such as China, The War In The Middle East and the money being wasted away is money WE DON'T HAVE! The Dollar Is Shrinking! Anyone Notice? If you don't think America's Sovereignty hasn't been sold off by Corporate Money Mongering Politicians/CEO's (Long Ago) think again! Like an unpaid home mortgage, your home is owned by the bank. Now who owns America?

Again! Know what your fighting for!

[TonyPhoenixJuggalo]

u are a retard

[bigbengamer]

what makes him a retard? because he has an opinion on how the operation could go? i bet the same people who try to drown out the calls for staying the course while we responsibly carry out our exit strategy are the same people who couldn't even tell you the name of the operation without looking it up. we're there, and we have to be responsible. we can't just pull out now. and it was going to be called operation infinite justice, but it wasn't PC with islam, so it was called enduring freedom

[adnanahmad23]

wakeup.. its not u!

[Acecool444]

Wasn't Vietnam evidence enough? I see it as history repeating itself. And when you use the same tactics expecting different results, most agree, it's pretty damned stupid. Is that what America stands for? Being Stupid? Killing or being responsible for destroying another human being without provocation? Bring em all back home and Militarily Secure our own borders damn it. Illegal Mexican Drug Trade is killing and destroying "MILLIONS" of American Lives, but distracted with the Middle East.

[DeuceMP2]

I agree w/ you. However I dont think CPL Reyes means to dishonor vets I think he just wanted to point out some of the ways they went about the war wrong. While serving in Iraq and Afghanistan I saw my fellow soldiers, who I love like brothers, treating the population in an ungenerous manner and I corrected it as best as I could. However our conduct was 95%professional to all. Serving has made me a better citizen and committed to never seeing someone like Bush in power ever again.

[DeuceMP2]

I dont think that its shameful or wrong to serve your country, on the contrary, although I regret the decisions made by horribel leaders like President Cheney and Vice President Bush (yeah, I said that right) and while I disagree w/ Iraq from the very start, serving my country has made me a better person and serving in Iraq and Afghanistan has given me a new outlook on life and the way we should run the nation. I understand your sentiment but applaude your daughter. I hope shes ok.

[Fatima74]

@DeuceMP2 it's not just the neo-cons/bush/cheney... the policy under obama remains the same, nothing has changed.

[dreamingof2004]

Served with Rick he was in my platoon when we were in Afghanistan don't have a bad thing to say about him good guy and a good marine

[DeuceMP2]

thanks for your service brother, I was there 2006-2007.

[UOGSammich]

Operation Bush loves his oil!

[CDeanWatcher]

Why is he reading his testimony instead of just saying it. Did someone write it for him?

[seestickglue232]

When you go to speak in front of congress, it's a good idea to know what you're talking about, hence the reading. Some people can't just make up things as they go along because they aren't good at speaking, no fault of theirs...Congressmen do this all the time so it isn't exactly something unnatural.

[DeuceMP2]

I'm sure he was really nervous as well.

[vinnykster]

It is not the USA's job to police the world.

[1lady4freedom]

GO RICK!!!! Takes a lot of courage to do this. Don't give up keep teeling it.

[dsgI0p]

robert pussy greenwald

[DillonX]

Geat Video!

[JPZ1987]

So when will the testimonies of the other three veterans in this hearing be posted on here?

Oops, that doesn't serve your political agenda.

[jjaaee]

wow...very powerful

[TPAUSA]

The Russians Tried with a shit load of troops it didn't work.

Eventually we'll turn around and leave.

[playgrrrr]

"Eventually we'll turn around and leave.

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thats what happened in vietnam and it was a mistake.

[damerz0405]

Afgahnistan is a regional issue. We can waste all the money we want on occupation but the foundation of what Afgahnistan will become ultimately is not up to us.

[playgrrrr]

if we keep ourselves out of this then the taliban will just rule again. its not up to us, but we at least have some means of keeping them from imposing their beliefs on the population there. we can at least help, & some people think we ought to.

im undecided. but i think we have an obligation to finish what we started and not run away like we did in vietnam.

the means by which we try are a different thing and much of what the occupying forces have done, especially some US guys, was not helpful.

[PaisleyPlace]

Playgrrr: As the child of a Vietnam veteran & one with memories of Vietnam, you clearly have no idea what you are talking about. If this train stays on the same track, we will make things worse for us, for the Afghans, & for the rest of the Middle Eastern countries not to mention its citizens. Where is the honor in murdering a pregnant woman in labor trying to get through a checkpoint to get to a hospital? There is none yet she is just as dead & it was filmed. It's on YT w/others equally horrid

[playgrrrr]

its a pity that you cant read. your whole comment's gone to waste. dunno why you replied to me when you have not even read what i said.

[PaisleyPlace]

I read every word you said and it amounted to the equivalent of us keeping a permanent occupation in that country, which we cannot afford unless you want to send your trillions of dollars over there to support that country because frankly, the rest of the country is tapped out.... So, shut up and crawl back under that hole you climbed out of.

[armyveteran101st]

Yeah, but the Russians were nowhere near as militarily proficient as we are, and they had different goals and motivations. I'm getting really tired of people making this stupid comparison between us and the Russians. That does not mean I think we should stay in Afghanistan forever or even be there still, for that matter, but if people are going to opine on the subject they should do so in an informed manner, and not making stupid comparisons that are illogical and irrelevant.

[AFGHANVIEW]

you are much worst than russian and much coward than russians.

[freesoul2005]

No, I have no issue with any country. I have issues with terrorists, ur BBF

How r things in Alabama?

[freesoul2005]

oye crack ass, I never deleted any comment of mine

[CiphersSon]

partisan ism @ its best

[Squirelbutt]

I doubt 911 will happen the same way by means of skymarshals and the airport security. We use to have diplomats that kept the peace and communications. Washington likes to shoot people instead of talk. Im still convienced 911 was a theatrical illusion "propaganda" to trick americans into backing washington aggressions against countrys that had nothing to do with it for its own profit and conquest.

[ps3thug]

911 was planed from our government and was clearly controlled.

[Squirelbutt]

I believe it. Using wag the dog tactics with hollywood demolition.

[CiphersSon]

That is a valid premise but you have no proof there fore you are going to be labeled a "nut" by the media thefor buy the mobs who subscibe to it to.

yet it is still all bull shit and brave new films is to because its all one sided. so basically were fucked.

objectivity vs subjugation.

and now polarization and jaded

[Squirelbutt]

True. But the 911 NIST report defies the laws of science and many unanswered flagged evidence that they will not address. And if the FBI was really serious in investigating. Intel would also see these abnoralitys and question the true nature of what happened and come to to conclusion that it was demolition.

[sudiin]

Respect... Men like him define human freedom.

[okayillgonow]

Oops my mistake. Thanks for the clarity. :)

[freesoul2005]

Rick Reyes is fool.

Men dont cry...and when they do, they cut their balls off and wear makeup and bra

[okayillgonow]

I'm sorry I wasn't talking to you.

[rockisdeadnotquite]

You have obviously never been in the war

You ever get the feeling that the us is just repeating Vietnam in some ways?

[ipwnorcs]

it is lol

[vinnykster]

That's the NEOCONS Talkin .. FUCK ALL NEOCONS!

Rick Reyes is not a fool.. YOU ARE!

[vinnykster]

John Kerry = Chickenhawk and Flip Flopper!

[captcrais101]

Kerry is not a chicken hawk. that term means someone who cheers on war but has never taken part in one. Kerry is a vietname veteran so he is not a chicken hawk. However, he is a bought a paid for democrat. He voted for NAFTA, he voted for the Peru version of NAFTA. He voted for the Iraq war because the political wind was blowing in that direction even though he knew the war was based on lies.

[chowmein911]

and the neoliberals

[JaimeReyes]

your fucking stupid i would like to see you go to 2 wars and make it out with your head up you fucking ignorant fool

[SubmarinerAndroid]

Thank you for speaking out

I know many more would like to.

[okayillgonow]

@DivinityBleu

1. Can you prove that Rick Reyes is pro-palestinian?

2. Can you go into detail why you said that "his favored reading is just as idiotic"?

Please understand that The situation in Afghanistan is very similar to that of Vietnam, where we were fighting an invisible enemy. i.e. we knew that the Vietcong was our enemy, but we couldn't tell whether the vietnamese person in question was a civilian or Charlie.

[playgrrrr]

whats so bad about some sympathy for palestinians? after all their country was stolen from them and they are being abused and murdered without anyone who matters speaking out against it, out of fear of being called a nazi. ...

[okayillgonow]

profile?user=TheYoungTurks&vie w=videos&query=palestine

The above link will explain my feelings on the Israel issue.

BTW I wasn't saying that I oppose Palestine; I should have made that clear in the first place. Sorry for the inconvenience.

[1oct1]

Thanks Mr. Reyes.

[Mogh]

This six minutes of sanity was brought to you by a REAL American hero

[JaimeReyes]

FUCK YEAH!

[freesoul2005]

suck my holy dick

[klard]

DivinityBleu  I am guessing freesoul2005 is 13 or 14 years old. His parents bought him two computers so he can play warcraft on one while he argues with people on the other.

[TravisMay11]

Thank you Cpl Reyes for your service, and your courage to speak the truth!

[ubuibiok]

*****

[08Dariana]

This guy is a hero

[freesoul2005]

this guy is a crying baby.

I dont see any Taliban fighter crying in front of his commander.

We need real figheters to kill SOB Talibans, not girlie men

[klard]

WHy is it so important to kill those people over there?

[freesoul2005]

My friend, Talibans want to take us back to 6th century. They publicly invite Osama and his likes to their safe havens.

They should be killed, or atlest made to run all the time.

[klard]

freesoul2005: Where did you get that ridiculous cliche? Why do you care so much what century they want to live in? Why people would care so much about how people in another country want to live their lives as to go over and kill the over it is beyond me. Ironically what is destroying the USA is this disastrous war to wipe these people out.

[freesoul2005]

we should not care about other ppl, unless they want to kill us

u tell me, how woul du deal with ppl who want to give reuge to Osama?

[klard]

freesoul2005 :  How should we deal with the CIA who have been given Osama refuge and employment since he was hired to organize resistance against the Russians invading Afghanistan?

[freesoul2005]

Are you going to cry over what happened 20 years ago?

[Squirelbutt]

Osama is dead. 2. FBI doesnt not have Osama bin laden charged with the 911 atrocities so someone is lying. 3. propaganda is being used against amerca by the american media controlled by washington warhawks. And idiots like you are brainwashed into believing it. As soon as any afghans want to come to our borders and shoot at us then sure self defense kill them. But we dont go to someone elses country and kill people on the pretense someone said they threaten us.

[freesoul2005]

stupid ass-man, do u know what terrorist safe havens mean? do u know after 9/11 almost all terrorist plots originated from these safe havens in Pak/Afg ?

get ur head out of ur butt

[ipwnorcs]

did you know that binladen was a cia operative and that we trained the taliban? did you know we are destroying the world with our huge corporations? do you rly think ppl living in the middle east would give a fuck about the U.S. if we weren't doing something to them? you idiot rightwingers' self righteousness makes me sick and it is time you ppl just kill yourselves en masse

[freesoul2005]

Talibans came to this world in early 90s, thanks to Benazir Bhutto.

Before Soviet withdrawal, so many ppl were fighting in Afghanista. CIA was using ISI as a buffer agency. CIA wa not bank rolling any particulr jihadi group, but ISI was. CIA was just paying the money + arms, thanks to Regan and Saudi King

[PaisleyPlace]

IP: Most people seem to forget that the Muslim people, especially the fanatical right-wing Muslim people take their religion seriously. An eye for an eye means a whole other thing than it does here in the US. When an eye for an eye opposition occurs, they quite literally are ready to remove the eye from those who hurt them first. Bush stepped in a steaming pile of it when he attacked a sovereign nation w/o probable cause then used kangaroo ct to induce govt-sanctioned murder.

[Squirelbutt]

My most ignorant friend. do you understand propaganda and baiting countrys? 911 had more holes in all the information fed to us. To convience us that a bunch of camel jockeys that were under FBI investigation and sting operations were able to steal and precision fly aircraft bring down steel structures with kerosene fuel. Finding later the so called list was found false and the accused were still alive. The rest said it was stolen identitys the fbi conjured up. Remember WMD's? Now its Terrorist.

[freesoul2005]

u r sure the conspiracy theorist. Enjoy ur mental world

[Squirelbutt]

Well stay in fear of yours.

[kazooga1234]

who was that a responce to caz u might like to watch something i found on wimp its wimp/anthraxattacks/ and its a com so there is some evidence that not all conspiracy theories r fake some infact can be proven in time

[JaimeReyes]

that guy is my brother =)

[rdclubmalaysia]

you should be proud of him...

[WKaliberr]

yawn

[Boomer1949]

Very moving testimony.

[wheels117]

it will just happen again 10 years from now

[KrasnayaArmada]

yeah no one can do anything against the military industry

[ipwnorcs]

the military industrial complex must have food to keep going

[m1n1maltec]

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