U.S. Military Bans Medal of Honor From On-Base Stores

[Velocirapture07]

Oh no we can't play as brown people that would just be horrible to kill a few Americans(Models textured to look American), sure we have invaded numerous countries killing thousands upon thousands of people just trying to live their lives and now we can play as the people who opposed that? That's just horrible!

I'm sorry people, I know I'm double posting here but I just can't help it. Once in a while theres a comment that is just so horrible that it actually makes me do a double take. I hope your just trolling and not serious about what you just said, because if you mean what you typed and other people think like you then god help us all.

Just so everybody knows I didn't post that. that was the romidude guy. That was a weird way to quote that but I agree with you elricik.

 

[Romidude]

Oh no we can't play as brown people that would just be horrible to kill a few Americans(Models textured to look American), sure we have invaded numerous countries killing thousands upon thousands of people just trying to live their lives and now we can play as the people who opposed that? That's just horrible!

Um, I'm pretty sure that's not what we did....but whatever. If i remember correctly there was this little event called 9/11. It's okay you may have forgotten, it seems a lot of people have.

And I'm pretty sure you have forgotten when the U.S. invaded the Middle East killing more innocent civilians than Taliban. And they were trying to HELP the civillians, which proves how pretty fucking stupid that was.

 

[Deviluk]

So our military have no problem preparing and letting soldiers get shipped out to places like Iraq and Afghanistan to fight in real war, but as soon as a SIMULATED version comes out that can very easily be boycotted by the ones who don't like it and the military feels it needs to treat our troops like children who can't handle a video-game. sounds more like babying our troops then respecting them in my opinion. I call BS on the higher ups making this ban.

What I was going to say. They sound really noble saying how they're protecting the feelings of the soldiers...you put them in fucking afghanistan in the first place!

 

[lostzombies.com]

ahhh the US army, where you can be not old enough to drink and not allowed to play adult video games...but are considered able to fight a real-life war....I don't even know where to begin on this one.

 

[SmugFrog]

So, my question here is, what the heck is an AAFES and what does it do for the soldiers?

Army Air Force Exchange Service.

It's like an all-in-one store, they usually have a separate grocery store, and then an ordinary "department" store selling electronics, housewares, hardware, furniture, uniforms, etc. Basically, a store for the military personnel assigned to that base (or any retirees or people with benefits to use the store). One benefit of using the base store (whether it is an AAFES, or NEX - Navy Exchange), is that you don't pay sales tax on most items. AAFES and the NEX try to be competitive with their pricing to match (or beat) what military personnel get in town.

 

[theultimateend]

Forgive me if I'm wrong but wouldn't it be more respectful to stop sending young brilliant men and women to die in far off lands for no better reason than "because"?

I would think this game would be far more respectful than sending my cousin to have his foot nearly blown off by an IED because of non-existant WMD's attributed to a guy who absolutely abhorred the actual reason we ended up invading a neighboring country.

:/.

Also the nearly getting my only brother killed for the above reasons is certainly not respectful.

But my judgment is desperately skewed, as to me this is a video game and thus a form of entertainment as well as a means to investigate real world meaning. Oh yeah and they keep nearly killing people in my family.

(Note: I fully support people joining the military and I realize they are signing up for a job that could get them killed. But nobody should have to die because a world leader has a grudge or his side kick wants to make a few million dollars. Our military should be to protect our nation not to exact vendettas. Once Osama escaped from Afghanistan we should have either followed him into Pakistan or come home. Everything else has been an infinitely unforgivable affront to the entire population of the military. These people should not be toyed with, they are living breathing people with dreams.)

Oh no we can't play as brown people that would just be horrible to kill a few Americans(Models textured to look American), sure we have invaded numerous countries killing thousands upon thousands of people just trying to live their lives and now we can play as the people who opposed that? That's just horrible!

Um, I'm pretty sure that's not what we did....but whatever. If i remember correctly there was this little event called 9/11. It's okay you may have forgotten, it seems a lot of people have.

I think he was mentioning Iraq, Iraqis had nothing to do with 9/11. Absolutely nothing. Unless you count being in the same general geographic location as the actual culprits.

 

[Kitteh]

I love how the military treats its soldier like middle schoolers sometimes. But on the bright side, the sgts. just made a clan so they can kick all the officer's asses.