In other words, you DO play politics (manipulating others, which if done to accomplish a mission is called leadership).

On the other hand could it be the STEM people tend to stutter & brain lock when presented with an exceptionally stupid person? Happens to me all the time. It's a combination of "what, you really think 110% of the ELECTRONS are part a the nucleus -- wtf!?" and (being unwilling to | realizing the futilitiy of) trying to teach them.

You cannot possibly be that stupid. The whole manufactured "controversy" over Benghazi was essentially, "How come Pres. Obama didn't call it a terrorist attack BEFORE he knew for sure it was a terrorist attack?"

That's not what happens. Obviously you weren't in the military. Would soldiers be brought in to "quell rioting"? Sure, look at Katrina.

Do you think many civilians would shoot at their own soldiers? I don't.

What do you think would happen if american civilians fired on US soldiers?

Here's a hint. Go look at ogrish. Anyone who was over there (Iraq, Afghanistan) knows we didn't fuck with anyone unless they shot at us first. (I was Army, not Blackwater.)

Sure we'd probably extract to avoid a massacre. But you'd best believe if a squad member got hit the entire area will be "secured/suppressed" while we did CASEVAC.

Something you need to understand about the current slashdot crowd. (Disclaimer: I am 44 and remember the NewCountryLawyer era). Not all americans are stupid. Many slashdotters seem to be woefully ignorant. They love to:: -Quote B.Franklin's "those who give up liberty for security deserve neither" -and yet think nobody should own guns. They go on to explain how "all anyone had back then were muskets," not realizing that the military didn't exist. -Don't seem to have *read* the constitution, where it says congress should make no standing army. -Support rewriting the 2nd amendment to remove private gun ownership (see muskets)... But somehow don't realize that is exactly what has happened to the 1st amendment with the so-called free speech zones. -Support gay rights (to protect the minority!) but now that the majority is not willing to openly disagree with homosexuals, they think it's wonderful to discriminate against/witch-hunt a person for supporting the (then AND now) majority position, using his *own money* many years ago. -Think that drunk drivers should be imprisoned, but magically they should be allowed to talk & text while driving. Even though studies have shown (and any objective observer) that those who do tend to cause more accidents. And they are the ones driving 5 mph under the speed limit in the passing lane. -Don't know what USSR used to mean -Are quick to call people names (luddite, moron, etc) whenver anyone disagrees with them --- Including those who legitimately oppose GMO. Hey, a fish came from nature; so did corn; so we can splice fish DNA into a piece of corn and it's natural. You know, generally equivelant!! No, you can not see our research. Surely *someone* can make a fish fuck & reproduce with a piece of corn -- they're both natural. --- Including those who oppose vaccines (not Jenny McCarthy, but those of us who remember vaccines being used to spread disease in black communities) Anyone born in the late 60's like me -- feel free to respond. Somehow even the engineering & science oriented kids now are taught WHAT to think, instead of HOW to think. It is truly frightening.