Interesting post.

No feelings hurt...I am a Marine and I have been thrashed so hard you'd be tempted to call your Congressmen.

The reason I responded was to offer you (or someone else reading) some help on why civility and personally aimed barbs (such as yours) are not compatible. 

In the early 1970s, amid a lot of racism problems in the military...there was a black Air Force General who was part of a joint task force on the subject of race relations in the military.

He commented on the surprisingly low percentage of racial problems in the Marine Corps.  He said "the Marine Corps doesn't have any race problems, because they treat everyone like they're black". 

Thrash away, but it's not good for the soul.