Pentagon retaliates against GIs who spoke out on TV

[Paragon]

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/07/18/MN248299.DTL

The brigade's soldiers received word this week from the Pentagon that it was extending their stay, with a vague promise to send them home by September if the security situation allows. They've been away from home since September, and this week's announcement was the third time their mission has been extended...

"It was the end of the world," said one officer Thursday. "It went all the way up to President Bush and back down again on top of us. At least six of us here will lose our careers."

[AntiCoup2K4]

1. What a crock of bullshit...

...when the men and women supposedly defending freedom aren't allowed to exercize their own :grr:

[arcane1]

2. sigh.... they are merely venture capital for these thugs...

methinks the chimp's military vote is dwindling rapidly...

[DoveTurnedHawk]

3. Dupe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=21628&mesg_id=21628&page=

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[RedSox02]

4. OK now I've lost it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ARGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGRGRGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!

Way to support our troops Bush and Rummy! These people are getting treated like sh*t over there. THis is pure evil what the Pentagon is doing to them. Don't give me any of these "Don't critcize your superiors" B.S. I am well aware of the military codes of conduct. Without the sacrifice these people gave, Rumsfeld wouldn't have had his moment in the sun proclaiming himself the military genius of the century. I hope Rummy sleeps well at night while these troops he sent over there go through another night of diarhea in the desert looking forward to another 120 degree sweltering day with angry Iraqis throwing rocks at them while Rumsfeld denies they are in a guerilla war because that woudl make him look bad for denyind such a situation would occur. "Never have so many people been so wrong about so many things" Remember that quote? Gosh Rumsfeld pisses me off.