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Wed Jun-16-04 07:07 PM
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60 Minutes II: Soldiers complaining about Stop-Loss |
KissMyAsscroft
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Wed Jun-16-04 07:09 PM
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They must hate America.:eyes:
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Wed Jun-16-04 07:10 PM
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3. They hate us for our freedom. |
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Meanwhile they are being drafter retroctively.
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TheWizardOfMudd
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Wed Jun-16-04 07:10 PM
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4. Move to France, ya Bastids! |
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Wed Jun-16-04 07:09 PM
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This is good... and... unprecedented...
Bush is really forcing amazing things
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Wed Jun-16-04 07:12 PM
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5. Isn't this program on Thursday nights? |
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Wed Jun-16-04 07:15 PM
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6. Rumsfeld MISCALULATED the number of soliders? |
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He was told exactly how many soliders would be needed--a minimum of 250,000. He knew he couldn't get that many without a draft, so he ignored them!
:headbang: rocknation
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Wed Jun-16-04 07:22 PM
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7. I remember 20 year old Guards interviewed at the start of the |
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war and they were shocked about going to war They had all signed up for college or whatever. My heart goes out to them.
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Wed Jun-16-04 08:23 PM
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8. Who will win the military vote this time around ???? |
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My guess is that Kerry will run away with it. The troops were betrayed by Bush, and I think they're starting to realize it!!!!!
Meanwhile, private contracters pulling guard duty at the airport are making 100,000 a year!!! Drivers are making even more and it's the military guys that have to guard them and take the bullets.
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Wed Jun-16-04 08:37 PM
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9. That vote is on machines. It will be made to be for Bush*. n/t |
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Wed Jun-16-04 08:39 PM
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10. I think the Pentagon scrapped E Voting |
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Wed Jun-16-04 08:45 PM
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11. Great. Why? I think you are right... I seem to remember but I don't |
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Thu Jun-17-04 12:20 PM
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13. They said it was unreliable |
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And I'm sure it came as quite a blow to the Bush admin.
Something tells me that a LOT of high level brass had to rebel against Rumsfeld in order for that to happen. You know darn well that Bush would have fixed the vote if they were voting via "internet".
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Thu Jun-17-04 12:26 PM
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15. These soldiers' families won't vote for * either. . . |
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unless they're total assholes.
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Thu Jun-17-04 01:12 AM
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12. Transcript, mp3 & video here for those who missed it |
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Thu Jun-17-04 12:25 PM
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60 Minutes took the sergeant’s complaints straight to the top, to Army Chief of Staff Gen. Pete Schoomaker.
“I’m disappointed he feels that way because I think that somebody that did 20 years in the Army ought to be able to recognize that there’s a greater good than the individual,” says Schoomaker, who issued the latest rounds of Stop Loss orders. “I wish we didn’t have a situation that required us to have this level of sacrifice, but we do.”
Stop Loss may be a good deal for the Army, but is it fair for the soldiers who were planning to get out?
“Well, these are extraordinary times. I don’t find soldiers calling it a raw deal,” says Schoomaker. “Now, I’m not saying there’s not exceptions out there, that it’s a raw deal. But this is difficult on all of us. I mean, all of us are giving up a lot to do this, but it’s important to do.”
I find it interesting that Schoomaker is quick to point out that the Sargeant is so "short sighted". The fact is that Schoomaker can resign any time he likes. He asks others to make a sacrifice. But he asks no sacrifice of himself. Another typical warhawk!!!!!
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Thu Jun-17-04 12:31 PM
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17. Does the 13th Amendment forbid Stop Loss? |
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Amendment XIII
Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
Section 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Doesn't Stop Loss = Involuntary Servitude?
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Thu Jun-17-04 12:32 PM
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A worse deal, Schoomaker says, would be to repeat the mistake of Vietnam. Units in the thick of battle were in constant turnover, with combat veterans going home one by one as soon as their enlistments expired, while inexperienced soldiers trickled in to take their place.
So what he's saying is that soldiers don't come in with a bunch of greenhorns surrounding them. They enter a group of experienced soldiers who know the terrain. The morale of soldiers remained somewhat acceptable because they all knew if they did their year, they would go home.
Troops in Iraq have no such consolation. In fact, the preference toward keeping entire units in the field will tend to keep them there for extended deployments since rotating them out means bringing in an entire unit of greehorns that do NOT know the terrain.
Don't be fooled by these BS explanations. They KNOW that rotating troops in is a better methodology since it minimizes disruptions and keeps experienced people in the field. They're advocating this methodology because it allows them to hold soldiers captive in the combat theatre for indefinite amounts of time.
Effectively, they're treating this as if it's WWII. Well, Iraq isn't WWII. It isn't so mega battle against a foe that threatened to take over the world. And THEY know it!!!!!
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Thu Jun-17-04 12:27 PM
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16. obviously those damn soldier don't support the troops |
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Every last one of their liberal asses should get a real job.
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