Telly Savalas
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Thu May-31-07 10:26 PM
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I'm planning on joining the Iraqi security forces. |
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Should I sign up for the 15 year training program, or should I fast-track it and do the 12 year program?
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Thu May-31-07 10:27 PM
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1. There's always the Chalabi option. Take the money and run. |
Truthiness Inspector
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Thu May-31-07 10:29 PM
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2. What would you bring to the table? |
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..asked, knowing this was a loaded question to begin with.
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Thu May-31-07 10:32 PM
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3. Which program has fewer corners to turn? |
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I hear that's the bulk of the training.
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Thu May-31-07 10:37 PM
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4. son of a friend just returned, tour 3, to train Iraqi security forces. |
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Tell him hi for me. He's the one I posted about before that doesn't believe in the occupation anymore, but doesn't want to desert "his" men, so went back for tour 3. He said he thinks he will die there this time.
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Telly Savalas
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Thu May-31-07 10:40 PM
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Edited on Thu May-31-07 10:57 PM by Telly Savalas
On edit: I'm sorry if my post was insensitive to your situation. I'd just flipped to CSPAN for a second and some guy was talking about training the Iraqi security forces. This triggered the "we've been there five fucking years, how fucking long does it take to train the goddamn security forces?" line of thought.
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Thu May-31-07 11:29 PM
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8. If I remember right, the budget for training Iraqi Security Forces hasn't |
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been added to this year's request. The program has been shut down.
The guy talking about it on CSpan must not have got the memo.
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Thu May-31-07 10:40 PM
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7. Gawd. I hate this shit. nt |
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Thu May-31-07 10:38 PM
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5. depends on the retirement benefits, signing bonuses, and the length |
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of paid vacations
and most importantly: which uniform is the cutest?
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