Posted on 12/09/2004 9:22:17 AM PST by Nascardude
Edited on 12/09/2004 10:05:10 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
exploited the NG troops - actually I just found out said soldier was a guest on Al Franken's Air America and is an activist - he just need professional help in formulating a question that would wow the media. The soldier was not manipulted - he had his agenda - which is his right of course.
5,910 uparmored
9,134 retrofitted
4,345 unarmored.
Well that settles it. Congressmen, Senators, Bush, Rumsfeld, and a media that at least one poster thinks isn't controlled enough by the government. Boy-o you've got all the facts don't you? I bow to your superior position. Surely, I must be wrong to not base my opinion on statements given by politicians and instead choose to read articles on a worldwide basis and views from others that don't base their entire lives on knowing what to say to stay in positions of power
I figured that was painfully clear to all.
I was wrong.
Proving once again that Pitts hates our soldiers and could care less what consequenses THEY pay for HIS actions. Neither he nor his publisher give a wet slap what quality armor the soldiers have or what questions their family want answered.
No doubt if any routine disciplinary action is taken for insubordination, Pitts has a plan to cash in on that too.
"The Humvee thing should be addressed." It's being addressed as best as it can. As I said there is only one plant doing the work of up-armoring the Hummers. We need more plants to do the work. We need more soldiers to fill those vehicles.
" It's a tough order to ask Bush to undo all the harm that was heaped on the militay in the 8 years of Clinton. It's hard to ask Bush to snap his hands and fix it all, but it is legit to say, "You could have done a better job fixing the damage Clinton created."
How much of an increase in spending for this stuff do you think the last Congress would have passed given the deliberate stalling of any and all legislature in the Senate?
As much as it stinks politics played a lot into this over the last 4 years. Trying to get fixed and upgraded what needs to be fixed and upgraded during war is akin to trying tair up a flat tire while moving down the highway at 70 m.p.h. I think the full measure of what the Clintoon Pentagon wraught on me and my fellow soldiers has only come to light since 9/11.
It will take more than the 8 years of W to fix what was done. It's always easier to tear down than it is to build up.
You know better than to think that. A comprehensive look into the problem will reveal murderous effeciency with which Clinton gutted our military...and the public will be told it's all Bush's fault. You know that.
That's an interesting tidbit. Thanks.
Kool-aid drinking Bush Bots are a bore
"There were no spare parts, barely any ammo"
I remember that all too well.
My artillery unit was "S.O.L." if we broke anything.
And when we grumbled too loudly, some regulation was invented so that we coudln't 'question the commander in sink', er.. 'commander in chief'.
Anyone who dared utter against Clinton got an Article 15 and had some rather unpleasant experiences occur to their career.
We are trying to turn this about.
I wish it'd move quicker.
I am not in a position though to guess whether or not it could move quicker.
*sigh*
Actually in an earlier post I put up...I pulled a quote from Pitts' editor PRAISING his work on the story.
No disciplinary action for this guy would seem to be forthcoming. Unfortuneately. If I'd been the Public Affairs Officer for the 278th...this guy would have been on the next plane OUT of Kuwait.
"Kool-aid drinking Bush Bots are a bore"
Yes but they are far less annoying than hateful Trolls like yourself.
Thank you for that link.
"Big difference in supporting the troops and the administration that sent them there bucko."
"Dissent is patriotic!"
Yeah junior, I've heard that before.
And considering your past posts on the subject, I highly doubt your honesty on supporting the troops.
"Yea, now the troops in the field are all part of the anti-bush plane huh? Go drink some more kool-aid fool."
Take a hike Moby.
""Dissent is patriotic!"
But undermining the troops in anyway you can is tratiorous.
Do your arms ever get tired holding up that 5th Column?
He was a guest on Air America before he shipped out - per Al Franken.
Your memory is just fine. The Clinton administration quashed the concerns because they were all busily slashing funds to the military while ordering appointees to spend what little was left on black berets, made by child laborors in Chinese sweatshops, to boost moral by making all soldiers feel as good as the SpecOps who EARNED their berets. Oh, and so foreign dignitaries wouldn't feel uncomfortable being wined and dined on aircraft carriers or partying aboard nuclear subs. Just a few years later, the USS Cole was diverted from her flotilla in order to refuel at the Port of Aden due to a shortage of fittings used for oceanic refueling.
No, your memory is fine. My memory is just fine too...though perhaps tainted with bitterness after all these years.
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