Posted on 11/30/2007 7:54:15 PM PST by RDTF
It is not a hit piece. The Soldiers were escorting a casualty from Fort Lewis, Wa. It is big news here.
On mid-tour leave from Iraq in my desert uniform, I was stopped and searched in each airport I entered. Got to be a real drag. Despite my uniform, orders, rank and ID card, I guess I fit whatever profile they were looking to search.
Really frustrating...
Regards,
BAGHDAD (AP) — November was on course to be the least deadly for American troops in Iraq since March 2006, with the U.S. military reporting its 35th death of the month Thursday.
Actually, the page you linked to reports 3 deaths in November, but AP reports 35. That's a big disconnect between the two.
The TSA should be relegated to the trash heap. I'm surprised that the soldiers didn't give the TSA monkey a single-finger salute!
You're working your thankless job that comes with a book an inch thick on procedure. You are tested every few months to make sure you follow that book to the letter. You see other people make exceptions to the rule and get fired or written up (which hurts any chance you may have for promotion).
Now here comes an official-looking group. You know that you and your fellow employees are randomly tested to make sure you follow the book. If you don't, you're fired and your face is plastered all over the news.
What do you do? If you let them through, you're fired. If you stop them and make them remove their dress jackets, the media screams "off with his head!!"
Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
As far as TSA patting down old ladies: Did you know that they're trained that the Enemy is planning on using women with false-pregnant bellies and old ladies to get past security? (Which they probably are.) If I were TSA I'd ignore any official who tries to bypass security because the Enemy can get a hold of false documents and smuggle all sorts of nasties on board and aircraft. Think about it for just a second. Contrary to what we'd like to believe, most of these terrorists aren't stupid people. (Remember the doctors in the UK?) TSA screeners are in an impossible position. They're working for a thankless bureaucracy that doesn't know the meaning of "exceptions to the rule" and they have to be constantly wary of an enemy who's sole purpose in life is to get past them.
Do they do a lousy job? I don't know. How many planes have been blown up or flown into buildings in the last few years? Do you really care if they're nice about doing their jobs or do you care more that they get you to your destination in one piece?
BTW, my husband is a soldier. He's all *about* following the rules. I'll check with him tomorrow, but I'm sure he'd agree with me.
Ken said that?! And he’s big time liberal...
I work near Ft Lewis and Mchord. I see folks like you all the time. God Bless you, and your fellow soldiers in the armed forces.
>> this reporter was amazing! Really glad to see it.
Me too!
Isn’t this a rehash?
Seems I remember this happening months or a year ago.
Turned out the ‘story’ was mostly hype.
After seven years, Bush deserves some credit.
Thank you. There was another incident similar to this. I just wouldn’t want freepers to be suckered in, due to the nature of the MSM beast.
And... Really.... Thank you sir, for putting your life on the line so we can live in a country where we can find the truth, and right the wrongs.
It would be nice if this flared up like Lights on a Christmas Tree and put the TSA on notice.
QUIT STRIP SEARCHING 2 year olds, Nuns, and American Soldiers!
I agree.
It is not the people doing the searches that are the problem.
It is the PC RULES we are playing a LIFE AND DEATH game with.
It is not right.
It needs to be fixed.
Reward TSA screeners for actually culling out and disarming actual terrorists.
Well said.
Does anyone really believe that the TSA is looking out for the interests of American citizens? They are a front group for those who would like us to think we are really safe. This group expends huge sums of money for protecting us and really protects no one.
I sent Ken Schram an e-mail (kenschram@komo4news.com) expressing my support and asking him to keep this in the forefront until that TSA Screener is called to task and fired.
Thank you for your kind words Ma’am,
Regards,
I see from your profile your son serves on the Abraham Lincoln. I had the chance to do some work with the ‘Abe’ once...great ship. Good luck and good hunting to him.
Regards,
We have a saying at my office; We don’t need more sticks, just increase the beatings.
What do you mean?
Why didnt the NCOIC of the group or Officer in charge just say no, we arent doing it. Arrest us.
It’s his TSA. Clinton is long gone. The Republicans can’t kick him around forever as the source of all our woes. The reason we have a TSA is because Bush refuses to control who comes into this country. So, we are left trapped as prisoners in our own country by an idiotic bureaucracy run by the New World Order. It’s now Bush’s fault.
I admire the fact that you can give this person the benefit of the doubt. If it wasn’t a military person who went through this I would be more level-headed about it myself.
However, considering where this took place and that the police escort and the servicemen showed proper ID, I’m going to stick with my view until I get more info.
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