Posted on 09/29/2001 8:48:49 AM PDT by Enlightiator
That reminds me of the movie 'Captain Ron' where Kurt Russell and Martin Short are on an island in the Caribbean and Kurt Russell tells Martin Short not to wander because there are gorillas on the island. Martin Short laughs and tells Kurt Russell that that is ridiculous because there are no gorillas in the Caribbean. So Kurt Russell tells Martin Short it's his funeral and lets him go. Shortly thereafter, you see Martin Short marching back towards Kurt Russell with a bunch of guerrillas sticking the rifles in his back. All the while Kurt Russell is just looking at Short and shaking his head. After a couple of seconds of this, Martin Short can't take it anymore and he starts screaming at Kurt Russell "You said GORILLAS not GUERRILLAS! You said GORILLAS not GUERRILLAS!"
I'd suspect lots of hype to create an in-country atmosphere that promotes flight. Once the rats crawl out of their caves they're again subject to the laws of technology and superior force.
Granted, we aren't going to get all of them. In fact, the main purpose of the initial assault would be to drive the Taliban deeper into these remote areas. Then we can focus on cutting off supplies and starving them out.
Well put.
I sense that many yuppie Americans are in denial and focusing on with getting back to "normal". Although I sympathize with and cried along with the families who lost loved ones in the atttack, it might be a good thing to keep the images of the attack - the bloodied women survivors and NYC smoking - in the public view lest we lose our sense of outrage.
This is not a Bruce Willis movie. This is our present and future reality. We have an enemy who seeks to destroy us, our children and our way of life.
I also thank the God the Father and Jesus Christ that we have a God-fearing President Bush, along with Powell, Rumsfeld, Rice, et al, in control rather than Algore and that limp-wristed bunch of weasels that sold our country out for the last 8 years. DO YOU REALIZE HOW CLOSE WE CAME TO HAVING GORE AND TIPPER IN COMMAND AT THIS TIME? (Excuse please, I am overcome by a wave of nausea).
The Clintonians reaped the benefit of, and claimed credit for, the economic turnaround engineered by Reagan and Bush Sr., along with the security afforded by our military buildup and collapse of the Soviet Union, and gave it away. Now they lay blame for the recession at the feet of W, who has not been in long enough to enact his plans, and must deal with the greatest threat and attack on our country in history, made possible by the sellout of the President (Hillary) and Mr. Clinton... Arrghhh!
Troops Under Deployment, Called Up
Deployment orders signed by Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld last week put thousands of active-duty American soldiers in motion around the globe and called up thousands more reservists from around the country. As of Sept. 29, more than 16,700 Reserve and National Guard members have been called to active duty, the Pentagon says, and the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve has called a total of 2,727 reservists.
Below is a list of units who have so far been called to serve their country.
Active Duty Forces Who Have Received Deployment Orders
Units | Location |
15th Marine Expeditionary Unit | Camp Pendleton, Calif. |
24th Marine Expeditionary Unit | Camp LeJeune, N.C. |
26th Marine Expeditionary Unit | Camp LeJeune, N.C. |
27th Fighter Wing | Cannon AFB, New Mexico |
388th Fighter Wing | Hill AFB, Utah |
20th Fighter Wing | Shaw AFB, South Carolina |
1st Fighter Wing | Langley AFB, Virginia |
5th Bomb Wing | Minot AFB, North Dakota |
2nd Bomb Wing | Barksdale, La. |
28th Bomb Wing | Ellsworth, S.D. |
366th Wing | Mountain Home, Idaho |
355th Wing | Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona |
552nd Air Control Wing | Tinker AFB, Oklahoma |
931st Air Refueling Group | McConnell AFB, Kansas |
U.S. Army Special Operations Units | Ft. Bragg, N.C. |
U.S.S. Peleliu Amphibious Assault Group | San Diego, CA |
U.S.S. Carl Vinson Carrier Battle Group | Bremerton, Wash. |
U.S.S. Enterprise Carrier Battle Group | Norfolk, Va. |
U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Battle Group | Norfolk, Va. |
U.S.S. Kitty Hawk Carrier Battle Group | Yokosuka, Japan |
U.S.S. Kearsarge Amphibious Assault Group | Norfolk, Va. |
U.S.S. Bataan Amphibious Assault Group | Norfolk, Va. |
National Guard and Reserve Units mobilized
Unit | Location | Personnel |
11th Naval Inshore Boat Unit | Everett, Wash. | |
17th Naval Inshore Boat Unit | San Diego, Calif. | |
5th Naval Construction Battalion | Fort Worth, Texas | |
133rd Construction Battalion | Gulfport, Miss. | |
226th Combat Communications Group | Anniston, Ala. | 20 |
280th Combat Communications Squadron | Anniston, Ala. | 24 |
117th Intelligence Squadron | Birmingham, Ala. | 83 |
232nd Combat Communications Squadron | Montgomery, Ala. | 43 |
123rd Intelligence Squadron | Little Rock, Ark. | 85 |
349th Security Forces Squadron | Fairfield, Calif. | 47 |
512th Security Forces Squadron | Dover, Del. | 48 |
Individual Mobilization Augmentation Detachment 4 | Washington, DC | 25 |
482nd Security Forces Squadron | Homestead, Fla. | 26 |
4249 Military Police Company (Port Security) | Pocahontas, Iowa | 79 |
253rd Combat Communications Group | Falmouth, Mass. | 20 |
267th Combat Communications Squadron | Falmouth, Mass. | 44 |
459th Security Forces Squadron | Camp Springs, Md. | 47 |
610th Intelligence Squadron | Omaha, Neb. | 14 |
152nd Intelligence Squadron | Reno, Nev. | 83 |
514th Security Forces Squadron | Wrightstown, N.J. | 50 |
Individual Mobilization Augmentation Detachment 1 | Fayetteville, N.C. | 6 |
251st Combat Communications Group | Springfield, Ohio | 20 |
311th Quartermaster Company (Mortuary Affairs) | Aquadilla, P.R. | 190 |
315th Security Forces Squadron | Charleston, S.C. | 49 |
240th Combat Communications Squadron | Columbia, S.C. | 36 |
710th Intelligence Squadron | San Antonio, Texas | 14 |
446th Security Forces Squadron | Tacoma, Wash. | 52 |
Individual Security and Law Enforcement Augmentees | Various Locations | 835 |
144th Fighter Wing | Fresno, Calif. | 231 |
140th Fighter Wing | Denver, Colo. | 100 |
103rd Air Control Squadron | Orange, Conn. | 260 |
113th Fighter Wing | District of Columbia | 100 |
125th Fighter Wing | Jacksonville, Fla. | 133 |
116th Bomb Wing | Macon, Ga. | 30 |
117th Air Control Squadron | Savannah, Ga. | 260 |
183rd Fighter Wing | Springfield, Ill. | 100 |
434th Air Refueling Wing | Kokomo, Ind. | 644 |
134th Air Control Squadron | Wichita, Kan. | 127 |
917th Bomb Wing | Bossier City, La. | 373 |
159th Fighter Wing | New Orleans, La. | 100 |
102nd Fighter Wing | Falmouth, Mass. | 161 |
127th Wing | Mount Clemens, Mich. | 100 |
148th Fighter Wing | Duluth, Minn. | 181 |
255th Air Control Squadron | Gulfport, Miss. | 260 |
120th Fighter Wing | Great Falls, Mont. | 131 |
150th Fighter Wing | Albuquerque, N.M. | 100 |
916th Air Refueling Wing | Goldsboro, N.C. | 337 |
119th Fighter Wing | Fargo, N.D. | 143 |
177th Fighter Wing | Atlantic City, N.J. | 189 |
970th Airborne Air Control Squadron | Oklahoma City, Okla. | 231 |
173rd Fighter Wing | Klamath Falls, Ore. | 100 |
142nd Fighter Wing | Portland, Ore. | 163 |
116th Air Control Squadron | Warrenton, Ore. | 127 |
147th Fighter Wing | Houston, Texas | 134 |
109th Air Control Squadron | Salt Lake City, Utah | 127 |
192nd Fighter Wing | Richmond, Va. | 50 |
158th Fighter Wing | Burlington, Vt. | 139 |
163rd Air Refueling Wing | Riverside, Calif. | 210 |
290th Joint Communications Support Squadron | MacDill AFB, Fla. | 238 |
224th Joint Communications Support Squadron | Brunswick, Ga. | 235 |
126th Air Refueling Wing | Belleville, Ill. | 344 |
101st Air Refueling Wing | Bangor, Maine | 346 |
186th Air Refueling Wing | Meridian, Miss. | 210 |
155th Air Refueling Wing | Lincoln, Neb. | 195 |
157th Air Refueling Wing | Portsmouth, N.H. | 210 |
107th Air Refueling Wing | Niagara Falls, N.Y. | 195 |
105th Airlift Wing | Newburgh, N.Y. | 68 |
121st Air Refueling Wing | Columbus, Ohio | 424 |
134th Air Refueling Wing | Knoxville, Tenn. | 344 |
U.S. Space Command | Colorado Springs, Colo. | 59 |
U.S. Space Command | Tampa, Fla. | 105 |
A.F. Special Operations Command | Fort Walton Beach, Fla. | 54 |
Pacific Air Forces | Honolulu, Hawaii | 62 |
Air Mobility Command | Belleville, Ill. | 44 |
U.S. Strategic Command | Omaha, Neb. | 94 |
A.F. Materiel Command | Fairborn, Ohio | 211 |
Air Intelligence Agency | San Antonio, Texas | 390 |
Inshore Boat Unit 11 | Everett, Wash. | 24 |
Inshore Boat Unit 17 | San Diego, Calif. | 28 |
Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5 | Fort Worth, Texas | 28 |
Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 | Portland, Maine | 55 |
Air Education & Training Command | San Antonio, Texas | 273 |
11th Wing | Arlington, Va. | 101 |
Defense Logistics Agency | Alexandria, Va. | 81 |
Forces Command Augmentee Unit, Detachment 1 | Atlanta, Ga. | 89 |
2125th Garrison Support Unit (Military Police) | Decatur, Ga. | 59 |
3397th Garrison Support Unit (Military Police) | Chattanooga, Tenn. | 52 |
3220th Garrison Support Unit (Military Police) | West Palm Beach, Fla. | 57 |
5025th Garrison Support Unit (Military Police) | Colorado Springs, Colo. | 62 |
4003rd Garrison Support Unit (Military Police) | Norman, Okla. | 71 |
2122nd Garrison Support Unit (Military Police) | Tacoma, Wash. | 59 |
4013rd Garrison Support Unit (Military Police) | Bossier City, La. | 75 |
6025th Garrison Support Unit (Military Police) | St. Louis, Mo. | 51 |
5115th Garrison Support Unit (Military Police) | Odenton, Md. | 12 |
919th Special Ops Wing | Ft. Walton Beach, Fla. | 66 |
919th Special Ops Wing Security Forces | Niceville, Fla. | 66 |
Security and Law Enforcement Augmentees | Various Locations | 500 |
Defense Contract Management Agency | Crystal City, Va. | 38 |
Some deployments may be partial and not include all members of a particular unit.
Source: U.S. Department of Defense
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That's the first thing I noticed in this article.
Afghanistan has few high value military targets, little or no infrastructure, limited technologic capabilites and a southern government (Taliban) composed of non Afhgans. I think we'd rather leave the killing of Muslim clerics to the Northern Alliance and concerntrate our resources on the real problem....Iran and Iraq.
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