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I'm not even giving 1/2 of these members posts a second glance, especially when it starts with "you didn't receive a phone call? Boo Hoo" and at that point it is blindingly clear they did not read my posts, but just went along with the "flow" of posts and joined in to have alittle fun, sheeple style.

You are unwarranted in accusing folks of following along/joining in, in disagreement with you, sheeple style. Read your original post...

I am beside myself in anger over this. This has happened even on Easter. There are families that have soldiers at Udairi that still have not heard from their loved one. This is beyond ridiculous. I only heard from my husband an hour ago and just found out about this, only because he had to go to another camp for a bad eye injury that is still not treated. He says that the phones had recently just been "re"hooked-up, but with the rest of 4ID pushing out very soon, how many will have the time to call home with the lines as bad as they get over there? We may never know.

Bosse said when the camp is clean, the phone tent will "absolutely" re-open immediately.

A few other things this article fails to mention is that the phones were kept down over 2 days, AND the soldiers were kept from the PX / Aafes. (where they can buy and obtain other needed supplies, like underarm deodorant, calling cards, envelopes, etc)

Is it any wonder why military families and soldiers feel screwed and unappreciated? They wonder why they have a retention problem? Sorry for the rant folks, but if you know of some way or something that can be done about this, please let me know. < /rant>

THEN, you post...

I'm sure the camp was cleaned up in a hurry. No one was hurt. No problem.

From the beginning, you did not post this thread 'for debate'. You vented and then asked if there was something anyone could do.And yet you state this...

But when it comes from a few people who have no problem going beyond debate, (some never actually attempting to debate it) and getting downright nasty about it in attacks, and then getting preachy about others getting "nasty" to begin with, one has to giggle and wonder what to call people who say whatever they want (which is all good) but turn around and imply that others should censor themselves or to shut up.

So you'll just have to "suck up" the fact that people have opinions that don't mesh with your own on Free Republic, no matter how much it upsets you, and that some people actually do go into "ignore mode" with other members to keep from stooping to their "level" of debate.

You started this thread, in a non debate fashion, and now you are telling folks you will go into 'ignore mode' because you did not get 300 fakey mushy sorry to hear this happened-ignoring facts of a seethingly bashing article of a Lt. Col. that can't defend himself, is embarassing to our military bearing. i tried to kindly state a vent is a vent but you don't seem to realize your playing the victim being attacked role is what is ridiculous.

And please don't even compare my venting of missing absentee ballots as an AD dependent to this thread; that was set-up -contradictory-like- with no real intent of your goal of accomplishment but bashing a Lt. Col. and not understanding why all posts in reply to your thread, did not agree with your contradictions.

The way you posted the thread was questionable and now you are posting because some folks aren't listening to you (not reading your posts) and are having fun bashing or something? You contradicted your own self in venting at first and then saying, no problem...no biggie. This is why I first questioned and asked what this thread would accomplish,what you thought would happen, and possibly your venting could be seen as nothing as whining as it is presented in contradiction from the get go.

Here is an example

Someone made a post (somewhere in this thread) along the lines of "peace protestors must be laughing or having fun with this". I would respectfully disagree if they are worried about what other people think. I would wager money it's giving some of the DU members that lurk here a big laugh about how we're suppose to be so tolerant, and how we tote free speech etc etc, and how we debate but "never" attack our own for not having the same belief systems, or even when we have differing opinions or disagreements. Regardless if some wants to believe I am the Anti-Christ or not, This thread certainly wouldn't serve as an example now would it???

I did not read anywhere where anyone demonized you to this far-stretched notion of anti-christ. You, have dramatized this out of hand. What the poster I think, meant was that peace protesters will take glee in the fact of a soldiers wife whining publically over such a trivial issue utilizing the anti-war, leftists stance of 'the blame game' and whining. Venting is one thing but for the love of God go re-read your original contradictory post, you asked for help to 'do something about this. This is very immature, I am sorry.