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denThere is something I don't understand about the US troops in Iraq. They all appear to be reservists. Why are reserves in a battle zone? Does the US Army have any regulars over there? If not, why?
All the Australian troops in Iraq are Regs; Army, Navy and Airforce. Their job is full-time Armed Services. The Reservists are part-timers; two weeks training a year and they hold down jobs and support their families.They're called up when the Regs are in trouble, not INSTEAD of the Regs.
Can anyone explain this to me?
All the Australian troops in Iraq are Regs; Army, Navy and Airforce. Their job is full-time Armed Services. The Reservists are part-timers; two weeks training a year and they hold down jobs and support their families.They're called up when the Regs are in trouble, not INSTEAD of the Regs.
Can anyone explain this to me?
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Date: 17 Oct 2004 01:43 (UTC)How about this for a hard example from over 70 years ago under a where Vet's were killed by their own government:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonus_Army
It's trivial to Google for similar screw the vets BS from WWII (Democratic president), Korea (Republican), Vietnam (Democratic) ad nauseum. Keep in mind that the current .mil laws, rules and bureaucrats are overwhelmingly Clinton era. Please put your lighting in the correct orifice - your Congressman and Senator's, not which ever weenie happens to be in the Oval Office at any given time.
CYa!
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Date: 17 Oct 2004 02:52 (UTC)That goes for the prison fiasco, that goes for who he puts in charge, that goes for him following up, etc. You don't get to fly in and say 'mission accomplished' on an aircraft carrier, and then get to blame the fact that you're extending contracts with no legal rebuttle, that the military doesn't have the equipment to do their job, etc., on the congress.
Bush single handedly and knowingly took us into a war that didn't need to happen and shouldn't have happened. Period. He is therefore responsible, period. They/his admin wanted to 'get' iraq before 9/11 and they succeeded in lining their pockets at the expense of a lot of american and iraqi blood and accomplished their mission all right. The president knowingly provided poor and false intelligence about Iraq to the congress and should be held responsible for it. I hope someday he is.
We weren't in debt at the beginning of this fiasco. And now we're what, how many hundred BILLION in debt are we? I could go on. This is just my view, its pretty clear how Bush has 'steered' the ship here, right into a reef. :P