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07/07/2003 Archived Entry: "This is an extremely interesting link."
This is an extremely interesting link.
This message board was put up for the families of the 3rd Infantry Division. Their remarks suggest that military support for the Thug Cabal is vanishing. I won't post any of the comments here, just go read that board yourself.
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wow. i spent almost an hour trolling around there. those folks is pissed and i think they have evry right to be. they've been repeatedly lied to. their loved ones have the shittiest job in the world. the thug cabal wants to cut there hazardous duty pay, screw them out of the tax cut 'will benefit everyone who pays taxes', etc.
plus, contrary to what these folks have been told since april, their husbands and daughters, et al ain't coming home anytime soon. they can't. i don't know how much you read but, apparently the soldier's equipment is falling apart, they're exhausted and they even had to give their flak vests to the reservists who didn't have any. plus, they're soldiers, not cops and they're being picked off at a rather disturbing rate.
these families are really upset and they have all the sympathy i can currently muster.
anyhoo, i really enjoy your blog and i thank you for the link. as per your request, i have gladly reciprocated.
keep up the good work!
Posted by phillip @ 07/07/2003 02:18 AM NY
This Saturday my wife and I decided to take a drive to Westchester. We ran into one slight problem: the car's a/c unit had run out of coolant and the weather in the NYC area was temperatures in the mid-90's with high humidity. Our joy-ride turned into a sweltering, soggy mess in the bumper-to-bumper traffic trying to get over the Whitestone Bridge (I figured wrongly that most people would have already left the previous day for the long weekend).
As the perspiration saturated my clothes, I began to wonder about our troops in Iraq stoically suffering through temperatures of more than 100 degrees, dressed in full uniforms, heavy helmets, combat boots, kevlar vests, and carrying heavy weapons. Oh, right, I forgot to mention being shot at by unseen assailants.
Memo to Knucklehead: we should rotate out the troops and replace them with those fine, stout-hearted, double-chinned, soft-skinned heros from the American Enterprise Institute and the Heritage Foundation (you can also throw in the Cato Institute for good measure). Just close your eyes and try to envision them patrolling the steets of Baghdad. Kinda makes your Monday morning seem almost tolerable.
Posted by Metropolitan99 @ 07/07/2003 10:40 AM NY
