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10/21/2003 Archived Entry: "Expect more of this."
Expect more of this.
I can't say I can blame any of these soldiers for 'missing their planes.'
More than 30 soldiers who came home from Iraq for two weeks of leave have failed to show up for their flights back to the combat zone, military officials said yesterday.
The soldiers, among more than 1,300 troops so far in the first large-scale home leave program since Vietnam, have yet to be declared absent without leave -- a violation of military law, said Army Col. Paris Mack, the Pentagon official overseeing the program.
A week after return flights began, 28 soldiers had not made it to Baltimore-Washington International Airport for the journey back to Iraq, said Air Force Maj. Mike Escudie, a spokesman for the U.S. Central Command in Tampa. Six others did not make yesterday evening's flight out of BWI for unknown reasons, said Lt. Col. Robert Hagen, an Army spokesman.
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AREN'T THEY JUST FOLLOWING THEIR COMMANDER-IN-THIEF'S EXAMPLE??? SINCE BUSH DESERTED HIS UNIT IN 72, THIS IS THE EXAMPLE WE SHOULD EXPECT BECAUSE OF THIS NITWIT. I HOPE ALL THE MILITARY GOES AWOL, THIS IS NOT A WAR, IT'S A JOKE.
Posted by Thom Perkins @ 10/21/2003 05:45 PM NY
my only question is, why didnt they skip the plane TO iraq in the first place. i guess they are slow learners. still nice to see our boys at arms catch on eventually. following W's example, maybe they are working on their daddy's friend's campaigns, while their daddys pay the military to look the other way, no wait, they aren't rich,. or else they wouldnt have been sent to iraq in the first place. its not a war, and its not funny enough to be a joke, its just a scam, and not a good one. good luck to all you AWOLs out there, maybe ill see you next year, when bush reinstitutes the draft and we all have to leave the country.
Posted by justin @ 10/21/2003 07:42 PM NY
