[Rhodes22-list] Political/warin Iraq.

[brad haslett]

Rummy,

Did you read the letter I posted yesterday from a
Marine Major?  Have you read any of the blogspots from
soldiers in Iraq?  The newspapers are giving one side
of the story.

Where did the 40% number come from?  I've read one
report in USA Today, that fabulous birdcage liner,
that of some 1600 Irregular Reserves a substantial
number were looking for a way out.  They never in a
million years expected to be called up in the IRR,
they just wanted to suck on the government tit a bit
longer so their reluctance to fulfill their obligation
is not surprising.

There is real progress being made in Iraq but those
kinds of stories don't sell soap and diet pills.

Brad Haslett
"CoraShen"
--- R22RumRunner at aol.com wrote:

> The current administration would like you to believe
> that all is going  
> according to plan in Iraq. The truth of the matter
> is that it isn't. In the past  
> thirty days there have been 2,368 attacks on
> civilian and military targets.  
> That's a whole lot more than what you see on the
> evening news.
> People that supposed to be reporting for duty from
> guard units are not  
> showing up as ordered. They are being reported AWOL
> (absent without leave). They  
> are not small numbers either. 40% of all guard
> members with orders are not  
> showing up. It appears as though the popularity of
> war is wearing off.
> It's no wonder the president is trying to get other
> UN member  nations to 
> bail him out of this mess.
>  
> Rummy
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