[Rhodes22-list] 40% article...found it.

[Bill Effros]

Brad,

Maybe this is just one of those "failure to communicate" things.  I never realized you could just "ask for time off" and split from your military obligations whenever you felt like it.  

In any event, that's not what W. did.  And it's not what W. claims.  He asked to transfer to a unit in Alabama.  His request was granted.  He received orders.  (This is all in the paperwork released by the White House--there is no dispute on these points.) 

He never showed up.  He did the exact same thing these guys are doing.  Last week you said it was OK if Bush did it.  Now you have harsh words for people doing the same thing.

How can anyone take you seriously if you flip-flop on the issues from one discussion to the next?

Your Friend,

Bill
                                     


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----- Original Message ----- 
From: brad haslett 
To: The Rhodes 22 mail list 
Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 9:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] 40% article...found it.


Rummy,

You are referring to the same article I read in USA
Today, common source.  The IRR folks NEVER expected to
be called.  Now they have been and a substantial
number said no.  Fine. quit cashing your government
checks.  Most of the regular National Guard have met
their obgligations.  Bill Effros, follow the timeline
of the Vietnam wa. Bush 43 put in almost four years of
full time Guard duty.  When he asked for time off
there was a glut of pilots available.  For anyone to
suggest that a National Guard or Reservist member
isn't serving their country shows a complete lack of
understanding of their commitment. When called, they
go!

Brad Haslett
"CoraShen" 

--- R22RumRunner at aol.com wrote:

>  
> 40 percent of Army reservists fail to  report to
> Fort Jackson
> Associated Press 
> 
> COLUMBIA--Only about 60 percent of reservists
> ordered to  report to Fort 
> Jackson have reported so far, Army officials said. 
> 
> As of  Tuesday, 186 of the 309 members of the
> Individual Ready Reserve 
> ordered to  report to the Columbia base had arrived,
> said Lt. Col. Burton L. 
> Masters,  spokesman for the Army's Human Resources
> Command. 
> 
> "We're not surprised  by those numbers at all,"
> Masters said. 
> 
> Most of those who have not  reported are seeking
> exemptions from active duty 
> or delays in reporting, he  said. 
> 
> Those who have not reported or applied for a delay
> or exemption  will be 
> considered deserters if they do not show up within
> seven days of the  date they 
> were told to report for duty, Masters said. 
> 
> "We are going to  go the extra mile to work with
> people," he said. "But if 
> they don't report, the  Army will track them down." 
> 
> Troops subject to the recall have been on  active
> duty but have not completed 
> their eight-year obligation to the Army.  
> 
> The Army said 5,600 individual reservists were being
> recalled to active  
> duty; 4,500 were to report to Fort Jackson. However,
> orders have been cut for  
> only 3,667 of the soldiers to return to active duty,
> Masters  said.
> 
> 
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