You know I heard that argument when I was in the Corpse and I didn't buy it
then I don't buy it now.
Slavery was outlawed over 100 years ago in this country and the government
is not above the law of the land and the constitution.
At best I always sort of thought of my pay in the military as kind of a
retainer like a lawyer gets, pay to not work for someone else in case they
need you.

Seriously though the men and women in the armed service have and should have
a reasonable expectation that the civilian population that they are serving
should be responsible in how they spend those freedoms they have voluntarily
forgone.
By not sending them into harms way for trivial or unjust reasons. BY
insisting they be treated decently and are accorded all reasonable rights.
Essentially that we do not abuse the trust that they have placed in our
hands.
For the most part the bulk of our fighting force are made up of men and
women who are still just older children. They don't have full rights of
majority they can not walk into a bar and order a beer they can not go into
a casino in Las Vegas and gamble.
There for it is the responsibility of those of us who they are serving to
see that their trust is not in vain.

I'll say this much, If the Bush twins were 2nd Lts in an infantry regiment I
doubt Bush would be so cavalier in ordering them into danger nor would he be
so quick to provoke retaliation.


"SHRED" <noone@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:91WQa.8503$u51.1975@fed1read05...
> What do they expect? You are government property when you sign-up for
> service.
> Suck it up!
>
>
> "Bring Our Troops Home" <bringourtroopshome@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:3F142BA4.5EBB9D01@cox.net...
> > U.S. Troops to Get Longer Stay in Iraq
> >
> > By RUSS BYNUM
> > The Associated Press
> > Monday, July 14, 2003; 8:42 PM
> >
> > SAVANNAH, Ga. - The Army said Monday it has extended the deployment of
> > thousands of 3rd Infantry Division soldiers in
> > Iraq due to increased attacks against coalition forces, dashing hopes
> > that the troops would be home by September.
> >
> > The 3rd Infantry Division deployed 16,500 troops to Iraq and was a
> > leading force in the assault on Baghdad. The division
> > suffered 36 deaths - more than any other unit in the war - and some of
> > its troops have been in the region since September.
> >
> > Maj. Gen. Buford C. Blount III, the division's commander, said last week
> > he hoped the division's 1st and 2nd Brigade Combat
> > Teams of roughly 9,000 soldiers could return home to Fort Stewart within
> > the next six weeks.
> >
> > But homecomings for those soldiers, as well as the division's 3rd
> > Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, have now been postponed
> > indefinitely.
> >
> > The units have been ordered to stay "due to the uncertainty of the
> > situation in Iraq and the recent increase in attacks on the
> > coalition forces," Blount said in an e-mail message to Army spouses.
> >
> > Blount said in the e-mail, obtained by The Associated Press, that he
> > could not say how long the soldiers would remain in Iraq.
> > "I wish I could tell you how long ... but everything I have told you
> > before has changed," he said.
> >
> > The news upset family members.
> >
> > "Don't do that to us. Don't pull on our heartstrings that way," said
> > Julie Galloway, whose husband, Sgt. Michael Galloway,
> > deployed in November.
> >
> > It's the second time 3rd Infantry soldiers have seen the Army renege on
> > a tentative return date. After President Bush declared
> > the heavy fighting over May 1, many families were told to prepare for
> > homecomings in June.
> >
> > "Every time a soldier is shot and killed it comes to mind - is that my
> > husband?" said Tasha Moore, whose husband, Capt.
> > Daniel Moore, deployed in February. "I don't think the government
> > understands what a husband or a wife or children are going
> > through every day."
> >
> > Several thousand 3rd Infantry troops, including the 3rd Brigade Combat
> > Team based at Fort Benning in Columbus, began
> > returning last week. Their homecomings are not affected.
> >
> >
> >
>
>

On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 18:08:51 GMT, "Shawn" <skex_relbore@yahoo.com>
wrote:

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>I'll say this much, If the Bush twins were 2nd Lts in an infantry regiment I
>doubt Bush would be so cavalier in ordering them into danger nor would he be
>so quick to provoke retaliation.
Would that be the same arguement as saying that Clinton never would
have sent the Blackhawks and SF untis into Mogadishu if Chelsea was
attached to one of those units? What a bunch of shit. You're an
asshole - and a liar. Of course, we knew that - you're a liberal.
Regards,

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