insecurity in Iraq, with infrastructure being sabotaged and U.S.
soldiers picked off one by one, has so far forced the Pentagon to keep
the 3rd Infantry in Iraq alongside its intended replacement, the 4th
Infantry.

The soldiers, working in 100-degree heat and fearful for their lives,
have expressed open resentment at still being in Iraq, and so have
their wives at home.

"We cut our nose off to spite our face," said the former 3rd Infantry
officer, who asked not to be identified because he still works with
the military.

"Those [3rd Infantry] guys are going to come home beat to death, and
that poor division will take two years to recover."

Last week Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld told the Senate the 3rd
Infantry would be pulled out in August and September.

But Monday Maj. Gen. Buford Blount, the division's commander in Iraq,
told them they would be staying indefinitely.

Continuing the confusion Tuesday, the U.S. Central Command in Florida
issued a statement saying it "remained committed" to returning the 3rd
Infantry by September depending on the security situation and "pending
international or U.S. replacement units."



From New York Newsday, 7/16/03:
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationwo...news-headlines


By Timothy M. Phelps
Washington Bureau Chief


Washington --

France Tuesday joined a chorus of countries unwilling to send troops
to Iraq, even as military analysts said some U.S. forces' morale was
reaching a breaking point.

French President Jacques Chirac said sending French troops to Iraq
"cannot be imagined in the current context."

India shocked Washington Monday by refusing to send an expected
division of 17,000 troops, joining Germany and other countries that
have not been identified by the Pentagon.

__________________________________________________ ___

Fools like the Bushies, they ain't.

Harry

Harry Hope allegedly said:

> French President Jacques Chirac said sending French troops to Iraq
> "cannot be imagined in the current context."

The US would have to hand control over to the UN.

Then there would be support.

But Bush will see his own people dead before he does wat he should have done
in the FIRST place - and let the UN decide.

They refused to support him without proof - and they were right.

--
Steve
--
"Naturally, the common people don't want war;
neither in Russia nor in England nor in America,
nor for that matter in Germany.
That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders
of the country who determine the policy and
it is always a simple matter to drag the people
along, whether it is a democracy or a fascist
dictatorship or a Parliament or a Communist
dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can
always be brought to the bidding of the leaders.
That is easy. All you have to do is tell them
they are being attacked and denounce the
pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing
the country to danger. It works the same way
in any country."
- Hermann Goering, Nazi Reichsmarshall