LAT- Guard's Iraq Fears Spark Inquiry

[maddezmom]

HOUSTON — The chief of the National Guard said Friday that an informal inquiry at an Army base where soldiers had alleged they were being poorly trained found instead that they were being prepared "to be successful and survive their mission in Iraq (news - web sites)."


"Are they finely honed and ready to go today? No," said Lt. Gen. H. Steven Blum, adding that he had found some problems at the Ft. Bliss Training Complex, which straddles the border between Texas and New Mexico.


"But that's why they've got more training to do."


Since soldiers at the Army's Doña Ana Range leveled their charges in a Los Angeles Times article, however, additional Guard members had reiterated the battalion's concerns.

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[saigon68]

1. they finely honed and ready to go-- BECOME BOMB TARGETS

Insert picture of Body bag here------------------

[ClintonTyree]

2. The intended use of the National Guard.............

was not to go overseas and fight (immoral, illegal) wars. They were formed to protect our NATION, at home, against all enemies foreign and domestic.
That the Bush White House has perverted this aim is nothing new. They pervert every other facet of our Democracy.
I don't blame these Guardsmen for complaining about their training. They're being asked to do something that they were never intended to undertake. More power to them.