Protests Grow Over Year-Long Army Tours

[Judi Lynn]

Protests Grow Over Year-Long Army Tours
National Guard Recruitment Short of Goal; Impact on Retention Is Predicted
By Vernon Loeb
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, September 20, 2003; Page A13


Angry protests mounted this week among families of Army National Guard and Reserve troops as the full impact of a new policy requiring those forces to serve year-long tours in Iraq began to hit home across the country.

In Kansas, family members of soldiers in the 129th Transportation Company, an Army Reserve unit, set up a Web site and almost immediately gathered 8,000 signatures on the Internet demanding that the Army scrap 12-month tours.

In Michigan, the wife of a soldier in the 1438th Engineer Detachment, an Army National Guard unit, said three-quarters of her husband's fellow soldiers are planning to quit as soon as they return from tours in Iraq that could be extended by four months under the new policy.

And in Florida, Sen. Bill Nelson (D) said after meeting with angry National Guard families in Orlando and Tampa that he would put a hold on the nomination of James G. Roche to become Army secretary if the policy is not modified. (snip/...)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37292-2003Sep19.html

[proud patriot]

1. what bush is doing to our military PISSES ME OFF

:grr: :mad: :grr:

[Booberdawg]

3. Rumsfilled too!

[Booberdawg]

2. Looks like he's losing the military vote too

Can only hope ..

[FlemingsGhost]

4. Traitors! Saddam-lovers! With or against us, terrorists!

Doesn't feel very good, does it?

Go shopping, you'll feel better. Better yet... go wave a flag.

[saigon68]

11. BRING EM ON

Uncle Sam needs your help again

[bpilgrim]

5. They will LEAD the DEMONSTRATIONS again!

just like vietnam...

i wonder if who will play douglas mcarthar and roll up on us with the tanks if we get too upity :shrug:

peace

[GalleryGod]

6. Smells like "Operation Dewey Canyon IV"... Saddle-up! Move out!

Let's go kick some PeePeePants,NeoCon Butter Cheeks!:spank:

[BeHereNow]

7. Who,you ask?

Why that role has been assigned to General Clark,
but of course.

Didn't you get the memo?

[Democat]

8. How this WP article would read if Clinton was president

Protests Grow Over Clinton Administration Order For Year-Long Army Tours

National Guard Recruitment Short of Goal because of White House order; Impact on Retention Is Predicted

Angry protests mounted this week among families of Army National Guard and Reserve troops as the full impact of a new Clinton policy requiring those forces to serve year-long tours in Iraq began to hit home across the country.

Where is the mention of Bush and the White house? If it was Clinton, that's all we'd be hearing about.

[izzie]

9. Do we have any figures on this? Is the DOD holding them back?

I do wish they would stop trying to tie this into the WW2 war as this is nothing like that. The flag thing is starting to wear thin with even the GOP. When the congressman may not get his votes this starts to hit home.Since most people in the US do not drag in the money from the corp running their country, for them it is starting to get old.The corp army is stating to fight back maybe? My trust is still down by a third and I am Mad and I am sure every one else that has a trust in that bank is plus the trust bank makes less so it is a rolling thing that starts to wear thin.

[0007]

10. Rumsfield is porking the soldiers

While Ashcroft is porking the Americans at home.

A young man and women will indeed think twice about joining the armed forces.

[FauxNewsBlues]

12. March on Washington?

Isn't it long overdue? When Bush had the power of lies, when people thought there genuinely might be a chemical and a nuke program in Iraq, there were millions protesting. Now that we know he is a fraud, the protests have stopped. Why?

It's time to wake up the chimp and his sycophants in the Washington press corps.

[AWD]

13. October 25th

Join us in DC on October 25th....we're marching that day

[Judi Lynn]

14. The date the march on Washington is planned is October 25th

(snip) SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25:
International March
on Washington DC

MASS MARCH ON WASHINGTON TO SAY:
Bring the troops home now
End the occupation of Iraq
Money for jobs, education & healthcare - Not war

http://www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/o25/

~~ More Information ~~

[GreenGreenLimaBean]

15. where are the recruitment numbers???

Let's wait until they come out and show lower recruitment. Then
we'll see how the media defends bush*'s gutting of our Armed forces.

[Mari333]

16. My son quit the Guard and Im soooooooo glad

He joined when Clinton was in, to help out with homeland disasters, etc..
He said he wont go back..."F*** Bush"...
His whole unit is disgusted with Bush...specially since I sent Bush's AWOL record to them.
=)

[JoFerret]

17. The Iraq war was

"won" with Clinton's army. If there has to be a next one it will be fought with Bush's. Let's hope there is not the need for another war. If there ever is a real need then it'll have to be the draft. Bush and the Pentagon have undermined this volunteer force.