Republican State Rep for Kansas is called up for Iraq duty--43 years old

[OneTwentyoNine]

Tafanelli, R-Ozawkie, is a lieutenant colonel and leads the 891st Combat Engineer Battalion, which is based in Iola and has about 650 soldiers. The unit received mobilization orders in July and spent nearly three months training at Fort Sill, Okla.

Tafanelli, 43, said the unit's duties in southern Iraq will include patrolling, helping to rebuild roads and clearing explosives.

http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/news/legislature/10479851.htm

http://www.kslegislature.org/houseroster/h47.html

Well...he supports Bush and the Republican mantra,so have fun buddy...

[Solly Mack]

1. Send more elected republicans...and those not elected too! (Bush)

I really have no problem with elected officials being sent to the front line. Not a one.

[sundancekid]

2. might be karma, might be poetic justice ... fa la la la la to Kansas too

[latebloomer]

3. at least he's putting his body where his mouth is

unlike some others I could think of.

[pocoloco]

8. Not...

he's a Lt. Col., not his ass but the grunts' asses!

[Florida_Geek]

12. Well,,, look to VN War history

when the troops start getting pissed, it is Frag Time. And a Repug Politio would be a good Frag target.

Just IMHO.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

4. Wonder if he'll still be supporting Bush

at the end of his tour? As a state rep, he may think he has some pull to get through to Shrub and tell him how everything is being done wrong in Iraq. It would be interesting to see his face when he finds out he-and his opinions-means squat to Bushco.

[w4rma]

6. I betcha he's going to be rethinking alot of his former positions after

seeing what is going on over there without big media's filter.

[iconoclastic cat]

5. Repub politicians in Iraq: A match made in...uh...the Styx, maybe?

[ixion]

7. anyone who supports this tragedy should be called up

if they're so hot and heavy with bloodlust. :grr:

[OneTwentyoNine]

9. Nooop..they support Bush from the easy chair and FOX news on TV

Get off their ass and put their life on the line?!?!? Hardly.......

[Skink]

10. Delay probably had him redistricted...

Might have been to compassionate or something.

[against all enemies]

11. Onward Christian Soldiers!!

[DELUSIONAL]

13. Thanks for that smile inducing headline!!

Send all the GOP over there! Let them fight the war that their "leader" started.

[nostamj]

15. absolutely!

[HughBeaumont]

14. Just found out the wife's cousin, 35, will be going . . .

Can you feel a DRAFT, perhaps?

[chicagiana]

16. I bet his unit will get their armor before going in ....

... because the last thing they need is a disillusioned Republican Colonel on his hands.

BTW, aren't officers supposed to be apolitical??? Shouldn't active reserve/guard officers run for as independents as opposed to within a party???

[mitchum]

17. I hope that he also has a son going to Iraq...

since they don't mind sending OTHER PEOPLE'S children