Second Guard wave readies

[seemslikeadream]

Second Guard wave readies


War: Southwest Idaho company of 116th Cavalry Brigade feels set for Iraq service

By Lindsay Redifer-IPT

EMMETT -- Unfazed by turmoil in Iraq, Idaho National Guard members prepared for deployment at the Emmett Armory by calmly packing their gas masks.

Company A of the 116th Cavalry Brigade prepared to deploy the same day interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi assumed power in Iraq. However, Lt. Col. Tim Marsano, Idaho National Guard public affairs officer, said the transfer of power won't affect the deployment of local troops overseas.

More than 1,200 Idaho National Guardsmen reported for duty Monday at 16 armories around the state in preparation for eventual deployment to Iraq this fall.

The deployment has already changed the lives of Guardsmen throughout the state. Brandon Lolley, 26, of Boise has to leave his wife of two weeks when he ships out.

"I think she's concerned, " Lolley said, "but she's strong."

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[Sugarbleus]

1. ...............When

WILL IT STOP?! :(

[seemslikeadream]

2. You ain't worth the blood That runs in your veins

Come you masters of war
You that build all the guns
You that build the death planes
You that build the big bombs
You that hide behind walls
You that hide behind desks
I just want you to know
I can see through your masks

You that never done nothin'
But build to destroy
You play with my world
Like it's your little toy
You put a gun in my hand
And you hide from my eyes
And you turn and run farther
When the fast bullets fly

Like Judas of old
You lie and deceive
A world war can be won
You want me to believe
But I see through your eyes
And I see through your brain
Like I see through the water
That runs down my drain

You fasten the triggers
For the others to fire
Then you set back and watch
When the death count gets higher
You hide in your mansion
As young people's blood
Flows out of their bodies
And is buried in the mud

You've thrown the worst fear
That can ever be hurled
Fear to bring children
Into the world
For threatening my baby
Unborn and unnamed
You ain't worth the blood
That runs in your veins

How much do I know
To talk out of turn
You might say that I'm young
You might say I'm unlearned
But there's one thing I know
Though I'm younger than you
Even Jesus would never
Forgive what you do

Let me ask you one question
Is your money that good
Will it buy you forgiveness
Do you think that it could
I think you will find
When your death takes its toll
All the money you made
Will never buy back your soul

And I hope that you die
And your death'll come soon
I will follow your casket
In the pale afternoon
And I'll watch while you're lowered
Down to your deathbed
And I'll stand o'er your grave
'Til I'm sure that you're dead

dylan

[Media_Lies_Daily]

3. "Unfazed by turmoil in Iraq"?? Yeah, right...just like all the guys...

...I knew that went off to Vietnam.

More propaganda by the mainstream media machine.

[Rex]

4. Up until last Oct

I was still in the IRR. Scary.

[The_Casual_Observer]

5. This piece of shit opinion piece

Fails to convey one ounce of newsworthy information. It is all simply opinion, bromides and feel good flag waving. The time would have been better spent reporting on a Cub Scout pinewood derby.

[seemslikeadream]

6. This is not opinion

More than 1,200 Idaho National Guardsmen reported for duty Monday at 16 armories

It is newsworthy, it is not all opinion and it didn't make me feel good!

This is opinion

Hackworth: Sack 'Em and Rack 'Em


June 28, 2004

America would be a whole lot safer if the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Richard Myers, was flying for Virgin Airlines, and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was competing on "Survivor." Both war leaders have done so miserable a job honchoing the military side of our critical conflict against global terrorism, and in the process so jeopardized our national security, that they should be sacked for dereliction of duty.

Contrary to continuing political spin, Iraq and Afghanistan both are running sores with little promise of even a long-term turnaround, and our world today is far more dangerous than it was before 9/11. Unless there's a 180-degree change in overall strategy, the USA is doomed to follow the same bloody path through these two brutal killing fields that the Soviet Union took in Afghanistan.

The mighty sword that Rumsfeld and Myers inherited four years ago - the finest military force in the world - is now chipped and dulled. And the word is that it will take at least a decade to get our overextended, bone-tired soldiers and Marines and their worn-out gear back in shape.

Top generals like former NATO commander Wes Clark and a squad of retired and active-duty four-stars warned long before the invasion of Iraq: Don't go there. It doesn't involve our national security. It's not the main objective in our war with international terrorism. Even retired four-star Colin Powell said that if we go to Iraq and break the china, we own it. But know-it-all Rumsfeld and go-along-to-get-along Myers totally ignored this sound military advice.


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