Hey! I figured out the troop "realignment"!

[annabanana]

Given the shortage of National Guard here in the States, and the "hoards of wild, insane PRO-testers" descending on poor innocent Republican delegates in a couple of weeks... they'll be here in NYC!

[annabanana]

1. seriously though...

Where do you think they'll end up?

[Junkdrawer]

2. Two things:

1.) They won't be home for a while

2.) The poor troops in Iraq are going to be kept there through the election - can't have disgruntled troops returning and bringing the truth home with them. This move deflects the harshness of the "keep them there" strategy.

[Kanary]

5. I came up with the same idea independently, another thread

and you go and shoot holes clean through it.

~~gigglesnort~~

I've known junk drawers like you.......

:hi: :) :hi:

What's a girl gotta do to earn her :tinfoilhat: ?

Kanary

[annabanana]

7. Alas nothing is "too crazy" anymore

Just when you think.....naw, they'd NEVER do that... they do something worse. Tin hats have become part of the dress code.

[Vickers]

11. "Tin hats have become part of the dress code." Har!!!!!

:toast:

I have read more good one-liners on DU in the last week, I swear.

[Kanary]

12. Otter be all collected in one place, doncha think?

Are you copying and pasting into said list? :)

Kanary, off to purchase a large supply of foil for her wardrobe (I mean, any damned fool can settle for duct tape......)

[Junkdrawer]

8. Don't rule out some of the troops being paraded in a feel good...

"welcome home the troops" deal.

:hi: back at you

[jayfish]

9. Think Farther Ahead...

and it doesn't seem to crazy. See my response to your earlier post.

Jay

[smirkymonkey]

3. You might be right...

There may be another "terra attack" on NYC that amazingly only kills the protesters and that the admin will spin to look like it was an attack on them that was just "miscalculated". Will need to call in the troops to handle that one.

Or they could just be preparing for Martial Law, you know, just in case. ;)

[Qutzupalotl]

4. Somalia.

Because Bush just does whatever's right. Always. The election in November has nothing to do with it.

[readmylips]

6. bushit politics....again playing with our military..

Little bush is not pulling these military personnel NOW, he's doing it 7 to 10 years from now. We'll be kicking his little ass out of the White House, so he'll be doing shit.

[ChocolateSaltyBalls]

10. Would be nice if they went to the Sudan........

where they could do some good.

[ROC]

13. This idea has been studied for a long time

I don't think this one has nefarious intentions. The troops in Germany, you should remember, have just rotated back to germany from their Iraq tour. Remember thye great worry that they would be in Iraq when their families had to move? Basing in Germany is expensive and it is difficult to move assets to conflict areas. Germany has many training restrictions - no flying or firing at night. The current basing study indicates that there is plenty of base capacity in the continental US. Longer tours within units means better military family life and it will be cheaper for the tax payer. I also have personal memories from about 12 years ago of Patsy Shroeder touring US bases in Germany and telling service members and dependents that we had to stop building little Americas around the world.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

14. Yes, but timing. Bush getting desperate to secure military GOP base. nt

[Tracer]

15. I heard on the BBC this afternoon ...

... that these withdrawals are planned over the next ten years. Hardly a cause for tin-hattage.