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- mrdobolina
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060…
What do yall make of this?
- mrdobolina0
no.
- Mimio0
Seems like posturing. He needs to do something for his party by Nov 7th or the lame duck label will stick.
- Seff0
gives him something to talk about tonight. Plus it diverts attention form the phone taps..
god I hope those class action suits hold up
- mrdobolina0
I agree. Imagine being a national guardsmen though.
1 weekend a month and 2 weeks a year turns into three tours in iraq with border patrol to boot.
- mpfree0
I agree. Imagine being a national guardsmen though.
1 weekend a month and 2 weeks a year turns into three tours in iraq with border patrol to boot.
mrdobolina
(May 15 06, 09:00)yeah but that's what you signed up for. those things can come about. you're not getting paid and given some sort of stipends for educational use for nothing.
shit, there's no such thing as a free lunch.
ohh wait yes there is, Section 8 and Welfare.
- mpfree0
btw, I think it's awesome. Stopping illegal immigration. great!
it's illegal
- mrdobolina0
but, the national guard are not supposed to be deployed to war overseas, they were hoodwinked.
The point is sending national guard to the border for posturing purposes is going to fuck up recruitment goals even more.
- mg330
I agree with you mpfree, whether it's right or wrong, the National Guard and the military should go wherever they're called to.
The National Guard isn't a cakewalk anymore, you sign up for it and you get what comes your way.
- mpfree0
that may be so, but hey, in times of crisis you do what works. even if it isn't really a crisis, but that's the way they look at it.
BS one way or another.
you're right about the divert attention thing. Clinton did it in Sudan, etc., etc.
- mrdobolina0
"no war for monica" mpfree?
Are you really going to compare that to this?
- mpfree0
well there were quite a few innocents killed that day. I guess their lives don't count. They were African. Seems the way things roll over there, right?
Just raising a point man. I agree with you for the most part.
They are liars.
- mrdobolina0
pretty amazing that only Qwest denied the government access to the records.
- garett_west0
the "national guard" is not just a clever name genious.
and, if anything it will help enrollement as their duty will be to stand around on the borders instead of being shipped over to iraq. big difference.
and, only a moron signs up for the national guard/reserve and then shits his pants when they're getting sent overseas in a time of war. every person i've ever known who's signed up for the guard, or even the military for that matter, goes through their time hoping a war doesn't start and they won't be sent off. so don't give us that crap that they sign up thinking the 2 weeks a year is a fucking picnic in maui, they ALL know that if needed they'll be sent off to battle, just not on the front lines.
if you actually knew what you were talking about, you'd know the nat. guard are sent over and act as security to the forts and such, NOT on the front lines.
and so it continues the one sided battle you wage on day in and day out.
sad.
- mrdobolina0
garett, tell me what position I have stated that you disgaree with?
You just like to argue. What have I said here that you disagree with?
- garett_west0
I agree. Imagine being a national guardsmen though.
1 weekend a month and 2 weeks a year turns into three tours in iraq with border patrol to boot.
mrdobolina
(May 15 06, 09:00)for starters. that lie was a doosey.
- mrdobolina0
what other conflict were national guardsmen sent en masse in your lifetime?
- mpfree0
what other conflict were national guardsmen sent en masse in your lifetime?
mrdobolina
(May 15 06, 09:26)Vietnam? I was born in the middle of two tours of duty.
Although, I dont remember if they sent much of the NG over there
- garett_west0
they were sent in to hlep restore democracy in the invation of grenada and panama.
also, in 1990 in operation desert storm and desert shield. they played a pivotal role in providing air support in the "no fly" zone and broadcasting surrender appeal messages and instructions to the iraqi solders from safe zones and planes flying over iraq.
i suggest you know all of your history, not just the parts that support your one sided beliefs.
oh, also they were there in wwII and the korean war. during that time period four air guardsmen achieved the coveted status of ace.
- mrdobolina0
they were draftees, is there a draft right now?
