Frustration, boredom for Pa. troops on Gulf Coast (2,300 Unused)

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05251/567647.stm

ALEXANDRIA, La. -- Frustration set in among 2,300 Pennsylvania Army National Guard troops yesterday as they spent another day far from New Orleans, doing essentially nothing to aid hurricane victims.

Leaders of the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team were told their troops may not be deployed until tomorrow at the earliest, and even then might be broken into tiny four- or five-soldier squads, providing security to utility workers and doing other small-scale work far away from areas most devastated by Hurricane Katrina.

"It's bad. It's frustrating," said Lt. Col. Jerry Miller, leader of the brigade's 112th Infantry Regiment. "There's got to be a story in this frustration. This sucks.

"We can't keep the bottle corked like this. It's a crime," he said.


Lt Gregory Holloway, left, and Lt. Damyan Graves of Alpha Company clean their 9mm pistols to pass the time yesterday in their tent barracks in Alexandria, La.

[gumby]

1. Yeah, "It's a crime" alright.

Deliberate negligence. Sound familiar? (hint: 9/11)

[Lorien]

2. Waiting for the death toll to climb.

Horrible. Imagine being a guard FROM NOLA-the anger would be hard to bear.

[DeepModem Mom]

3. So many stories like this -- unbelievable! nt

[OneGrassRoot]

4. has anyone seen these military stories in the MSM? n/t

[struggle4progress]

5. kick

[0007]

6. During the Korea war, we in the Army use to sing a song

that went something like this when things were fucked up!

Thar's a soldier in the grass
with his finger up his ass
pull it out pull it
Uncle Sam put it there.

[Megahurtz]

7. Okay, this just gets weirder every day.

The crime is on Bush&Corp.

[maxsolomon]

8. THEN GO GET THE DYING PETS

kee rist, do you know how happy you'd make those who were FORCED to leave their dogs, cats, birds, pot bellied pigs, pythons, iguanas, gerbils, guinea pigs, etc. behind or not be rescued?

you could even shoot them with tranq darts if it makes it more enjoyable.