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Mon Oct-18-04 07:36 AM
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Operation Truth: Iraq war is being done 'on the cheap'. |
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Edited on Mon Oct-18-04 07:39 AM by Q
Operation Truth: Iraq war is being done 'on the cheap'.
Democracy Now interview 10-18-04
Paul Rieckhoff returned from Iraq and started "Operation Truth". (Volunteered after 9-11) He wants to know why the richest nation in the world can't adequately supply their troops in a time of war? He hopes that this election gets people to think about the human cost of war.
Soldier's issues:
- Not enough troops.
- Inferior (Vietnam era) equipment. Troops without body armor or enough ammunition.
- Soldiers duct taping old flak jackets on their old trucks for protection.
- More than 7000 thousands troops have been injured in combat situations. Up to 30,000 have been injured in non-combat situations.
- Critical shortages: water, communications equipment, body armor.
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- The US is spending BILLIONS on a 'war' in Iraq. Where is the money going? It's clear that not enough is going to the troops in harm's way.
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Mon Oct-18-04 07:42 AM
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1. Where is the money going? |
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mostly Halliburton http://www.halliburton.com/Also any of Bushes buddies who own oil wells who are selling into $55 a barrel prices.
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Mon Oct-18-04 07:50 AM
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2. Some soldiers are complaining.... |
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...that Contractors, working side by side with them, are recieving 10 times the salary.
- Let's face the truth: this 'war' is all about profiteering for corporations and soldiers are nothing more than canon fodder to the Bush* administration.
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