Texas NG In Iraq - Will They Be Allowed To Come Home After.....

[global1]

Hurricane Rita blows through? Just had a thought - if they do send the Texas NG back to help in the aftermath of Rita - maybe we should hope for Hurricane's in every state of the union. Then slowly but surely we'll get all of our guys back.

[whistle]

1. None of the super poor will, they'll be shipped out to the newly

...constructed detention compounds around the country.

[lebkuchen]

2. I sense morale problems taking place in Iraq

Recent anti-Bush, anti-war editorials have prompted me to revisit my Army values. Here are my thoughts:

Loyalty: I am proud of my president. He is my commander and I will stand by him.
Duty: I will take pride in my profession as a soldier. I will not allow public opinion, mounting casualty reports or dissenting family and friends to deter me.
Respect: I will cherish the rights of the free press. Whether I agree or disagree, therein lies my right to speak and be heard.
Selfless service: My country is worth dying for. And so it is also worth living for.
Honor: I will remember that a cowardly life is a life half-lived, that character and reputation are the best promotion and highest reward.
Integrity: I must always aspire to be better than I am, constantly narrowing the gap between belief and action.
Personal courage: By God’s grace, I will never forget that without moral and physical courage, I cannot live out the other Army values.
While others may wring their hands in doubt and despair, we as soldiers cannot. They can sit in the stands as spectators “row upon row.” We do not have that luxury as we must enter the arena and “face the bull” every day. Army values help us to do that in some very practical ways.

Chaplain (Maj.) Don Zapsic
Camp Liberty, Iraq

http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=125&article=31736

[Lasher]

3. I think it's too late to have them positioned to help in Texas

Since they are unavailable now, others should have already been positioned in their places to help. Ships should be safely standing offshore, within a day's voyage of the threatened areas. The same strategy should have been emplolyed on land. Any moran should know this, but Dubya doesn't seem able to grasp the concept.

But I know what you're saying: There will likely be a long-term recovery effort, and wouldn't that be a good reason to bring some of our boys (and girls) home now? Amen to that! I wish I could think of something I could do to prevent squandering even one more of the lives of our sons and daughters!

Peace! It's still a good idea.