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jhain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:39 AM Original message |
Marine regiment heads back for 5th Iraq tour |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
1. Marines enlist, I enlisted, I have no sympathy for enlistees |
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Nickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:43 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. They signed up to not be abused. Putting them on 5 almost consecutive tours is just plain abuse. |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:48 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. It also requires at least one reenlistment to get in 5 tours. |
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Nickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:49 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. How about stop-loss? |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:55 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. If it were a commonplace event I'd say you have a point |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:58 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Stop-loss directives are commonplace |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 09:03 AM Response to Reply #11 |
18. They are still using it. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:51 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. The re-enlist, in many cases is coerced. |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:52 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Horseshit |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:55 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. That's what I've been told by an Army relative. |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:53 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. That is abject bullshit. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:56 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. I should hope so, and it may be. |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:59 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Having been in this business for 11 years now... |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 09:01 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Interesting. |
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Bigmack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 10:21 AM Response to Reply #4 |
19. Yeah, it's voluntary... |
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jhain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 10:24 AM Response to Reply #1 |
20. Did you signup for an illegal war? n/t |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
3. It is cheaper to keep sending them back, letting them die off in IED |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
5. This is obscene. Where's Murtha? Where are the congressional Democrats? |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:56 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. where? |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
8. They only go over for 7 month tours. |
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