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2005-09-04 Home Front: Economy

Combat operations underway in New Orleans

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Posted by Dan Darling 2005-09-04 01:40|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Spc. Cliff Ferguson needs an informational tour of the Angola State Penitentiary to see some of the people who are out there on the streets. Maybe even pickup a t-shirt while he's there. He'll find the same thugs there both in Angola and NO, that he'd find anywhere else in the world who will exploit, kill, abuse those the least able to fend for themselves. That is why strong men must stand before the darkness that is always around the corner.

Posted by Angerong Uninelet1441 2005-09-04 09:53|| 2005-09-04 09:53|| Front Page Top

#2 Gunfight on the Danziger Bridge. 5-6 people with guns dead, 2-3 others wounded. Implication is they were shot by law enforcement (no idea whether NOPD, State Police, or MPs). The dead & wounded were firing on Army Corps of Engineers contractors trying to repair the canal. Comment here in the house was our guys need more practice time at the range.
Glenmore, evac'd from near New Orleans

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2005-09-04 18:50|| 2005-09-04 18:50|| Front Page Top

#3
âThis is making a lot of us think about not reenlisting.â Ferguson said. âYou have to think about whether it is worth risking your neck for someone who will turn around and shoot at you. We didnât come here to fight a war. We came here to help.â

Keeping in mind the press has wet dreams over quotes like this, and it's quite possible they made it up or twisted it completely out of recognition, what does it say that people are reluctant to re-enlist after their experience in NOLA, but re-enlisting in droves after their experience in Iraq?

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2005-09-04 18:52|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-09-04 18:52|| Front Page Top

#4 It says living conditions in New Orleans are worse than Iraq, that Iraqis are worse shots than New Orleans thugs, and that you don't get combat pay in New Orleans.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2005-09-04 19:14|| 2005-09-04 19:14|| Front Page Top

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