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2007-05-11 Iraq

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Posted by Steve White 2007-05-11 00:03|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 Hell, there's apparently a growing shortage of mid-level NCO's in the US Army. They are turning in papers after these continued deployments and extensions supposedly. Nothing works well in the Army without a lot of NCO grease.

Posted by Woozle Elmeter2970 2007-05-11 00:50|| 2007-05-11 00:50|| Front Page Top

#2 Who can blame them. When they do deploy they arent allowed to do their job. My father was a policeman for 30 years, he'd arrest the crooks and the judge/jury would let them go. I can tell you from first hand experience, it doesn't take long to demoralize someone when you let the bad guys off the hook on a regular basis.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2007-05-11 08:32|| 2007-05-11 08:32|| Front Page Top

#3 But, most of us know that the shooters need a strong infrastructure of support and facilities. It is the logistics, the supply train, the C4, the administrators, the trainers, the cooks, the chaplins, et. al. that make a real army mobile and deadly:)

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2007-05-11 10:46|| 2007-05-11 10:46|| Front Page Top

#4 Actually, these failings are epidemic in the Arab world. In most of these countries, the soldier's family is expected to take over the logistical support, and sustain the men when the payroll is "late". As a result, when a unit is moved, the men desert because they will litteraly starve unless they are re-united with their families.

The creation of a police force is an even bigger challenge. There is litteraly nothing in the Arab world equivelent to what we would call a local police force. That job is handled by the tribal or clan militias. Getting the Iraqis to grasp the concept is the first challenge before moving to other concepts.

Al

Posted by Frozen Al">Frozen Al 2007-05-11 16:55|| 2007-05-11 16:55|| Front Page Top

#5 The USA needs to do what has to be done both to empower and entrench ME democracy, as well as protect itself, even iff it means a "peacetime" draft. Never mind about domestic Radical Activists and related anti-US agendists - WE ALREADY KNOW THEY'LL SUPPORT ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING FROM THE LEFT, CENTER, ANDOR RIGHT THAT PUTS GOVT IN CHARGE WHILE ALSO ARGUING AGAINST THE SAME. Remember, they are no so-called LIBERTARIANS = "LIBERALS" on the Left, ONLY COMMIES, SOCIALISTS, GOVTISTS, and GOVT-CENTRIC POLS WHOM DON'T WANT TO CALL THEMSELVES SUCH. "Fascists" are both despicable criminal Nazis whom are also well-meaning but imperfect defective LIMITED COMMIES-GOVTISTS-ABSOLUTISTS depending on the Politix-Correctness of the moment.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-05-11 23:24|| 2007-05-11 23:24|| Front Page Top

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