Just took a break for lunch and a few moments to see what's happening in the outside world! One of the most talked-about stories seems to pick up where we've been before. Not enough manpower. Not enough equipment. Not the correct equipment.
They don’t even have the right rifles
Thousands of National Guard and Reserve troops had been told they could expect a longer break between deployments to Iraq. In some cases, reservists were promised they would get years between deployments. Now, they’re being told to forget what they’d been told; Bush’s escalation strategy demands more sacrifice. The Pentagon is planning to send more than [...]
UPDATE: As you can imagine, those on the other side of the aisle don't agree. One, in particular, has put together an attack. You now have both sides. Comment away. I'm still thinking the equipment isn't where it should be. Not by a long shot. No pun intended.
When the Deceptive and Uninformed Attack
The liberal blog The Carpetbagger Report has a post up this morning entitled They don’t even have the right rifles, in which the author laments over National Guard and Army Reserve soldiers being re-deployed without enough time between deployments and [...]
Tags: National Guard, Army Reserve, Iraq War, Pentagon
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