Reply #151: Here just for you - 50 soldiers Dems don't want to see dead

[Tinoire]

over a stupid publicity stunt. If your President really cares about the troops, do you think he can get the Reservists some decent equipment so they don't have to rely on Vietnam-era flack jackets?

Maybe for Christmas he could return and distribute that equipment instead of scurrying in and out in under 2 hours like the rat he is.


Bush appearance stuns troops gathered at airport for Thanksgiving

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But other soldiers grew angry that their departure from the airport was delayed for an hour, while they waited for Air Force One to depart. Finding the door barred, about 50 troops got into a shouting match with the soldier blocking their exit. The streets of Baghdad were too dangerous to delay their departure any longer, they shouted.

"Do you have any idea how many IEDs are on this road?" one soldier shouted, referring to improvised explosive devices or roadside bombs. "I have to get back to my base. I don't want to lose a soldier because the president wants us to sit here."

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