Stars & Stripes LTE: Thanks, Mr. Rumsfeld (dripping w/ sarcasm)

[Oilwellian]

Thanks, Secretary Rumsfeld

I’d like to extend a hearty thank you to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld for the pending 120-day extension of our troops in Iraq. After all, what’s 120 days, really? For our family, it’s four birthdays (again), Mother’s Day and Father’s Day (again), our wedding anniversary (again), and the Fourth of July, which is what service is all about for a lot of military families.

I thank Secretary Rumsfeld for all of his talk about not overburdening families and soldiers. One year of their lives on the line, worrying daily about their safety, couldn’t possibly be enough to “overburden” us.

Thanks from our children, who apparently don’t need a father present, who cry when Mommy’s time is not enough for the four of them, who were counting the days until Daddy could hold them on his lap.

Thanks for betraying our trust by telling us one year “boots on the ground” and changing it at your discretion. Thanks for making the small percentage who agree with this sound like the majority. Thanks for not sending help in the form of more troops last spring when soldiers were dying, but keeping our soldiers there for extra time this spring.

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http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=125&article=21574

[RobertSeattle]

1. Ouch

It's one thing to tell someone they are going on a 15 month deployment, but completely another thing to tell them they are going on a 12 month deployment, and on the 11th month tell them they've been extended 3 months. One of the prime motivators of troops when deployed like this is counting down the days...

[opihimoimoi]

2. The Pubs have spread themselves very thin

in more ways than one.

re the wars: Not enough focus, hence war on several fronts and more on the backburner.

Not enough money, has to borrow, result of tax cut which they refuse to rescind/postpone.

Credibility: Now that they were caught. they are guilty of spreading the truth too thin as well. Many Americans turned off by this.

More than they care to know obviously as they continue the Facade.

[Oilwellian]

5. I found this line interesting...

"Thanks for making the small percentage who agree with this sound like the majority."

This is really hurting troop morale.

[prodigal_green]

3. Check this out from a few days ago (same site)

http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=125&article=21513

[frank frankly]

4. kick

:kick: