Let me show you some PISSED OFF U.S. soldiers

[WilliamPitt]

Pfc. Harrison Grimes, center, and fellow members of the 3rd Infantry Division deployed in Habaniyah, Iraq, listen to their new battalion commander explain that there is still no definite date for their return home to Ft. Stewart, Ga. (Pub: Washington Post / Photo: John Moore ­ AP)

[Cha]

1. Wait until they find out they were lied to ....to get them over,,,

there,,,to the killing fields.

[grasswire]

2. argghhh....

....that makes me very, very sad.

[imax2268]

15. this is what I heard...

http://www.sunherald.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/news/state/6253853.htm

[RobertSeattle]

3. This was front cover of NY Times today

Displayed in 1000's of Starbucks and other venues...A great picture.

[WilliamPitt]

Are you positive of that?

I didn't see the Times, and I want to write about this. This was the cover pic on the Times?

[RobertSeattle]

10. At least the version they print in Seattle!

As a Seattle resident, I am required to visit a Starbucks at least once a day.

[hedda_foil]

13. Saw it in Chicago as well.

Big farking above the fold full color front and center of page one.

[WilliamPitt]

14. Thanks, y'all

This is what I have on it so far:

There was a picture on the front page of the New York Times on Tuesday, July 8. It showed several American soldiers in Iraq sitting in utter dejection as they were informed by their battalion commander that none of them were going home anytime soon, and no one knew exactly when they were going home at all. PFC Harrison Grimes sat in the center of this photo with his chin in his hand, staring at ground that was thousands of miles from his family and friends. A soldier caught in the picture just over PFC Grimes’ shoulder had a look on his face that could break rocks.

Very nearly two hundred of PFC Grimes’ fellow soldiers have died in Iraq, and many more have been wounded. The war created chaos in the cities, and it seems clear now that very little in the way of preparation was made to address the fact that invasion leads to social bedlam, not to mention a lot of shooting. Last Sunday, CNN’s Judy Woodruff showed a clip of a Sergeant Charles Pollard, who said, “All we are here is potential people to be killed and sitting ducks."

[ianbruce]

18. And, this appeared in July 8th NYTimes online edition...

[proud patriot]

4. yep they don't look very happy about the news

What's the deal w/ a new battalion commander ?...Must be great to
hear that from someone who just got there .(sarcasm)

[WilliamPitt]

6. The old one mighta got killed n/t

[Mountainman]

9. In Vietnam, high ranking officers spend only a few months in country

They were there long enough to get some medals and then they were rotated out. Maybe 3 or 4 months. I had 3 battalion commanders in 1 year. The one who was there when I arrived, his replacement and his replacement.

[proud patriot]

12. That what I've observed from the documentaries

and movies I've seen . That must be extremly hard on morale.

[imax2268]

5. I just heard...

that parts of the third infintry will be coming home as soon as next week...but I haven't heard it or seen it anywhere else...????

[Ouabache]

7. Does the dude with the flat-top resemble Timothy McVeigh ?

or, maybe its just my eyes...

[REP]

17. Timothy McVeigh was in G(ulf) W(ar) I

as I think John Muhommed (one the DC snipers) was. I'm willing to bet that GWII brings us another seriously disturbed young man.

Not that I for a moment condone what Mc Veigh did, but I remember reading several articles where his motivations were discussed and some of his writings on the topuc were reproduced, and it was that Tuner Diaries that "made" him do it; he says he was angered and sickened by what he saw during GWI. Again, this is no excuse. I think one article was by Gore Vidal, but my memory isn't so good these days.

[Virginian]

8. Let them go home to see their families...

George P. Bush (or Barbara, or Jenna, or some other Bush kid) can step in and relieve them for a while.

Is it my imagination, or has anyone noticed a scarcity of people of color when Bush is photographed with the troops?

[Erika]

11. W or His Family Replace Troops?

That's not their job. They will be rich, comfortable, handle drugs...But doing military service is nothing they're interested in. Cheney said the same thing...This group has other priorities and National Defense is not one of them.

[Stephanie]

16. Front pg of the NYT, Tuesday 7/8, 8" by 5"

(Actually slightly larger - 4 cols wide). Color photo, dead top center above the fold, page one NYC edition.

DIFFERENT CAPTION:

HOME MUST WAIT Pfc. Harrison Grimes, center, and others in the Army's Third Infantry Division heard about their extended stay in Habaniya, Iraq.