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the sorry state of the us military
By annie b (mcliberal) - May 8th, 2008 at 9:31 am EDT
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this is appalling.  from usa today:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/2008-05-07-nondeploy_N.htm

soldiers who are medically unfit for combat were sent anyway.  what the hell is going on here?


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beyond disgusting
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By Barb May 8th 2008 at 10:20 am EDT
Did you see the AP article about soldiers being electrocuted by faulty wiring installed by---

sit down-----






KBR (subsidiary of Halliburton)???????????!!!!!!! !

WTF?????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  
more reason
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By Moses May 8th 2008 at 10:21 am EDT
All the more reason to make sure that the next adminstration in NOT GOP.
  
It's the republican way
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By Matt May 8th 2008 at 10:23 am EDT
throw more bodies into the mess and by sheer numbers and an advantage in technology we'll win. In the meantime soldiers are getting slaughtered and maimed because of the lack of planning and foresight at the top.

We shouldn't be there period. And we need to leave yesterday. Terrorists are only there because that's where we chose to set up a battlefield.
  
And every vote for McCain
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By AnneK May 8th 2008 at 10:41 am EDT
is a vote to continue
  
Well, hard to say what that means
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By Arius May 8th 2008 at 11:36 am EDT
There's really not enough information for me to determine if it's terribly inappropriate. For example, I received this email from ma colleague when we were discussing this issue:



Without a break down of the causes or comparison to previous years this ia not very helpful. I can tell you that many of the categories of "non-deployabilty" are really more apparent that real. One of the largest single items is the annual dental check. If you just didn't get one you are "non-deployable." If you got one and there is some dental work that needs doing you are "non-deployable." Does this mean that you can't actually fight as an infantryman? No. If that cavity that needs feeling develops a tooth ache months from now you get a filling. Do you really have to have periodonal or bridge work to repair a tank, no. Perhaps it would matter on a LRP patrol in Vietnam, but in the context of Iraq not really. It you have a permanent profile, you can be non-deployable. It may limit you from a specific activity, say lifting heavy weights. Would that be a problem if I'm an 11B (infantry) yes, is it so much of a problem if I'm a lab tech, no. At this point we have had amputees return to the fight. According to the regs they are really non-deployable, but they have done so sucessfully and it really depends on the job and the disability. Having amputees, especially officers, on campaign was commonplace in the civil war and earlier. In today's mechanized and highly specialized army we have a paradoxcial aversion to it.