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Thread ID: 19928 | Posts: 9 | Started: 2005-09-01
2005-09-01 17:50 | User Profile
September 1, 2005 The National Guard Belongs in New Orleans and Biloxi Not Baghdad by Norman Solomon
The men and women of the National Guard shouldn't be killing in Iraq. They should be helping in New Orleans and Biloxi.
The catastrophic hurricane was an act of God. But the U.S. war effort in Iraq is a continuing act of the president. And now, that effort is hampering the capacity of the National Guard to save lives at home.
Before the flooding of New Orleans drastically escalated on Tuesday, the White House tried to disarm questions that could be politically explosive. "To those of you who are concerned about whether or not we're prepared to help, don't be, we are," President Bush said. "We're in place, we've got equipment in place, supplies in place, and once the ââ¬â once we're able to assess the damage, we'll be able to move in and help those good folks in the affected areas."
Echoing the official assurances, CBS News reported: "Even though more than a third of Mississippi's and Louisiana's National Guard troops are either in Iraq or supporting the war effort, the National Guard says there are more than enough at home to do the job."
But after New Orleans levees collapsed and the scope of the catastrophe became more clear, such reassuring claims lost credibility. The Washington Postreported on Wednesday: "With thousands of their citizen-soldiers away fighting in Iraq, states hit hard by Hurricane Katrina scrambled to muster forces for rescue and security missions yesterday ââ¬â calling up Army bands and water-purification teams, among other units, and requesting help from distant states and the active-duty military."
The back-page Post story added: "National Guard officials in the states acknowledged that the scale of the destruction is stretching the limits of available manpower while placing another extraordinary demand on their troops ââ¬â most of whom have already served tours in Iraq or Afghanistan or in homeland defense missions since 2001."
Speaking for the Mississippi National Guard, Lt. Andy Thaggard said: "Missing the personnel is the big thing in this particular event. We need our people." According to the Washington Post, the Mississippi National Guard "has a brigade of more than 4,000 troops in central Iraq" while "Louisiana also has about 3,000 Guard troops in Baghdad."
National Guard troops don't belong in Iraq. They should be rescuing and protecting in Louisiana and Mississippi, not patrolling and killing in a country that was invaded on the basis of presidential deception. They should be fighting the effects of flood waters at home ââ¬â helping people in the communities they know best ââ¬â not battling Iraqi people who want them to go away.
Let's use the Internet today to forward and post this demand so widely that the politicians in Washington can no longer ignore it:
Bring the National Guard home. Immediately. [url]http://www.antiwar.com/solomon/?articleid=7130[/url]
2005-09-01 18:52 | User Profile
"Freepers": "what, me worry?"
To: Flavius
Show after show, empty suite after empty suite:
National Guard Strained.
They go over to Iraq and ask the troops, how do you feel that your home is flooded and President had sent you out to this bad war that we in media do not supportââ¬Â¦
The slander is so pathetic.
They could have said, wow our troops need help, we apply to our fellow Americans to volunteer with American cross and other local agencies.
No its much easier to put on a tie, say oh my gosh there is a flood and stay in studio and yap from afar.
Reporters are they one step above or bellow lawyers thatââ¬â¢s what im trying to figure outââ¬Â¦ ===============[B] Or even better, set your fat ass down behind a microphone in the [I]EIB Southern Command* and spin for the fools in the administration...[/B] ===============
4 posted on 08/30/2005 4:58:14 PM PDT by Flavius [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]
To: Flavius Rush was ahead of this one - called it early, saying the MSM would be whining about Guard troops overseas.
Know your enemy, Rush certainly does. 15 posted on 08/30/2005 6:04:28 PM PDT by ASOC (Insert clever tagline here: _) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ] [url]http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1473728/posts[/url] ===============[B] Yes, some of us do and Rush is a big one. The stupidity and ignorance displayed by this Bush b.s. eater are probably a worse enemy.[/B]
2005-09-01 19:59 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Sertorius]September 1, 2005 The National Guard Belongs in New Orleans and Biloxi Not Baghdad by Norman Solomon [/QUOTE] Yup, its serious, when even the Norman Solomon's of the world start chiming in :biggrin:
Seriously, everyone always said antiwar.com was a predominantly jewish outfit, maybe they're trying to make amends or something
Besides we all know about those Italian perverts - they're so busy having their ego stroked, they'll end up settling for anyone able to put up with them :wink:
2005-09-01 23:44 | User Profile
Cool. Even the Old Left (Nation Magazine, Pacifica Radio Network) Jews have proven themselves truer patriots than their neo-con co-religionists and degenerate FReaker/GOP WASPS... :cool:
2005-09-01 23:58 | User Profile
Howard,
Right now, the Bush gang is desperately trying to shore up another levee, one that is built with lies and criminality about how they cut the funds to shore up the ones that collasped. They are fearful of a flood of truth knocking this one down they are working overtime with their whores in the Neocon media to suppress this story. I saw one Fox News clown interviewing an engineer. While the Foxoid reported the funds being cut, he didn't say where the money went. Instead, he tried to get the engineer to say that no matter what was done the Levee would wash away. The engineer wouldn't go along with that. He said that he wasn't sure, but thought doing the extra work would help.
2005-09-02 00:02 | User Profile
*The engineer wouldn't go along with that. *
Scratched forever from the Faux Rolodex, no doubt. Wish there were still some old-time, kick-ass Huey Long-style Dems to make hay out of this ugly farce...
Man, do Junior and his parasites need a flushing!
2005-09-02 00:10 | User Profile
Howard,
What was it Huey said about Fascism and how it would come to America?
2005-09-02 03:28 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Sertorius]Howard,
What was it Huey said about Fascism and how it would come to America?[/QUOTE]
"If Fascism ever comes to America, it will come wrapped in an American flag..." [url]http://www.lewrockwell.com/wall/wall19.html[/url]
2005-09-02 03:48 | User Profile
Howard,
Thanks! Too bad that American flag is covering up an Israeli flag. :glare: