"pissed goy"
Re: "Bush and Clinton. Republicans and Democrats. Two sides of the same coin. Just flip one side to the other to keep the general population confused" ...
That's essentially the same thing Ralph Nader said about Bush and Al Gore in 2000 ... How's that looking now?
"bighog"
Re: Joining the Navy or Airforce if there is a draft to avoid the "combat meat grinder" ... that won't work ...
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The magic 160,000; Airmen, sailors now in combat-related assignments in Iraq
By STEWART M. POWELL, Hearst Newspapers
07/23/2007
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon, scrambling to maintain 160,000 U.S. troops in Iraq, has ordered growing numbers of Air Force and Navy personnel into combat-related assignments with front-line Army and Marine Corps units.The decision to send thousands of airmen and sailors into non-traditional assignments such as convoy duty reflects growing personnel shortages as the armed forces try to sustain the highest troop levels of the war.
The Air Force has steadily increased the number of personnel in Iraq in place of soldiers or Marines - from 1,905 in 2004 to about 5,000 this year and 6,000 next year.
The Navy this year is sending roughly 2,200 of what the service calls "individual augmentees" to handle combat-related duties with Army and Marine units.
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War is hell.