Comments on: New Plan Will Shorten Army Combat Tours

Administration Expects To Reduce Soldiers' Tours Of Duty From 15 To 12 Months This Summer

[piercetheval]

The Only Plan...
NOT ONE MORE DAY!

[joyous88]

if our poor country was not being administered by a bunch of greed driven republiCON morons

we could cut the tours to zero

[hhroams]

Did any of you fools really believe the chicken hawks back home cared about veterans and the medical problems they have after the wars are over. Get real!!

As for as they are concerned you are cannon fodder.
The wars are always fought by the poor and minorities, the politicians are not losing many votes if they don''t take care of us. They just don''t care.

[hhroams]

If Shrub, Cheney and all the generals were held and told they had to stay until the war was over, it would be ended tomorrow!!!!!!!

Chicken hawks never serve!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lowell43]

lastdance51
Thanks for your information. I was in the Air Force from 65 until 69. I did not go to Viet Nam even though I was aviable for deployment.

That is hearbreaking to put it mildly. I to now wonder how many names on the Viet Nam Wall meet their fate because of this 10 Months - 5 Day''s rule.

I didn''t even know this rule existed. I graduated from high school in 1962 and some of my graduating class went to Viet Nam, but know one informed me that this rule existed. They probaly didn''t even want to talk about it.

I personaly am very fortunate to receive medical health benefits at the VA hospital in Salem VA and go to their exercise room on Tuesday and Thursday on a regular basis.

Hope all is going well for you and your fellow band of brothers.

[liberalameri]

one more thing...

has shrub actually realized that the biggest threat this country is curently facing is the economy, not terrorism? the war is banrupting this country, just like bin ladden wanted. just like he did to the USSR in afghanistan.
we will be paying for this disaster for generations to come. remeber how after the USSR broke up the different countries erupted into civil war (ukrane) and poverty set in for 20+ years. history repeats itself. this might even be the start of the break up of the united states. we have never been so devided as we are right now.
I think Obama can reunite us. there is hope.
If McCain is elected, there is no hope other than civil war.
If Hillary is elected, the war may end, but the political divisions along party lines will continue.

[liberalameri]

the surge is working......yet the violence continues......
The combat tours will shorten, with the violence escalating, but i am certain there is no political reason to continue the drawdown in the wake of the increasing violence. shrub keeps telling us he will not make troup decisions based on politics, so it must not be.
but we are going to send 30,000 more troups to Afghanistan. You know, that place we invaded after 9/11 to get bin ladden. and then we left the battle to our allies, so we could go after saddam, the guy that suposedly had all of these wmd''s that were such an imminnent threat. thats right, shrub told us then that he did not care about bin ladden at the time, the guy who was really resposible for 9/11.
could it be that with this shift in troups that the adminstration is actually acknowledging the fact the the real battle with alqueada is indeed in afghanistan and like it or not, we do not have the military power to police iraq. with the comming election, they might even be able to score some political points, and actully hold up bin laddens decapitaed skull as proof the war on terror is working, just in time for november.....
is is possible that shrub is acually smarter than we give hime credit for?
he has proven that he can manipulate the media to convince the country to support an illegal invasion and incompetent war planning. can he do it one more time for a third term?(McCain)
My God have mercy on us all....

[mcvet]

This is simply more smoke so the people will not notice the massive and consistent failures in Iraq. When you are entering the 6th year in a 6 month war, it''s pretty safe to say that "Improvements" are not what you should be looking for. Maybe a way our but "Improvements"?? What "Improvements" are enough to justify continuing a 6 month War into it''s SEVENTH Year?

[woodjd42]

lastdance51

Let me add one other stat. As best as my research comes up with is that just over one percent of the population of the U.S. has served in the military. And one out of every four homeless person is a vet. Now that means that one percent of the population makes up twenty five percent of the homeless.

[kansas1946]

Isn''t that sweet. After he sent our soldiers over there without the proper equipment, without sufficient numbers, without provocation, kept sending them back and back and back, didn''t take care of them properly when they were hurt, now he wants to give them three months less time in hell. What a sweet guy.

[feelfree1]

Re: "A senior administration official said Friday that plans are to deploy soldiers for 12 months, then give them 12 months rest time at home."

Whether Hillary, Obama, or McCain come to power, just how many more years or decades do we plan to continue the lie-based, self-defeating, mass-murderous crusade?

[feelfree1]

Admiral Fallon once said of Gen. David Betraeus,

"...that he considered him to be %u201Can ***-kissing little chickensh*t%u201D and added, %u201CI hate people like that%u201D.

Who could possibly contest this reality?

"Our troops" have no business in Iraq or Afghanistan.

Both undeclared abominations were planned well ahead of 9/11/01, are based solely on lies and hype, and have resulted only in death and misery to the people of those countries.

What remains of paramount importance, is getting the Bush regime members, and their accomplices, before a war crimes tribunal, gallows, firing squad, etc.

[feelfree1]

Re: "New Plan Will Shorten Army Combat Tours"

I have an alternate plan.

REFUSE!!!

Risking a few months in jail on the side of humanity is a small price to pay in exchange for your dignity and self respect.

Do not allow yourselves to be used by the regime, fighting their lie-based, fascistic wars for profit, and disgracing yourselves and your country in the process!

www.ivaw.org

www.couragetoresist.org

GI Rights Hotline

877-447-4487

http://girightshotline.org

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"Do not fight for a dying regime. It is not worth your life."- GWB

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[rowdytexan2]

I guess this is supposed to make us feel all warm and fuzzy???