tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786517.post111154565863566051..comments2023-09-25T07:01:43.067-04:00Comments on Critical Montages: No Troops, No WarsYoshiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11826849368615187619noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786517.post-1119150591633642802005-06-18T23:09:00.000-04:002005-06-18T23:09:00.000-04:00The military cannot continue to operate without pl...The military cannot continue to operate without plenty of new troops. At some point, either non-volunteers will have to be used, or we will have to pull out. Even if we do pull out, our administration would just get us into another conflict. <BR/><BR/>If you are Christian, remember this: Love your enemies (if you do you will make them ashamed of what they have done to you). Also, there are two ways to get rid of an enemy: 1. Kill him 2. Make him into an ally. The first way involves sin and hatred. The second way involves love in spite of sin. WAKE UP PEOPLE!!! IF YOU ARE REALLY GOD'S PEOPLE, THEN DO WHAT JESUS WOULD DO. LOVE THEM IN SPITE OF THEMSELVES, NOT MURDER THEM. AN EYE FOR AN EYE AND A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH LEAVES EVERYONE BLIND AND TOOTHLESS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786517.post-1119149606697806712005-06-18T22:53:00.000-04:002005-06-18T22:53:00.000-04:00Iraq is nothing but a terrorist training camp itse...Iraq is nothing but a terrorist training camp itself. The military can’t win there. Terrorists are clandestine, like the mafia or the mob. You can’t fight that with uniformed security (whether police or military). The best way to fight terrorism is with an undercover police force and we are gravely ill-prepared for that. Even if we train American soldiers to learn the language, we still couldn’t infiltrate their terrorist cells. We would stand out like a sore thumb. In order to get in, we have to fit in. And the best way to do this is with cooperative Muslims who are willing to help us with our cause and be undercover agents and informants. Fat chance on that right now. We made them all our enemies. I feel for our troops. Terrorists from around the world are in Iraq right now getting some action against our troops, and learning how we operate, so they can be more effective against us in the future. If we think it’s bad now, wait until about 3 years from now. All heck will be breaking loose. And that’s the truth, Ruth!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786517.post-1111785837829891242005-03-25T16:23:00.000-05:002005-03-25T16:23:00.000-05:00When Nicola Calipari (the Italian agent who was es...When Nicola Calipari (the Italian agent who was escorting freed Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena) was killed, it was explained that "American soldiers operate under rules of engagement that give them authority to open fire whenever they have reason to believe that they or others in their unit may be at risk of suicide bombings or other insurgent attacks" (John F. Burns, "U.S. Checkpoints Raise Ire in Iraq," New York Times, 7 Mar. 2005, http://montages.blogspot.com/2005/03/rules-of-engagement.html). In other words, the rules of engagement are far less restrictive than to fire only when fired upon. The main problem is not the rules of engagement, though. As long as US soldiers remain in Iraq, more of them, as well as more Iraqis, will be killed and injured. That's the nature of war, however well-intentioned individual soldiers may be.<BR/><BR/>As for World War 2, most Americans, as well as Iraqis and others, do not think that it is comparable to the Iraq War in scale, justice, legality, and other relevant respects. Why compare apples and oranges?<BR/><BR/>Since I wrote the essay "No Troops, No Wars," more reports on falling military recruitment and the back-door draft have been published:<BR/><BR/>"The U.S. Army is ordering more people to serve in Iraq and Afghanistan involuntarily from a seldom-used personnel pool as part of a mobilization that began last summer. They are part of the Army's Individual Ready Reserve, made up of soldiers who have completed their volunteer active-duty service commitment but remain eligible to be called back into uniform for years after returning to civilian life. The Army, straining to maintain troop levels in Iraq, last June said it would summon more than 5,600 people on the IRR in an effort to have about 4,400 soldiers fit for duty in Iraq and Afghanistan after granting exemption requests for medical reasons and other hardships. Lt. Col. Pamela Hart said on Wednesday the Army has now increased the number of IRR soldiers it needs to about 4,650, which means a total of about 6,100 will get mobilization orders" (Reuters, "Army Orders Further Involuntary Troop Call-Up," 23 Mar. 2005, http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=domesticNews&storyID=7989189).<BR/><BR/>"The active-duty Army is forecast to miss its recruiting targets again in March and April, as the prospect of combat-zone deployments in Iraq discourages American youths -- and adults who advise them -- from considering military service. The Army expects to fall short of its targeted number of recruits, Army Secretary Francis J. Harvey told reporters yesterday, confirming the likely continuation of a trend that began in February when the active-duty Army missed its monthly goal for the first time since 2000. . . . The Marine Corps also failed for the first time in nearly a decade to attain its "contracting mission" for January and February, as the number of people who signed contracts slipped" (Ann Scott Tyson, "Army Still Behind in Recruiting: War, Lower Unemployment Cutting Into Pool of Enlistees," Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2005, p. A17, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61187-2005Mar23.html).Yoshiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11826849368615187619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786517.post-1111782998559075462005-03-25T15:36:00.000-05:002005-03-25T15:36:00.000-05:00Also, we lost more troops in a traning day leading...Also, we lost more troops in a traning day leading up to the WWII invansion, then we have lost in two years in IRAQ.<BR/><BR/>WE are doing a great job there, please do alittle more research next time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786517.post-1111782776032927602005-03-25T15:32:00.000-05:002005-03-25T15:32:00.000-05:00I can't understand why people don't understand why...I can't understand why people don't understand why we are in Iraq. Don't you see the changes that are going on? Try and get this, Us marines aren't going around just killing people at ramdon. We only fire, when fired upon. (get it) Some of my dear friends have died trying to save Iraqs that were being fired upon by surrgents that don't want positive change in the middle east.<BR/>Please, get your facts right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com