sending our men and women into imminent danger, the rest of the court (jesters) aren't allowing them to get a MUCH NEEDED break now and again.
king george threatens vetos for this and that. why isn't king george veto-ing this? why isn't he INSISTING our men and women get breaks?
why? i'll tell you. because HE and EVERY OTHER ONE OF THOSE ASS WIPES DON'T GIVE A SHITE that's why.
i do. i care and i want our men and women home safe. their job is to defend america. iraq NEVER attacked america nor did it have plans to do so. we don't belong there.
at the VERY LEAST let our men and women rest now and again. get them OUT of harm's way for a bit
Iraq commanders say no to breaks in combat
By Gregg Zoroya - USA Today
WASHINGTON — U.S. commanders in Iraq are rejecting a recommendation by Army mental health experts that troops receive a one-month break for every three months in a combat zone, despite unprecedented levels of continuous fighting and worsening risks of mental health problems.
Instead, commanders are trying to give troops two to three days inside heavily fortified bases after about eight days in the field, said Brig. Gen. Joseph Anderson, chief aide to the ground forces commander in Iraq, Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno.
“We would never get the job done of securing [of Baghdad] if we went out for three months and came back” for one, Anderson said.
U.S. forces in Iraq spend more time in continuous combat without a break than those who fought in Vietnam and World War II, according to Army psychologists who studied troops in Iraq.
U.S. commanders can’t match the World War II policy, Odierno said in a news conference late last month. “Even in World War II and other times ... we would pull forces off the line and bring them back on. Here we don’t do that,” Odierno said. “They [U.S. troops] are out there consistently every single day. So you have to be mentally and physically tough.”.....
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