Military - October 2006

We won't send more troops, because Rumsfeld won't admit he was entirely wrong about neccessary force levels.
We won't leave, that is "cut and run," the slogan of the month. Ain't Rove great?!
So what can a "review" mean?
A desperate election trick?
Keeping up appearances of leadership?

2006-10-12 19:34:02 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-12 19:09:56 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

is it the U.S. SEALS, German GSG 9, the British SAS, the French GIGN, or the Russian Spetsnaz?

2006-10-12 18:51:48 · 9 answers · asked by xiy 3

CNN showed a sad face on T.V.

2006-10-12 18:49:08 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

How can this be? We are so powerful. The Insurgents so weak.

2006-10-12 18:46:39 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

How come the insurgents are kicking the USA Butts all over the area?

2006-10-12 18:29:52 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why is it that the taxpayer pays with money and lives and the corporations get the contracts (not the government) and then these corproations get headquartered in Bahamas so they don't pay taxes

2006-10-12 18:24:41 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

The Republicans lost the Vietnam war. Will they bail out and cut and run from Iraq? I'm betting they will. What do you believe?

2006-10-12 18:22:55 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

WASHINGTON (ABD) - With violence spiking in Iraq and no end in sight, the United States is uneasily adjusting for a longer, more difficult fight that could tie down US ground forces for four more years. ( Just like Vietnam )

General George Casey, the top US commander in Iraq, served notice in Washington this week that levels of violence there have never been higher and are likely to stay high for some time.

Gunmen massacred nine staff members of a Baghdad satellite television firm Thursday, another day of car bombings and killings that have intensified during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

"We assume it will still get worse before its get better," said Major General William Caldwell, the US military spokesman in Baghdad. "We expect violence to continue to increase over the next two weeks, until the end of Ramadan." We don't know if the USA can win.

2006-10-12 18:13:16 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

..and is that their excuse for them to stay - permanently?

I mean - permanently.

2006-10-12 18:08:13 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

my bf is in the army and is deployed in kuwait. .. he tells me today that he is coughin up blood and is exhausted and homesick and fever and sore....geez. and they wont give him no meds. and everyone over there is sick.. :( why wont they give him anything?? i feel so helpless. i wish i could help...

2006-10-12 17:42:37 · 9 answers · asked by yahoo2006 4

2006-10-12 17:28:04 · 38 answers · asked by Anonymous

During counter-terror classes in the Marines, we were told that most experts rank the following "Big Four" as the answer. Hezbollah, The IRA, Tamil Tigers, Al Qaeda. (with the PLO and the Algerian FLN, also mentioned). What is your opinion.

2006-10-12 17:22:45 · 8 answers · asked by Devin L 1

Making 5X my current salary

2006-10-12 17:09:22 · 23 answers · asked by Ali M 4

2006-10-12 16:22:11 · 3 answers · asked by tharbour4421 1

There's a lot of unused space there. I think it's about time we take it over.

2006-10-12 16:11:13 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

I want to write a realistic spy story.

2006-10-12 16:02:28 · 6 answers · asked by Katie 2

I have a friend getting ready to go "over there", and who wants me to be there to see him off the day they leave. I want to be there to support him, and just because he asked me to; however, i'm so nervous. I am a really emotional person, and I hate saying goodbye, so I already know i'm probably going to end up crying...which is why I thought about not going. I feel like I should keep an upbeat attitude, and I don't want him to feel bad seeing me crying and stuff. Can anyone tell me what I can expect when/if I go to see him off? I guess i'm kind of wondering about the whole process...like what takes place? Thanks.

2006-10-12 15:43:03 · 14 answers · asked by LibraT 4

2006-10-12 15:38:30 · 2 answers · asked by Tony K 1

2006-10-12 15:15:44 · 6 answers · asked by Baby Jack born 4/5/09 4

My wife has been in the navy for a year,I ship for boot in three weeks.No straight answer yet.

2006-10-12 15:14:23 · 6 answers · asked by gotama13 1

2006-10-12 15:11:38 · 13 answers · asked by Roger 1

I want to join the army and i'm just curious, i know we rely heavily on technology and we are the strongest in the world. I also know that we have 1.6 people in our whole military, but i also know that the true size of our army is classified, anyone have a good idea on how big? I say with standing army and reserve, not counting national guard we have a little over 700,000.

2006-10-12 15:03:00 · 13 answers · asked by john 1

I know that my grandfather, Harry Wichryk, now deceased, was a paratrooper and that he jumped the day before D-Day (D-Day minus one). He lived through WWII and passed away only a few years ago but rarely talked about his service. I'm assuming he was in the 101st, but I am desperate for more information and I would love to find a list of all members of the 101st at this time. I would like to try to trace his path through France. I at least want to find a roster of the 101st at this time. How can I find more information about this?

2006-10-12 14:53:36 · 6 answers · asked by elijah 2

It's only logical. And true.

2006-10-12 14:45:04 · 27 answers · asked by USA USA USA 1

2006-10-12 14:43:48 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-12 14:29:47 · 4 answers · asked by Lakers 2010 Champs!!!! 4

We hear it over and over....The Bush administration claims that if their generals ask for more men to do X Y or Z, they'd get them, absolutely. We hear over and over from people who were there, or who participated in other military campaigns, that more personnel, sometimes different types of personnel, were and are needed for various tasks in the post-invasion Iraq operation.
Is it all Rumsfeld's failed less-is-more idea?
Is it internal rangling?
What is it? Why, for instance, does this story link:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061013/wl_mideast_afp/usiraqunrestpolice_061013002233;_ylt=Aod4GKMYtmNAmIkvwBVXtS4UewgF;_ylu=X3oDMTA2ZGZwam4yBHNlYwNmYw--
tell of how we *never* had the right police training staff in place, and how we *never* established basic security and any semblance of the rule of law in Iraq? (Recall, btw, how down in N'Orleans not even food for the starving could be flown in until 'the rule of law' was first established)
How did we get so screwed?

2006-10-12 14:14:26 · 20 answers · asked by Michelle H 2

Looks that way, at least after Blair leaves:
DailyMail,UK
October12, 2006

The head of the British Army has said the presence of UK armed forces in Iraq "exacerbates the security problems".
Sir Richard Dannatt, Chief of the General Staff, has said that the British should "get out some time soon".

He also said: "Let's face it, the military campaign we fought in 2003, effectively kicked the door in."

There are currently more than 7,000 British soldiers in Iraq, based largely in Basra in the south of the couintry.
The comments directly contradicted so much of what the government had said. Sir Richard might be issuing a "very public warning" to the next prime minister, Sir Richard added that any initial tolerance "has largely turned to intolerance. That is a fact."

Sir Richard, who took on his role in August, also said planning for what happened after the initial successful war military offensive was "poor, probably based more on optimism than sound planning".

2006-10-12 14:00:02 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

If it illegal to discriminate on the grounds of age, how does that leave the Forces in the UK, whose upper age limit is typically 31 or 32 for entry?

2006-10-12 13:46:33 · 6 answers · asked by puggtiracer 3