Is this a serious full scale operation?
Am I the only person who thinks this is odd?
2007-09-14 02:45:35 · 9 answers · asked by Kelly B 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
I'm not sure about the soldiers, but they do need downtime after some time in the field. They're being forced to fight a needless war in Iraq and being used and abused by the military and the bush administration. So whatever they can get from those jerks to make up for that the better.
Bush has mental polio.
Support the troops. Oppose the war. Hate the generals and politicians who are screwing them over.
2007-09-14 02:52:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
This is a serious operation, with real losses. BUT...
WWII had a much larger scale - global war. Travel was much slower. Troop ships routinely got torpedoed and sunk. Also, all young men were required to serve.
This war is still being waged by a volunteer force, and they are leaving in droves, rather than serve another tour in country (smart people). Recruiting is down, and there is serious doubt about the political will to institute the draft. DOD has to do something in order to keep soldiers in the service.
You're right. It feels odd.
Also during WWII there was rationing, sacrifice on the home front, revenue raising issues from the feds (bond issues) and drive for material. Bush hasn't asked us to do so much as lower our thermostats. And tax cuts during a war are unprecedented - something will all be paying for in the long run.
2007-09-14 02:56:37 · answer #2 · answered by nicolemcg 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No they didn't! However, Iraq has lasted longer than WW II. In addition there were 16 million men in the service!
Some of the fly boys came home.
In those days there was a front line and a rear line. They would rotate troops off of the front line to give them R&R!
In Vietnam you pulled one tour of 12 months unless you got wounded or killed, or got 3 Purple Hearts. When you went back home you were not sent back unless your whole unit came down on orders. Units did not rotate out of Vietnam.
Moreover, we had the draft, Our military today is ver small in comparison to what we have had in other engagements!
2007-09-14 03:00:37 · answer #3 · answered by cantcu 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My grandfather during WWII got a two week vacation after operations in North Africa wrapped up, and prior to the invasion of Anzio on the Italian mainland. That was the only break he got in 5 years of warfare. (British Army, 1939/1945).
2007-09-14 02:58:47 · answer #4 · answered by Army Retired Guy 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, and something like 60% of the federal budget went to the war in 1941 - 45. Iraq is a measured engagement and NOT all out war, and, was not designed to be so.
2007-09-14 02:51:15 · answer #5 · answered by alphabetsoup2 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
no they were in it for the duration or until they were wounded or killed. with the exception of skilled jobs like a pilot who might be rotated back to the sates to become a instructor at a flight school to impart real life lessons learn to new pilots.
as for politicians taking vacations yes they did then and do now. it used to be that being elected to a term as a US senator,or representative was not a full time job like it is now. as a matter of fact it was not meant to be a full time job like it is now.
yes you are the only person who thinks it's odd simply because i don't know for sure what you think is odd.
2007-09-14 03:03:06 · answer #6 · answered by darrell m 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The Greek Isles...a summer time might desire to be certain. Has historic previous, nightlife, remarkable attractiveness/ecosystem...and no count the place you bypass in Greece, this is a distinctive journey. The Amalfi coast in Italy is amazingly fantastic additionally.
2016-12-13 08:55:40 · answer #7 · answered by bartelt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Iraq war has lasted longer than WWII
2007-09-14 02:52:44 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Lets see.... There has never been a formal declaration of war against Iraq.
It's like vietnam - a police action.
Police action? What is that? Sounds like two cops in brooklyn going 'she looks good to me!'
2007-09-14 02:54:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋