I thought my readers would like to know about this story out of a Colorado paper. My grandson has a condition they started to treat before he left and now that he's in Iraq--remember it's a second time--they have no facilities to treat it.
Here is the URL for the article.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22743015/from/ET/
Even when we are deseparte for soldiers, there really is no excuse for this. Sick soldiers could surely be flown into Iraq later, separately from the main deployment.
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Carolyn Howard-Johnson wrote the foreword for Eric Dinyer's book of patriotic quotations, Support Our Troops, published by Andrews McMeel. Part of the proceeds for the book benefit Fisher House. Her chapbook of poetry won the Military Writers Society of America's award of excellence.
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
A Slice of Life in a Mini-Mart
Walter Brasch, my guest blogger today, is a nationally known columnist, journalist and college professor. He is our guest columnist today. This forum is available for alternative views. Please leave comments.
By Walter Brasch
It was just a chance meeting in a 24-hour convenience mart at a truck stop on a Sunday evening outside Bloomsburg, Pa.
One cashier. About eight people in line. “Well, at least we’re not in any hurry,” she said. She was in her late 50s, about 5-foot-6. Short blonde hair. Wearing a multi-colored blouse, green shorts, and flip-flops on the warm Summer evening.
He was about 20. 5-foot-8, maybe 5-9. Short brown hair, slightly bleached by the sun. Wearing a T-shirt, jeans, and a pair of sneaks. Wrapped around two inches of his upper left arm was a multi-colored tattoo band of a vine, topped by some Chinese characters. He smiled, sighed, and stretched.
“I’m tired. It’s been a long weekend,” he replied to her off-hand comment.
“Maybe you can rest up tomorrow,” she suggested. It’s a college town; she probably figured he might have been a student who had just been partying too hard the past three days. She, like the rest of us in the store, figured wrong.
He chuckled, giving one of those, “I wish” laughs. “I have a five-mile run first thing in the morning.” She asked where, thinking it could be one of those myriad charity runs.
“New York,” he said, adding, “I’m military. Army.”
With several people ahead of them, she flipped off a comment. “Better to be running in New York than in the desert.”
“I’m leaving for there at the end of the month.”
She told him that her son, a Marine, had been in the Gulf during Desert Storm and that it’s not a place he ever wants to go back to visit. She also said something about the military putting such emphasis on running when their mission now seemed to be just to stand and be targets. She said it would only seem important if they were running away. He laughed and shook his head in agreement.
They chatted a bit more in a line that seemed to take forever to reach the counter. He was a cheerful, unassuming, friendly kid, so she told him to take his humor and personality along with him. Said he would need it, that the guys already there would need it too since they were really getting tired and disgusted.
“Not just disgusted,” he said. “They’re getting really mad.”
A few months before this war began, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld had promised Marines at Camp Pendleton, “You can be darn sure that you folks will not be asked to do anything that we won’t be able to do.” The lady in the mini-mart knew better. In innumerable campaign speeches, George W. Bush had said that he opposed nation building. But, now more than 150,000 Ameri-can soldiers and Marines are in Iraq trying to act as civil engineers, urban planners, and policemen in a country whose infrastructure, once one of the world’s strongest, has been reduced to third world status, a country that no longer has adequate water, electricity, or even gas; a nation whose roads, buildings, and sewer systems have been destroyed; a nation that lost more than 7,500 of its civilians in a war that now looks as if it may have been created for political reasons rather than military necessity. A war that cost more than 450 Americans their lives, that has left more than 1,500 wounded, more than in Desert Storm, a U.N.-sanctioned military action. Dressed in a flight suit in a photo-op on an aircraft carrier, the President told the nation, “The U.S. and our allies have prevailed.” More than half the American dead were killed after the President’s announcement.
Thousands of reservists and members of the National Guard had been promised that their tours of duty would be short, but now each of them were told their tours would be at least a year. Most had given up better paying jobs and now their families were struggling to survive at home. Wives, with pre-teen children, were now forced to go to work or to work another job just to be able to pay the mortgage and other fixed expenses.
For the American people, the cost will be billions of dollars more than they had been led to believe. [Two weeks after the lady and the soldier met in the store, America would learn the cost was a billion dollars a week just for the military presence; at least another $87 billion if Congress approves the President’s request. Billions that could be used to help this nation’s sinking economy; to strengthen its environment; to help more than 33 million Americans, about 11.7 percent of the population, who are living in poverty, the highest percent since 1993, according to the Census Bureau.] Much of the money for Iraq, said the President, would be used to build schools and roads; he said nothing about doing the same for America. The $87 billion request for the coming year is about $35 billion more than the budget for the U.S. Department of Education. And, the president said nothing about the billions that would go to Halliburton, the oil conglomerate that once had Vice-President Dick Cheney as its CEO.
The President keeps telling the nation the money is for the War on Terrorism. But, in reality it’s billions to occupy a nation that didn’t have weapons of mass destruction, never posed an imminent threat to America, nor had it harbored terrorists—at least not until after its infrastructure collapsed under America’s “shock and awe” supremacy.
The lady didn’t have time to tell the young soldier all this. But, he knew. Long before the President told the nation, he knew. Twenty-year-old soldiers aren’t dumb.
Like most retired 4-star generals, this soldier said the lady was right. Not just right, but damned right. But, he also said he was Infantry, so he’d be doing what he was told.
By then they were at the cashier. He paid for his drink and bought a lottery ticket. Scratched it right there. It was a loser. They joked about it, and she told the young man in the convenience mart to stay safe and to “come back exactly as you are now.”
“I will,” he promised, walking out the door.
None of us knew much about him. Why he was in Bloomsburg. Why he was at the mini-mart. What he did before he joined the Army. What he planned to do after he was discharged. What his hobbies and hopes were. But, we knew he wouldn’t come back the same as he is now. He’s just too young to know that.
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This article is from Walter Brasch's latest book, Sinking the Ship of State: The Presidency of George W. Bush. The book is available through amazon.com or borders.com. Dr. Brasch is a syndicated columnist, university journalism professor, and the author of 17 books. The Midwest Book Review noted that "Brasch is a master at weeding through the political lies, deceit, corruption, rhetoric, and hyperbole to help us find the truth. He is a man we need very much in today’s complex society. . . If you’re interested in politics, this book should be on your table beside your bed.”
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Carolyn Howard-Johnson wrote the foreword for Eric Dinyer's book of patriotic quotations, Support Our Troops, published by Andrews McMeel. Part of the proceeds for the book benefit Fisher House. Her chapbook of poetry won the Military Writers Society of America's award of excellence.
By Walter Brasch
It was just a chance meeting in a 24-hour convenience mart at a truck stop on a Sunday evening outside Bloomsburg, Pa.
One cashier. About eight people in line. “Well, at least we’re not in any hurry,” she said. She was in her late 50s, about 5-foot-6. Short blonde hair. Wearing a multi-colored blouse, green shorts, and flip-flops on the warm Summer evening.
He was about 20. 5-foot-8, maybe 5-9. Short brown hair, slightly bleached by the sun. Wearing a T-shirt, jeans, and a pair of sneaks. Wrapped around two inches of his upper left arm was a multi-colored tattoo band of a vine, topped by some Chinese characters. He smiled, sighed, and stretched.
“I’m tired. It’s been a long weekend,” he replied to her off-hand comment.
“Maybe you can rest up tomorrow,” she suggested. It’s a college town; she probably figured he might have been a student who had just been partying too hard the past three days. She, like the rest of us in the store, figured wrong.
He chuckled, giving one of those, “I wish” laughs. “I have a five-mile run first thing in the morning.” She asked where, thinking it could be one of those myriad charity runs.
“New York,” he said, adding, “I’m military. Army.”
With several people ahead of them, she flipped off a comment. “Better to be running in New York than in the desert.”
“I’m leaving for there at the end of the month.”
She told him that her son, a Marine, had been in the Gulf during Desert Storm and that it’s not a place he ever wants to go back to visit. She also said something about the military putting such emphasis on running when their mission now seemed to be just to stand and be targets. She said it would only seem important if they were running away. He laughed and shook his head in agreement.
They chatted a bit more in a line that seemed to take forever to reach the counter. He was a cheerful, unassuming, friendly kid, so she told him to take his humor and personality along with him. Said he would need it, that the guys already there would need it too since they were really getting tired and disgusted.
“Not just disgusted,” he said. “They’re getting really mad.”
A few months before this war began, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld had promised Marines at Camp Pendleton, “You can be darn sure that you folks will not be asked to do anything that we won’t be able to do.” The lady in the mini-mart knew better. In innumerable campaign speeches, George W. Bush had said that he opposed nation building. But, now more than 150,000 Ameri-can soldiers and Marines are in Iraq trying to act as civil engineers, urban planners, and policemen in a country whose infrastructure, once one of the world’s strongest, has been reduced to third world status, a country that no longer has adequate water, electricity, or even gas; a nation whose roads, buildings, and sewer systems have been destroyed; a nation that lost more than 7,500 of its civilians in a war that now looks as if it may have been created for political reasons rather than military necessity. A war that cost more than 450 Americans their lives, that has left more than 1,500 wounded, more than in Desert Storm, a U.N.-sanctioned military action. Dressed in a flight suit in a photo-op on an aircraft carrier, the President told the nation, “The U.S. and our allies have prevailed.” More than half the American dead were killed after the President’s announcement.
Thousands of reservists and members of the National Guard had been promised that their tours of duty would be short, but now each of them were told their tours would be at least a year. Most had given up better paying jobs and now their families were struggling to survive at home. Wives, with pre-teen children, were now forced to go to work or to work another job just to be able to pay the mortgage and other fixed expenses.
For the American people, the cost will be billions of dollars more than they had been led to believe. [Two weeks after the lady and the soldier met in the store, America would learn the cost was a billion dollars a week just for the military presence; at least another $87 billion if Congress approves the President’s request. Billions that could be used to help this nation’s sinking economy; to strengthen its environment; to help more than 33 million Americans, about 11.7 percent of the population, who are living in poverty, the highest percent since 1993, according to the Census Bureau.] Much of the money for Iraq, said the President, would be used to build schools and roads; he said nothing about doing the same for America. The $87 billion request for the coming year is about $35 billion more than the budget for the U.S. Department of Education. And, the president said nothing about the billions that would go to Halliburton, the oil conglomerate that once had Vice-President Dick Cheney as its CEO.
The President keeps telling the nation the money is for the War on Terrorism. But, in reality it’s billions to occupy a nation that didn’t have weapons of mass destruction, never posed an imminent threat to America, nor had it harbored terrorists—at least not until after its infrastructure collapsed under America’s “shock and awe” supremacy.
The lady didn’t have time to tell the young soldier all this. But, he knew. Long before the President told the nation, he knew. Twenty-year-old soldiers aren’t dumb.
Like most retired 4-star generals, this soldier said the lady was right. Not just right, but damned right. But, he also said he was Infantry, so he’d be doing what he was told.
By then they were at the cashier. He paid for his drink and bought a lottery ticket. Scratched it right there. It was a loser. They joked about it, and she told the young man in the convenience mart to stay safe and to “come back exactly as you are now.”
“I will,” he promised, walking out the door.
None of us knew much about him. Why he was in Bloomsburg. Why he was at the mini-mart. What he did before he joined the Army. What he planned to do after he was discharged. What his hobbies and hopes were. But, we knew he wouldn’t come back the same as he is now. He’s just too young to know that.
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This article is from Walter Brasch's latest book, Sinking the Ship of State: The Presidency of George W. Bush. The book is available through amazon.com or borders.com. Dr. Brasch is a syndicated columnist, university journalism professor, and the author of 17 books. The Midwest Book Review noted that "Brasch is a master at weeding through the political lies, deceit, corruption, rhetoric, and hyperbole to help us find the truth. He is a man we need very much in today’s complex society. . . If you’re interested in politics, this book should be on your table beside your bed.”
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Carolyn Howard-Johnson wrote the foreword for Eric Dinyer's book of patriotic quotations, Support Our Troops, published by Andrews McMeel. Part of the proceeds for the book benefit Fisher House. Her chapbook of poetry won the Military Writers Society of America's award of excellence.
Saturday, January 19, 2008
It's the Little Things That Count
Send a Valentine to your soldier. Yes, I usually harp on doing something more than paying lip service but little things mean a lot, too. How about this. Send a Valentine even if you don't have a soldier of your own.
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Carolyn Howard-Johnson wrote the foreword for Eric Dinyer's book of patriotic quotations, Support Our Troops, published by Andrews McMeel. Part of the proceeds for the book benefit Fisher House. Her chapbook of poetry won the Military Writers Society of America's award of excellence.
Women and Others: Whys and Wherefores of Joining the Military
I thought this story from a woman soldier was interesting because it explains why women (and many others) might choose a military career. Thank you, Terry!
Guest blog by Terry Spear, Retired LTC, USAR
Why join the military?
From a many great-grandfather, who was a German mercenary, ordered to fight the Americans on the side of the British during the American Revolution, but fled the country and became a Canadian militiaman (he was so impressed by George Washington, several of his descendents were name GW), to my French-born great grandfather who was a Teddy Roosevelt Rough Rider, to my grandfather, a doctor in the Canadian Army, WWI, and my father, who was in the USAF, a prisoner-of-war of the Germans for 19 months when he was 17 during WWII, my mother, who joined the Army to get her US citizenship earlier (she was Canadian born), and a sister, also an Army officer, I joined the military because it was in my blood.
Service to country is really important to me. I was one of the first women commissioned in the US Army Reserve Office Training Corp who had been through the basic summer camp. After graduating as a Distinguished Military Graduate (DMG), I served as a personnel officer, and then as a mobilization officer, retiring as a LTC in the USAR.
When I first was commissioned, women were members of the Women’s Army Corp. But that soon changed and we were integrated into the all man’s Army. Our uniforms changed like the seasons. When I first arrived at my Personnel Officer’s Basic Course, we wore “cords,” a green and white striped blouse and skirt. Men wore khakis. This soon changed to a one-piece mint green dress for women. Civilians seeing me in uniform thought I was a Girl Scout Leader or an airline stewardess. True, it didn’t look anything like a uniform! Then shortly after that, we wore green pants, turtlenecks, white shirts, green skirts, which didn’t last either. Believe me, for the female officers, it was costing us a fortune! Next, they decided on a green skirt (couldn’t keep the one we already had) and a green blouse, which is still in use today.
Why join the military? I met people from all over the world, made friends from all over, enjoyed serving my country and my fellow soldiers, and now belong to a retired officer’s group locally. I’ve written about my father’s WWII experiences for the Ex-POW Bulletin, trying to keep the history alive, because our veterans are the ones who made us free.
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War. Peace. Tolerance and Our Soldiers is a blog by Carolyn Howard-Johnson. She wrote the foreword for Eric Dinyer's book of patriotic quotations, Support Our Troops, published by Andrews McMeel. Part of the proceeds for the book benefit Fisher House. Her chapbook of poetry won the Military Writers Society of America's award of excellence.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Glendale Flies Banners for Their Troops
Tuesay morning, a bright Southern California sun shone. The civic center courtyard was cool, shaded. A ceremony to the hum of Glendale Avenue traffic and the clatter of construction at city hall. A poster in the colors of the flag honored Glendale's dead, those who serve. Glendale's elected officials out in force.
The first banner I saw was on the south east corner of Glendale Avenue and Broadway. It just happened to be that of one specialist Travis Lamoureaux now serving his second tour of duty in Iraq. His grandfather snapped pictures. I cried.
I cried because I am proud. Because I am glad our soldiers are being recognized, including one woman who lost her life in Iraq, believing she was there for the right.
I also cried because though banners can whisper of love and support, still many soldiers are being paid below the national poverty level, because there are still wounded vets who aren't getting the support they need and because the few in America do the work of the many. Many for whom they labor have not been asked to do their share. I cried with hope that all that will soon change.
Only five banners fly in Glendale for soldiers serving active duty. Six more for soldiers including the one young woman who died doing what others won't, what others are not asked to do. Others fly for Glendale's own Bravo company, many who were there in camouflage, standing tall, some waiting for their 2nd, some their third call.
Read more in the Glendale News-Press. http://www.glendalenewspress.com/articles/2008/01/16/politics/gnp-ceremony16.txt.
If you live in Southern California, please write a letter to our Glendale News-Press in support of their gesture and write letters to your own newspapers, your legislators, your President, asking for better support of our troops and our veterans. We are making strides because of people who care. People like those who spearheaded this project, Myna Wilcox, Don Briggs. Still, we can do more.
Post Script: Only yesterday our hometown newspaper reports another soldier gave his life in Iraq. Glendale a city of only something a little over 200,00 gives another bringing the total to seven.
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Carolyn Howard-Johnson wrote the foreword for Eric Dinyer's book of patriotic quotations, Support Our Troops, published by Andrews McMeel. Part of the proceeds for the book benefit Fisher House. Her chapbook of poetry won the Military Writers Society of America's award of excellence.
Monday, January 14, 2008
Support Fort Carson Soldiers
Volunteers from my grandson's unit are sponsoring T-shirts. They include insignias (note the picture) that say "Walk to Iraq and Back." They are available in pink and gray and the sponsor is asking for payment in advance. The cost is $7. Please order by Jan 25. For shipping please add $3.00. Please indicate color (gray or pink) and size. Sizes available:
Adult Sm, Med, L, XL, XXL
Child Med, large
Don't forget to give you shipping address. And allow time for these volunteers to receive the shirts and then to ship them.
Send payment to:
Walk to Iraq and Back T-shirts
S-3, 1-68 CAB, 3 BCT
BLDG 2060
Fort Carson, CO 80902
Your contact is Stephanie Pappal
1-68 CAB FRG Advisor
Home Phone: 719-886-3371
Mobile Phone: 719-209-2877
She will advise you if you have questions.
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Carolyn Howard-Johnson wrote the foreword for Eric Dinyer's book of patriotic quotations, Support Our Troops, published by Andrews McMeel. Part of the proceeds for the book benefit Fisher House. Her chapbook of poetry won the Military Writers Society of America's award of excellence.
National Book Critics Circle Passes Over Vietnam
Darned if I can figure it out. It isn't that Joyce Carol Oates isn't one of my favorite authors. She led in the National Book Critics Circle finalists that were announced on Saturday. But Tree of Smoke, a book about the extreme ups and downs -- spirtually, physically and politically, of the Vietnam war didn't get a nod. Hard to tell why. Maybe those of us who care about such things should be glad that Dennis Johnson's book did receive the National Book Award. But I have to wonder, what WERE the Book Critics Circle judges thinking!?
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Carolyn Howard-Johnson wrote the foreword for Eric Dinyer's book of patriotic quotations, Support Our Troops, published by Andrews McMeel. Part of the proceeds for the book benefit Fisher House. Her chapbook of poetry won the Military Writers Society of America's award of excellence.
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Carolyn Howard-Johnson wrote the foreword for Eric Dinyer's book of patriotic quotations, Support Our Troops, published by Andrews McMeel. Part of the proceeds for the book benefit Fisher House. Her chapbook of poetry won the Military Writers Society of America's award of excellence.
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Giving Support Where Support Is Needed
Credit where credit is due.
The Marine Corp allocated an additional $30 million to some bases for family readiness programs. That includes support groups, and counseling. Considering that many soldiers are rotating from US bases to Iraq in wahat they call "seven and seven" (meaning seven months here, seven months there) such extra support is not only fitting but necessary. According to the LA Times, many Marine families have endured two, three, even four rounds of duty in Iraq. Please see the element at the bottom of this blog to learn some of the small ways you might contribute to the support of our soldiers.
If any blog vistitors would like to research the article in the Times, it is by Tony Perry. It appeared Thursday, Jan 10, page B3.
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Carolyn Howard-Johnson wrote the foreword for Eric Dinyer's book of patriotic quotations, Support Our Troops, published by Andrews McMeel. Part of the proceeds for the book benefit Fisher House. Her chapbook of poetry won the Military Writers Society of America's award of excellence.
The Marine Corp allocated an additional $30 million to some bases for family readiness programs. That includes support groups, and counseling. Considering that many soldiers are rotating from US bases to Iraq in wahat they call "seven and seven" (meaning seven months here, seven months there) such extra support is not only fitting but necessary. According to the LA Times, many Marine families have endured two, three, even four rounds of duty in Iraq. Please see the element at the bottom of this blog to learn some of the small ways you might contribute to the support of our soldiers.
If any blog vistitors would like to research the article in the Times, it is by Tony Perry. It appeared Thursday, Jan 10, page B3.
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Carolyn Howard-Johnson wrote the foreword for Eric Dinyer's book of patriotic quotations, Support Our Troops, published by Andrews McMeel. Part of the proceeds for the book benefit Fisher House. Her chapbook of poetry won the Military Writers Society of America's award of excellence.
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Shift Happens. Can We All Figure Out How to Work Together
Translating Tech to Tolerance. Tolerance to a World without Wars. What do you think?
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Carolyn Howard-Johnson wrote the foreword for Eric Dinyer's book of patriotic quotations, Support Our Troops, published by Andrews McMeel. Part of the proceeds for the book benefit Fisher House. Her chapbook of poetry won the Military Writers Society of America's award of excellence.
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Carolyn Howard-Johnson wrote the foreword for Eric Dinyer's book of patriotic quotations, Support Our Troops, published by Andrews McMeel. Part of the proceeds for the book benefit Fisher House. Her chapbook of poetry won the Military Writers Society of America's award of excellence.
The Case of the Military's Bumbly Trucks
Earlier this year we read that that the military has helicopters that do certain jobs better than the ones they now have nearly ready to put in operation. Trouble is, they aren't maneuverable enough and they carry so many troops at once that when they go down (because of this "minor" flaw or for any other reason!) they take more soldiers down with them than the ones we are now using.
Now we have the case of the bumbly trucks. You know, as in bumbleheads. The LA Times reported (Thursday, Dec. 27, page A1) that Gen. William S. Wallace, says the bumblers lack agility vital to urban warfare and the those things "should be of concern."
These These trucks cost billions but now, NOW, the military is having doubts about them--they're actually called MRAPs for "mine-resistant ambush-protected" -- because they aren't suited to the kind of warfare (if that's what we call it now) we are waging in Iraq.
So, 1500 monster trucks -- the military's answer to the Humvee brouhaha that occurred when we found our underpaid soldiers were driving them to their deaths for lack of armor -- will be delivered soon. Yes, it's taxpayers' money but to make it super personal, its your son's (or my grandson's) life if an unmaneuverable truck runs into trouble.
By the way, you should SEE the illustration of the Humvee next to this MRAP. The MRAP is so huge it could be a tank. One advantage is that the looks of it could scare the beejeebees out of someone bent on doing harm. The disadvantage, of course, is that we're trying to make friends with the populace. So this truck must be like--well a Halloween costume. And it doesn't look like a good fairy.
I dont know. But it seems as if the jerry-rigged armor the soldiers were installing on their Humvees just might have been a better solution. In any case, this solution doesn't seem to be the right one. Maybe they'll figure a way to use these giants effectively in some operations and not put them into action where they would be a detriment. We can only hope.
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Carolyn Howard-Johnson wrote the foreword for Eric Dinyer's book of patriotic quotations, Support Our Troops, published by Andrews McMeel. Part of the proceeds for the book benefit Fisher House. Her chapbook of poetry won the Military Writers Society of America's award of excellence.
Now we have the case of the bumbly trucks. You know, as in bumbleheads. The LA Times reported (Thursday, Dec. 27, page A1) that Gen. William S. Wallace, says the bumblers lack agility vital to urban warfare and the those things "should be of concern."
These These trucks cost billions but now, NOW, the military is having doubts about them--they're actually called MRAPs for "mine-resistant ambush-protected" -- because they aren't suited to the kind of warfare (if that's what we call it now) we are waging in Iraq.
So, 1500 monster trucks -- the military's answer to the Humvee brouhaha that occurred when we found our underpaid soldiers were driving them to their deaths for lack of armor -- will be delivered soon. Yes, it's taxpayers' money but to make it super personal, its your son's (or my grandson's) life if an unmaneuverable truck runs into trouble.
By the way, you should SEE the illustration of the Humvee next to this MRAP. The MRAP is so huge it could be a tank. One advantage is that the looks of it could scare the beejeebees out of someone bent on doing harm. The disadvantage, of course, is that we're trying to make friends with the populace. So this truck must be like--well a Halloween costume. And it doesn't look like a good fairy.
I dont know. But it seems as if the jerry-rigged armor the soldiers were installing on their Humvees just might have been a better solution. In any case, this solution doesn't seem to be the right one. Maybe they'll figure a way to use these giants effectively in some operations and not put them into action where they would be a detriment. We can only hope.
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Carolyn Howard-Johnson wrote the foreword for Eric Dinyer's book of patriotic quotations, Support Our Troops, published by Andrews McMeel. Part of the proceeds for the book benefit Fisher House. Her chapbook of poetry won the Military Writers Society of America's award of excellence.
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