Friday, October 21, 2005
Update: 1LT Murphy, Bushite marrionette, is a registered Democrat
Proof here (scroll way down.)
And yet another infantilizer of soldiers gets his face rubbed in it.
Splash, out
Jason
I noticed a few inconsistencies with your page. I wonder how I was quoted praising Bush in 2003, when I didn't arrive in country (Iraq) or make any comments prior to December 2004. Some other interesting factoids that your blog missed: I am a registered Democrat. I have voted that way for the past 12 years. Not until my recent deployment have my views started moving over to the right. The reason I support Bush, is because Bush supports all of us over here. We are using the latest and greatest equipment, our families are better protected by a higher death benefits and health insurances, our pay is higher than ever, and the President fixes shortcomings that we tell him about – up armored tactical vehicles....
I'm sorry that the improvements of the Iraqi Army and other Iraqi Security Forces is not as evident to you as they are to me. My unit has logged over 15,000 man hours this year training the Iraqi Army. Our police teams have logged over 6,000. They are getting better at their jobs, we've invested a lot to make that happen.
And yet another infantilizer of soldiers gets his face rubbed in it.
Splash, out
Jason
Comments:
I am pleased that the LT reports his unit is having success training the Iraqis.
Still, I am forced to balance that report with this one:
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Oct2005/d20051013iraq.pdf
That one tells me that there are now 116 Iraqi ground combat battalions of various states of readiness in operation today. That's a sizeable increase in combat power over the last year and looks like good news.
But - the introduction of those 116 units has not reduced the demand for U.S. ground combat battalions by 1. Indeed, we had to increase our presence to secure the vote last week.
Additionally, enemy OPTEMPO, as measured by number of attacks per week, has increased over the last year.
So I appreciate the LTs service. And I know he believes in what he's doing. But I have trouble reconciling his account with the DoD report and measures of effectiveness you might think would apply.
Oh - and as much as I'd rather not link to the NY Times, there is this: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/22/international/middleeast/22baghdad.html
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Still, I am forced to balance that report with this one:
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Oct2005/d20051013iraq.pdf
That one tells me that there are now 116 Iraqi ground combat battalions of various states of readiness in operation today. That's a sizeable increase in combat power over the last year and looks like good news.
But - the introduction of those 116 units has not reduced the demand for U.S. ground combat battalions by 1. Indeed, we had to increase our presence to secure the vote last week.
Additionally, enemy OPTEMPO, as measured by number of attacks per week, has increased over the last year.
So I appreciate the LTs service. And I know he believes in what he's doing. But I have trouble reconciling his account with the DoD report and measures of effectiveness you might think would apply.
Oh - and as much as I'd rather not link to the NY Times, there is this: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/22/international/middleeast/22baghdad.html
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