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Administration Lengthens Tours of Duty in AfghanistanPosted on Jan 25, 2007
The Bush administration has pledged $10.6 billion in aid to Afghanistan and said it will maintain troop levels there. But because soldiers are in short supply these days, the commitment will have to be met by troops already deployed, 3,200 of whom will have their tours extended by four months.
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By Steve Hammons, January 26, 2007 at 7:17 am Link to this comment
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Continued tour extensions, expanded operations, ongoing casualties and the desire for wider war by the Bush administration could result in calls for a military draft.
Many neocons may want a World War III and they want to start it before the Bush administration leaves office.
These concerns are examined in the article below:
Military draft needed for war with Iran and Syria?
Steve Hammons
t r u t h o u t.org
American Chronicle
July 20, 2006
http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/64/22754
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=11698
Report thisBy louis stroud, January 26, 2007 at 3:56 am Link to this comment
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i can’t believe the pols want to tear down our military, our troops will lose their morale, and all those casualties weigh heavy on their minds, and their families also. none of these guys in the white house seem to know nothing about war, they seem to want to play with troops minds, and call themselves hero names, like war president, and look at their record, somebody in the right place has to do something, like pat fitzgerald. we all voted change in gov’t but they didn’t get it, i guess we will have to do more change in ‘08,and even after that if they can’t get it right.
Report thisBy Quy Tran, January 25, 2007 at 6:27 pm Link to this comment
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Only way to shorten tours of duty for our troops in Afghanistan and Iraq as well is to bring those who responsible for these invasion to justice then hang them higher than Saddam Hussein
Report thisBy Lee Dekker, January 25, 2007 at 3:09 pm Link to this comment
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Sure sounds like involuntary servitude. That was reason enough to DECLARE war in 1812. Can’t declare war on your own government, but it is our duty to impeach and imprison those responsible.
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