Soldiers pulled from Iraq duty, sent straight to Afghanistan - CNN.com »
Posted By Klarissa 6 months, 2 weeks ago in NewsKANDAHAR, Afghanistan (CNN) -- The soldiers had barely arrived in Iraq before they got new orders -- get ready for Afghanistan.
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Klarissa6 months, 2 weeks ago
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" The move poses huge logistical challenges to the Army and especially the Air Force. Between 50 and 70 gigantic C-17 cargo planes are necessary to transport dozens of heavy armored mine-resistant vehicles, containers and pallets -- all this as the Air Force's capabilities are strained due to regular combat operations.
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Many flights are delayed, canceled, rescheduled and then canceled again.
Lt. William Hutaff, one of the first soldiers to leave for Afghanistan as part of an advance party, had his flight delayed several times and waited almost two days before he could board one of the cargo planes.-
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pc256 months, 2 weeks ago
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there is a difference in opinion between Obama and the Military on the way to approach Afghanistan
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http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0209/18337.ht...
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Klarissa6 months, 2 weeks ago
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"In Iraq, the soldiers stayed in solid trailers. In Afghanistan, they would be living in tents. "
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" But the compound assigned to the battalion proved to be a lot worse for wear than the troops expected.
Years ago it had been home to Polish troops, but now the buildings were withering away in the sun.
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The engineers spent their first days tearing down some structures with bulldozers and ripping the interiors out of others.
"There is still a lot of work to be done here," said Fitzgibbon. "right now our motor pool, the place we're supposed to park our vehicles, is a lake." -
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tadair9196 months, 2 weeks ago
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remember all those cute bumper stickers that had a peace sign instead an "O" in Obama '08?
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Klarissa6 months, 2 weeks ago
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because they have realized that they were taken in by a clever campaign committee who knew just how to play to their weaknesses.
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Change and hope. Change from what to what. Hope - for what, free government handouts.
Perhaps they cheered when Obama appointed himself as president of General Motors, because they would be able to trade in their old cars for free new green cars. -
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Wolfie20076 months, 2 weeks ago
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Why aren't' the liberals complaining about this front? They aren't complaining because this is Obama's War.
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"The president has asked our military and our country to shift the focus and bolster the effort in Afghanistan, and we are really spearheading some of that effort, so of course there is some excitement here," he said outside a building being cleared out."-
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Georgia506 months, 2 weeks ago
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Many liberals--not the extreme fruitcakes of course--have always supported Afghanistan once it became clear that its government was essentially an al-Qaeda/Taliban construct.
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I know...I'm the last person you'd expect to defend liberals in here. But for many of them, the response to 9/11 was all about Afghanistan and NOT about Iraq.
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