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2014-09-03 Government

Combat Dogs Are Being Abandoned in War Zones

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Posted by Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 2014-09-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top

#1 WTF? This is insane. It shouldn't be so hard to take a retired dog home. Let the handler have it and be done with it. Something deeper is wrong with the culture behind this kind of decision making.

Posted by gorb 2014-09-03 00:12|| 2014-09-03 00:12|| Front Page Top

#2 Yeah, this is messed up. The obvious answer is to make combat dogs eligible for food stamps and Obama-phones.

Posted by SteveS 2014-09-03 00:28|| 2014-09-03 00:28|| Front Page Top

#3 That's the problem - the dogs can't be hoodwinked into voting "D"".

Dog's were helping paleolithic hunters bring down mastodons back when there were only a few million human souls on this orb. They've "had pour back" for millenniums. One or more dogs went in on the Abbottabad raid to nail Osama.

I doubt that there is a US military crew chief in the world who would have a problem having a disciplined working dog added to the manifest at the last minute.

Posted by Lone Ranger 2014-09-03 01:31|| 2014-09-03 01:31|| Front Page Top

#4 Unless very ancient, the bringing home of war relic firearms is pretty much verboten as well. The war dog issue may be grounded in similar gov't concerns. Wouldn't want those crafty kanines falling into the wrong hands. It's simply for our own good.

If the VA wants you to have a dog for therapy or mobility assistance, they'll issue you one. Get in line.

[sarc off]

Posted by Besoeker 2014-09-03 04:08|| 2014-09-03 04:08|| Front Page Top

#5 Combat dogs being abandoned is so wrong.

Posted by JohnQC 2014-09-03 08:06|| 2014-09-03 08:06|| Front Page Top

#6 The same thing happened in Vietnam. Some possibly ended up on some family's dinner table. I'm a dog lover to the extreme and it breaks my heart to see this happen again.

Posted by OCCD 2014-09-03 09:00|| 2014-09-03 09:00|| Front Page Top

#7 Give a combat dog a good life.

Posted by JohnQC 2014-09-03 09:33|| 2014-09-03 09:33|| Front Page Top

#8 leave no one behind

that is what the US is famous for

and the dogs count as soldiers

Posted by anon1 2014-09-03 12:36|| 2014-09-03 12:36|| Front Page Top

#9 I really find this hard to believe. Working dogs are considered property and would not be abandoned. I'm gonna take this one with a grain of salt.

Posted by 49 Pan 2014-09-03 13:04|| 2014-09-03 13:04|| Front Page Top

#10 I also find it hard to believe. The US military might be a mighty souless killing machine but it is still made up of people and I find it hard to imagine they'd do this when you coudl easily load them up on a C-130 or whatever and bring a bunch home along with other supplies or troops.

Posted by rjschwarz 2014-09-03 14:59|| 2014-09-03 14:59|| Front Page Top

#11 Jonah Goldberg is extremely careful with his research and is not, by any means, a lefty looney. If you doubt his word, then prove him wrong.

Posted by Anice Nim 2014-09-03 16:19|| 2014-09-03 16:19|| Front Page Top

#12 NO, it does not work that way Anice Nim. Prove that your not a pedophile now that I accuse you of it! I am very vary careful with my accusations too. He sites no references. Hew only sites a charity that works to bring the dogs home and they in no way accuse the DOD of neglect. Prove it to be right, prove that the dogs are euthanized because the big DOD hates dogs. This is crap. The dogs are cared for and loved. The stray dogs that are adopted are rarely allowed to come to the US, but the working dogs are US property, and there is a group of folks dedicated to their care.

Posted by 49 Pan 2014-09-03 19:07|| 2014-09-03 19:07|| Front Page Top

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