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2007-11-25 Britain

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Posted by anonymous5089 2007-11-25 07:38|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Are some signing up with Blackwater or like?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2007-11-25 08:03|| 2007-11-25 08:03|| Front Page Top

#2 Too bad Sandline international has ceased its activities.

Posted by anonymous5089 2007-11-25 08:10|| 2007-11-25 08:10|| Front Page Top

#3 I understand Peter Inge and Aegis are... looking for a few good men.

Posted by Besoeker 2007-11-25 08:36|| 2007-11-25 08:36|| Front Page Top

#4 I am wondering what is going to happen to the US military if Hillary is elected. Not only are the wartime bonuses going to evaporate, but the Dems are going to want to slash the budget as punishment and general hatred of the military.

When Bill was in charge, Madeline Albright sent detachments of soldiers, without support, to every corner of the planet, just to sit there. If Hillary tries crap like that, the resignations will turn into a flood. In fact, if she tries to do anything to or with the military, the resignations will turn into a flood.

How does a peacetime draft sound? Blaming Bush, of course.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-11-25 09:27|| 2007-11-25 09:27|| Front Page Top

#5 Wait till you see the numbers if Hillary gets in charge here. She'll have a empty military managed by bureaucratic careerists.

Posted by Procopius2k 2007-11-25 09:36|| 2007-11-25 09:36|| Front Page Top

#6 According to General P these officers are quitting because they have more combat experience than their bosses do and their bosses aren't listening to them. The higher level commanders are not trusted by the more junior officers that now have more combat experience than their superiors.

That is one of the reasons General P is participating in the selection of new Generals. He wants to promote some of those guys, get the general officer ranks filled with bright officers with good experience (rather than ones that have all the right punches in their tickets) in order to keep some of the more junior officers from leaving.

Posted by crosspatch 2007-11-25 13:59|| 2007-11-25 13:59|| Front Page Top

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