tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5140506531679956515.post8599358594830988825..comments2023-11-03T07:39:32.473-06:00Comments on The Well-Armed Lamb:<br><center><i>The Bleat Goes On!</i></center>: Supportin' Them Troops: Extended Deployments and Crappy TreatmentWoody (Tokin Librul/Rogue Scholar/ Helluvafella!)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09205896988142798901noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5140506531679956515.post-34768624196646885992007-06-25T14:35:00.000-06:002007-06-25T14:35:00.000-06:00watched the 'roberts ridge' special about the rang...watched the 'roberts ridge' special about the rangers and their helicopters in afghanistan - the one hero is now totally fucked up, a shell of a man...and much of the reason is because his copter was sent into a killing zone where 2 other copters caught a lot of fire, but there was no communication...and 8 men died, many before the copter landedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5140506531679956515.post-13058677137920640992007-06-25T10:36:00.000-06:002007-06-25T10:36:00.000-06:00this is part and parcel with the Busheviks agenda ...this is part and parcel with the Busheviks agenda to leave in place no instrument of popular sovereignty which can oppose the continuing CorpoRat coup d'etat...Woody (Tokin Librul/Rogue Scholar/ Helluvafella!)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09205896988142798901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5140506531679956515.post-85836292675339028732007-06-25T10:12:00.000-06:002007-06-25T10:12:00.000-06:00I also blogged these two reports, and connected so...I also blogged these two reports, and connected some more dots. Right now the Army has an attrition rate of 20% of enlisted personnel due just to the mental health and brain injury effects of repeated lengthy deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan. That is unsustainable relative to recruitment and battle readiness. It's just a matter of a very short time before the Army is in an unrecoverable mode.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com