WASHINGTON: The Pentagon plans to send more than 14,000 National Guard troops back to Iraq next year, shortening their off-duty time to meet the demands of President George W. Bush's buildup, Defense Department officials said.
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Now, at this point, when we can't get enough recruits, when we're going back on the promises made to our National Guard, when the White House won't call for a draft, it's time for all you able-bodied war supporters to do your duty and enlist.
And don't give me those tired equivocations where 'you support the police and fire departments, but you don't join up'. The facts are this. You've been cheerleading this war from the get go. You've been eager to have others go 'kill the ragheads' while you sit back in the comfort of your homes, enjoying your family, your freedom to say all sorts of stupid shit, and not really have to worry about the war until it comes time for you to run your mouth some more.
Well, we're out of 'other folks' to go fight this thing. We're scraping the bottom of the barrel by taking criminals and nut cases as it is. Contributing to the Rethug spin ain't gonna cut it anymore. Shit's bad and it's gonna get worse while you put another magnet on your car and tell everyone who will listen that 'we should just nuke the bastids'. If you want to do that so badly, join up and do your part because there's a buncha guys over there who want to do what you're doing right now. Sitting on your ass reading the Sunday paper or surfing the interwebs with your pants around your ankles.
The folks in the military did not sign up for this. They did not sign up to have their lives squandered in a war without end, in deployment after deployment. The Guard guys certainly didn't, volunteering to spend the spare time they have to help their communities, not act as regular Army troops for years on end. People, your fellow Americans, are dying over there for no good reason and you're cheering them on? No. Time to walk the walk or STFU.
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