A Lil Cynical

Interesting WashingtonPost Article Makes me laugh a lil, especially after hearing some of the rumor going around our unit.

I especially like the following 2 quotes from the article:

1. "Casey and other senior Army officials said the Army will keep pursuing its goal of giving active-duty soldiers two years at home between year-long deployments by 2011."



2. ""An increase in dwell time is the single most important thing we can do to relieve stress on the force," said Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli, the Army's vice chief of staff"


My husband didn't even get his TWELVE months at home between deployments, how in the hell do they figure they'll be able to manage TWENTY-FOUR????? It's simple. They won't. They're blowing sunshine up our ass in hopes of winning us over. So that the families left behind won't be so upset when our Soldiers are leaving, yet again. It's bullshit, plain & simple.

& don't even get me started on this mess in Afghanistan. We lost 8 guys at a COP that was being abandoned the next day..... & we fought for it WHY??? To display our show of force?? Again I'll call bullshit.

I'll shut up now before I go off the deep end.