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Nbadan

09-09-2005, 04:04 PM

Louisiana Guardsmen Return Home From Iraq
By JIM KRANE, Associated Press Writer
58 minutes ago

ALEXANDRIA, La. - Greeted by the blasts of water cannon, the first planeload of 100 Louisiana National Guardsmen returned home Friday from Iraq, leaving behind the carnage of warfare to find their families in their hurricane-ravaged state.

As soon as the plane touched down, the troops clapped and yelled, "Yeah!"

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome home!" a flight attendant announced on the P.A. system. "We're glad you're home safe."

After the plane touched down here following a flight from Kuwait and stopovers in Europe and Maine, a pair of green fire trucks blasted the Boeing 757 with water cannon as 50 to 60 people clapped and held banners saying "Welcome home troops."

Comcast (http://www.comcast.net/news/index.jsp?cat=GENERAL&fn=/2005/09/09/218081.html)

Here are some of the...ummm....youngsters coming 'home' from Iraq

http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/photo/2005/09/07/PH2005090702630.jpg

whottt

09-09-2005, 04:05 PM

Slow propaganda day Dan?

Marcus Bryant

09-09-2005, 04:06 PM

Damn right. Why'd Bush send that hurricane into New Orleans?!?!

whottt

09-09-2005, 04:06 PM

He didn't...Cheney did...that's why he needs to go fuck himself...because he killed thousands in New Orleans....because he's racist.

Nbadan

09-09-2005, 04:10 PM

Speaking of Racism, did you see that Kanye West has a new song out?

Listen to Kanye West's new song: George Bush Doesn't Like Black People (http://ia300804.eu.archive.org/0/items/George_Bush_Doesnt_Like_Black_People/GeorgeBushDoesntCareAboutBlackPeople.mp3)

Dos

09-09-2005, 04:17 PM

yes dan Colonel's and Major's in the armed forces are usually 19 and 20 year olds..

Nbadan

09-09-2005, 04:24 PM

Gimme a break..how old is that guy?...like 59? Props to him for still being able to hump it up the hill for his country.

Jelly

09-09-2005, 05:12 PM

Gimme a break..how old is that guy?...like 59? Props to him for still being able to hump it up the hill for his country.

So? you think people should be put out to pasture after 40? If he's a colonel, he's not humping anything up any hill. You do realize there is a lot more to the military than gun slinging don't you?

Vashner

09-10-2005, 12:26 AM

Nbadan

09-10-2005, 01:20 AM

hahah the Colonel has a big ass pistol ...

NBAdan too stupid to know what a rank is. Those are the command staff of the folks that came back today...

NBAdan thinks somehow they would tell him Iraq was vietnam etc... but the majority would prob tell you to fuck yourself and they back Bush..

Fantasy vs reality...

Oh, but they all look so happy to be back home, dont they? The guy on the left appears to be so happy he may even be weeping. So what if their being in Iraq probably contributed to the levees breaking, them losing their homes, and the lack of security in the Superdome? Iraq is worth it.

Nbadan

09-10-2005, 02:20 AM

Officials: Guard Deployment Hurt Response
Friday September 9, 2005 6:31 PM
By ROBERT BURNS
Associated Press Writer

BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (AP) - The deployment of thousands of National
Guard troops from Mississippi and Louisiana in Iraq when Hurricane Katrina struck hindered those states' initial storm response, military and civilian officials said Friday.

Lt. Gen. Steven Blum, chief of the National Guard Bureau, said that "arguably" a day or so of response time was lost due to the absence of the Mississippi National Guard's 155th Infantry Brigade and Louisiana's 256th Infantry Brigade, each with thousands of troops in Iraq.

Blum said that to replace those units' command and control equipment, he dispatched personnel from Guard division headquarters from Kansas and Minnesota shortly after the storm struck. Rep. Gene Taylor, D-Miss., whose waterfront home here was washed awayin the storm, told reporters that the absence of the deployed
Mississippi Guard units made it harder for local officials to coordinate their initial response.

Guardian (http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5266868,00.html)

Nbadan

09-10-2005, 02:23 AM

More from CNN...

The deployment of thousands of National Guard troops from Mississippi and Louisiana in Iraq when Hurricane Katrina struck hindered those states' initial storm response, military and civilian officials said Friday.

Lt. Gen. Steven Blum, chief of the National Guard Bureau, said that "arguably" a day or so of response time was lost due to the absence of the Mississippi National Guard's 155th Infantry Brigade and Louisiana's 256th Infantry Brigade, each with thousands of troops in Iraq.

"Had that brigade been at home and not in Iraq, their expertise and capabilities could have been brought to bear," said Blum.

Blum said that to replace those units' command and control equipment, he dispatched personnel from Guard division headquarters from Kansas and Minnesota shortly after the storm struck.

CNN (http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/09/katrina.natguard.ap/)

Clandestino

09-10-2005, 08:57 AM

:lmao dan is too fucking funny! no idea of the military whatsoever, except what al-jazeera.com and salon tell him! dan, this was a great fucking thread. and if anything, i am sure these military guys were thinking, i hope this fucking shit is over so we can get on with our jobs!

hussker

09-10-2005, 09:02 AM