Judy:"Just as irresponsibly as we went in?" Of course. You don't expect responsibility from these people in the White HOuse, do you? Judy: "I bet they're desperate." Indeed. And they will do anything, no matter how preposterous, to avoid a draft. They know that would finish them. But, it seems like almost anything they do is ok with 55 million people here. Veronica > [Original Message] > From: Judy Evans <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: 11/24/2004 8:29:47 AM > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: The flu > > Wednesday, November 24, 2004, 2:26:23 AM, Veronica Caley wrote: > > VC> Judy:Incidentally: "I don't know what you (plural) have been told about the > VC> length of the US/UK "presence" in Iraq; the head of our army, the TV tells > VC> me, said our troops will be there "for years." > > VC> The story here is that UK troops will pull out a third of their army in > VC> December or January. > > Interesting - and I think wrong. Blair promised the Black Watch at Camp Dogwood would be home for Christmas (since then, January's been mentioned), but another regiment, now based here, will take their place. Blair is under a lot of pressure given public opinion here (and his relative accessibility) and the media: the family of one of the dead Black Watch soldiers, who had come to oppose the war, laid a wreath on his doorstep. But you know Blair, he'll hold firm (on this). > > > Many of us here think that after the elections in > VC> Iraq in January, US will declare victory and send troops home. > > Just as irresponsibly as we went in? > > VC> I was just reading about how desperate they are for troops now though. > VC> They are calling back a guy who is 47, flew a helicopter for years. He is > VC> going to court. I think it won't help. > > I bet they're desperate. That's why the Black Watch are where they are, and there are 650 of them covering for 3000 US troops (we haven't got that many spare troops either). > > > > -- > Judy Evans, Cardiff, UK > mailto:judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html