Fort Drum soldiers who spoke to the Daily News seem resigned to their expanded duties in Afghanistan and may actually be pleased the President has a more focused role for US forces in the war torn country.
You have to admire the devotion to duty, even though its easy to just say 'well that's what they signed up for.'
I don't think anyone who signed on the dotted line ever anticipated this long and arduous series of deployments which are taking their toll on individuals and families. Nonetheless, 10th Division soldiers, like others throughout the armed forces, will soon suit up and travel a world away to carry out the President's orders. That must surely be difficult as the rest of us settle in for the holiday season.
Hopefully it will wrap up by 2011.
President Obama
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Please get rid of the grey background. It is hard to read.
How's that ?
Soldiers are always ready ... it’s their nature based on their skilled training ... but is the public ready for more death, cost and destruction – I don’t think so.
With a timeline, those we say we are fighting (and I’m not sure who they is) are ready, too. They will settle down, dig in, and wait us out – hasn’t bin Laden done that for 8 years already in some well-furnished cave operating with his wireless laptop and cell phone running world-wide terror (LOL). Let’s face, they have plenty of caves and the patience of Job.
This is a bad call for us.
I'm not sure the American Public can afford another round of Legacy costs associated with the war for years to come.
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