Coleman Lashes Administration For "Insensitive" Troop Treatment
from BobGeiger.com
In a vivid sign that George W. Bush's incompetent handling of the Iraq war has fully reached across the political aisle and become too glaring for even his Congressional allies to ignore, Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN) sent a blunt letter to Defense Secretary Robert Gates late last week bitterly complaining about how another extension of Minnesota troops in Iraq has been handled.
“I am extremely disappointed to hear that the President’s decision to implement a troop surge in Baghdad will have a major, negative impact on the Minnesota National Guard,” Coleman wrote in the letter. “These soldiers have made the ultimate commitment to serve our country and defend our freedom. They deserve better than to find out just two short months before their planned return that their tours will be extended for at least another 125 days. Most don’t know when they’ll be coming home at all, and none know what their extended mission will entail.”
The letter was prompted by the Bush-McCain Doctrine of war escalation requiring that the Minnesota National Guard’s 1st Brigade Combat Team -- which includes over 2,500 Guard members -- have their stay in the Iraqi civil war extended by at least four months, when their families were anxiously awaiting a reunion around March 1.
Coleman also said that the families discovered their soldiers' homecoming had been indefinitely postponed through the media, and not the Defense Department.
(The rest is here.)
In a vivid sign that George W. Bush's incompetent handling of the Iraq war has fully reached across the political aisle and become too glaring for even his Congressional allies to ignore, Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN) sent a blunt letter to Defense Secretary Robert Gates late last week bitterly complaining about how another extension of Minnesota troops in Iraq has been handled.
“I am extremely disappointed to hear that the President’s decision to implement a troop surge in Baghdad will have a major, negative impact on the Minnesota National Guard,” Coleman wrote in the letter. “These soldiers have made the ultimate commitment to serve our country and defend our freedom. They deserve better than to find out just two short months before their planned return that their tours will be extended for at least another 125 days. Most don’t know when they’ll be coming home at all, and none know what their extended mission will entail.”
The letter was prompted by the Bush-McCain Doctrine of war escalation requiring that the Minnesota National Guard’s 1st Brigade Combat Team -- which includes over 2,500 Guard members -- have their stay in the Iraqi civil war extended by at least four months, when their families were anxiously awaiting a reunion around March 1.
Coleman also said that the families discovered their soldiers' homecoming had been indefinitely postponed through the media, and not the Defense Department.
(The rest is here.)
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