Laura Schlessinger and Deryk Schlessinger: Commanders want more MRAPs for Afghanistan
lc
Commanders want more MRAPs for Afghanistan
By Jeff Schogol, Stars and Stripes
http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=56204&source=rss
Thursday, July 17, 2008
ARLINGTON, Va. — The commander of U.S. troops in eastern Afghanistan
has asked for more Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles.
CNN first reported Monday that commanders in Afghanistan wanted more
of the vehicles, which have V-shaped hulls designed to deflect blasts
from underneath and have proven to withstand blasts from roadside
bombs better than up-armored Humvees.
Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Schloesser made the request to Adm. Mike Mullen,
chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, while Mullen was visiting
Afghanistan, Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell said Wednesday.
Morrell didn’t have the exact number, but he said the request would
roughly double the number of vehicles Schloesser has now.
As of July 1, the Defense Department had delivered 814 MRAP vehicles
to all U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
Brig. Gen. Mark Milley, Combined Joint Task Force-101’s deputy
commanding general (operations), declined to say how many MRAP
vehicles had been requested.
"However, the bottom line is the MRAP is a great vehicle, has saved
lots of lives, and we think more is better," Milley said in a
Wednesday e-mail.
The request did not come as a result of an increase in violence in
Afghanistan, said Lt. Col. Rumi Nielson-Green, a spokeswoman for
Combined Joint Task Force-101.
"The request is from the commander’s determination that he wants the
best protection available for his troops," Nielson-Green said in a
Tuesday e-mail. "We’ve been in place for four months; this is simply
his requirement as he has had an opportunity to examine the
authorizations against requirements."
CNN reported on its Web site Monday that MRAPs headed to Iraq could be
diverted to Afghanistan to meet this request.
Maj. Joe Kloppel, a spokesman for U.S. Central Command, said Tuesday
that there are no plans currently to move MRAP vehicles from Iraq to
Afghanistan. Kloppel did not reply to a follow-up query on whether any
MRAP vehicles in the pipeline might end up in Afghanistan instead of
Iraq.
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MRAP
http://kingofheartsmaybeschlessinger.blogspot.com/2008/01/deryk-schlessinger-and-no1-killers.html
"As we speak, he has a gun in his hand" ...but no protection from
IEDs
After promises to the Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England, NOTHING
WAS DONE TO INFORM OR ADDRESS THE PERIL OF THE TROOPS.
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=46877
“My kidlet’s in Afghanistan,” she said of her son, who is deployed
with the 82nd Airborne Division. “I wouldn’t have understood as much
as I do now (if it weren’t for him). So I’ve taken it as my personal
responsibility to get everybody up to speed.”
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Schlessinger also said:
"When you're the mother of somebody in the military, you're the
mother of everybody in the military." Schlessinger
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.royalty/search?group=alt.royalty&q=MRAP&qt_g=Search+this+group
6-10-07 Laura Schlessinger wrote about sacrificing your only son. A
disturbing piece in the Santa Barbara News-Press [behind a paywall].
PREVENTING DEATH AND MAIMING IS FIRST. The radio gigs, like
Schlessinger, who get PR and glory from fundraising for maimed and
dead soldiers are complicit with their war criminal cronies. Iraq was
not justified and it served to distract from the "forgotten war".
If Americans begin to take more interest in Afghanistan, they'll see
it's not only atrocities against innocent civilians. It's also the
shameless way some Americans have treated their own troops.
It won't be enough to only impeach or prosecute the main war
criminals. All their cronies must pay for their crimes in a court of
law.
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The violence from cartels has already spilled into my community.
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.royalty/browse_frm/thread/813fa79539b2e634#
"When Americans think about the border, they tend to picture
undocumented workers or clandestine river crossings. They don’t think
about war. But what’s happening in Mexico very lately is a warfare—no
other word seems suitable—and the most gruesome battles are taking
place in the reach miles of the U.S. So far this year, more than 1,350
people have been murdered in drug-trafficking-related crimes in
Mexico. Last year, according to tallies kept by Mexican newspapers,
2,500 people died; since 2001, the number is close to 10,000—twice the
number of American soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan."
—twice the number of American soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
—twice the number of American soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
think about it.....
Jack G.
> Laura Schlessinger and Deryk Schlessinger:
>
> Commanders want more MRAPs for Afghanistan
> "As we speak, he has a gun in his hand" ...but no protection from
> IEDs
>
> After promises to the Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England, NOTHING
> “My kidlet’s in Afghanistan,” she said of her son, who is deployed
> with the 82nd Airborne Division. “I wouldn’t have understood as much
> as I do now (if it weren’t for him). So I’ve taken it as my personal
> Schlessinger also said:
> "When you're the mother of somebody in the military, you're the
>
> 6-10-07 Laura Schlessinger wrote about sacrificing your only son. A
> disturbing piece in the Santa Barbara News-Press [behind a paywall].
>
> PREVENTING DEATH AND MAIMING IS FIRST. The radio gigs, like
> Schlessinger, who get PR and glory from fundraising for maimed and
> dead soldiers are complicit with their war criminal cronies. Iraq was
> not justified and it served to distract from the "forgotten war".
> If Americans begin to take more interest in Afghanistan, they'll see
> it's not only atrocities against innocent civilians. It's also the
> shameless way some Americans have treated their own troops.
>
> It won't be enough to only impeach or prosecute the main war
> criminals. All their cronies must pay for their crimes in a court of
> law.
> [][]
>
> "When Americans think about the border, they tend to picture
> undocumented workers or clandestine river crossings. They don’t think
> about war. But what’s happening in Mexico very lately is a warfare—no
> other word seems suitable—and the most gruesome battles are taking
> place in the reach miles of the U.S. So far this year, more than 1,350
> people have been murdered in drug-trafficking-related crimes in
> Mexico. Last year, according to tallies kept by Mexican newspapers,
> 2,500 people died; since 2001, the number is close to 10,000—twice the
> number of American soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan."
>
> —twice the number of American soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
> —twice the number of American soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
> think about it.....
This soap opera continues and Oprah would be proud.
lc
safe equippment are whiners?
Stripeshttp://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=56204&source=rss
> > Thursday, July 17, 2008
> > Commanders want more MRAPs for Afghanistan
"Jack G." <jgran...@pioneernet.net>
> This soap opera continues and Oprah would be proud.
Are you saying Stars and Stripes "Commanders want more MRAPs for
Afghanistan" is a soap opera? How about some focus on the troops,
Bucky?
I notice you have nothing to say or show for Laura Schlessinger's
empty words to the
Department of Defense and her example of:
"I’ve taken it as my personal responsibility to get everybody up to
speed.”
Silence or jokes distracting from deceased or damaged soldiers is un-
American and pathetic.
[][]
Commanders,Schlessinger,Charity,Forgotten
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Troops
"Stop bugging SB Harley-Davidson"
20,000 vets' brain injuries not listed in Pentagon tally
Free Lunch
AG office says be wary of fake charity groups
Military waste under fire
Why didn't she ask DoD friends?
Bush is indictable in a Federal Court?
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Have Your Say: LAW SCHOOL TO ORGANIZE BUSH WAR CRIMES TRIAL
Discuss this report in the RINF forums >
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Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
“This is not intended to be a mere discussion of violations of law
that have occurred,” said convener Lawrence Velvel, dean and cofounder
of the school.
mr l
> Why didn't she ask DoD friends?
>
> Bush is indictable in a Federal Court?
YES
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.politics.bush/msg/a3cd17e3965f83c3
> Have Your Say: LAW SCHOOL TO ORGANIZE BUSH WAR CRIMES TRIAL
> Discuss this report in the RINF forums >http://groups.google.com/group/alt.royalty/msg/6392d4d3927d2547
> Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
> “This is not intended to be a mere discussion of violations of law
> that have occurred,” said convener Lawrence Velvel, dean and cofounder
> of the school.
On Jul 17, 3:28 pm, lc <lol7...@msn.com> wrote:
> Jack G: MRAP soap opera continues? So you're saying soldiers who want
> safe equippment are whiners?
>
> Stripeshttp://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=56204&source=rss
>
> > > Thursday, July 17, 2008
> > > Commanders want more MRAPs for Afghanistan
>
> "Jack G." <jgran...@pioneernet.net>
>
> > This soap opera continues and Oprah would be proud.
>
> Are you saying Stars and Stripes "Commanders want more MRAPs for
> Afghanistan" is a soap opera? How about some focus on the troops,
> Bucky?
>
> I notice you have nothing to say or show for Laura Schlessinger's
> empty words to the
> Department of Defense and her example of:
>
> "I’ve taken it as my personal responsibility to get everybody up to
> speed.”
>
> Silence or jokes distracting from deceased or damaged soldiers is un-
> American and pathetic.
>
> [][]
> Commanders,Schlessinger,Charity,Forgottenhttp://groups.google.com/group/us.military.army/msg/1eb88f43dc751c5f
>
> Hannity's "Freedom" concert is a money scam
> O’Reilly For Military Charity To Send Dr. Laura To Meet With U.S.
> Troops
> "Stop bugging SB Harley-Davidson"
> 20,000 vets' brain injuries not listed in Pentagon tally
> Free Lunch
> AG office says be wary of fake charity groups
> Military waste under fire
> Why didn't she ask DoD friends?
>
> Bush is indictable in a Federal Court?http://groups.google.com/group/alt.politics.bush/msg/a3cd17e3965f83c3