[Grovenet] Another Hidden Cost of the Iraqi War..

[allnutt]

Interesting observation.
Sometimes it doesn't seem like it is much but the only thing we can do to 
truly improve this situation and every other situation that we find 
ourselves in is to protect and use our right to vote.  Every election, every 
time.
There is just a very thin line between the US and the rest of the world and 
that is that we can change things with our votes. It doesn't often give 
immediate results, though occasionally it can, but it does work.
We can make big changes or small changes or even no change when the 
collective voice speaks.

And writing to your senators and representatives helps a lot too.  All 
together- speaking out and voting is much cheaper and faster than war. 
Remember how the Iraq war was supposed to be quick and cheap?  There is no 
such thing as a quick and cheap war.  But the Iraqis will change their 
leadership from Saddam to who ever will be their new true leader in about a 
total of 10-15 years.  It will only take us a total of 8 years.  : )   We 
had a chance at 4 years but we missed it by just a slight amount.  We will 
learn a lot in the 4 years between when we missed our last chance and when 
we have our next one.  The Iraqis will learn a lot between their last chance 
and their next chance too.  But here in the US we have to exercise our 
voting muscles and make sure we use them every chance we get.


Katie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron D'Eau Claire" <rondec at easystreet.com>
To: "'Forest Grove local interests list'" <grovenet at rdrop.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 8:12 PM
Subject: [Grovenet] Another Hidden Cost of the Iraqi War..


> Happened to watch a bit of TV news tonight. Unusual for me but ....
>
> The report said that the National Guard units who have gone and returned
> were required to take all their equipment with them but leave it in the
> combat zone when they returned!
>
> The total price tag of this equipment is close to 4 BILLION dollars!
>
> What's worse, there's no replacements of kind when the troops return.
>
> Oregon National Guard troops are now being equipped with gear from the
> Korean War era that they will have to rely on.
>
> Should the rest of us start driving cars we find in the junk yards from
> 1951, or watching TV's from 1951, or listening to radios from 1951? And
> forget the PC - it wasn't invented for another 30 years!
>
> If we did we'd know what our troops - those vaulted troops we pretend to
> support - are facing. Only they aren't limited to seeing TV in black and
> white. They may face life-and-death situations with their antique gear 
> while
> our enemies are equipped for the 21st century.
>
> Ron D'Eau Claire
>
>
>
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