americans_preemptive_wars_against_united_states kx21 * a_point_in_time - White_house_911 * Americans "preemptive_wars" against United_States:- Bush (War_president /Commander_in_Chief)"s Pepsi_Folklore in 2004, 2005,... 041105 ... 1) * The Spice of Preemptive_wars 123 * Major_surge_in_withdrawal_of_US_citizenship... 041105 ... . WELLINGTON (AFP) - Enquiries from Americans wanting to move to New Zealand have skyrocketed since George_W_Bush was reelected president of the United States. 041105 ... 115 http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20041106/ts_alt_afp/nzealand_us_vote&cid=1506&ncid=2043 "Americans were also looking to Australia and Canada as well as New Zealand following the election." 041105 ... 2) The_'War'_against_US_military_'stop_loss_policy'... 041105 ... . 5 Nov 2004 U.S. Army Reservist Wins Fight Against Iraq Call-Up Fri 5:58 PM ET http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=564&ncid=564&e=7&u=/nm/20041105/ts_nm/rights_iraq_soldier_dc 041105 ... 3) Refusal of Military Mission 041116 ... . Punishment recommended for soldiers who refused fuel supply mission: US Army official - AFP via Yahoo! News *1116 * (Nov 16, 2004) 041116 ... . Punishment Urged for Reservists Who Disobeyed - at The New York Times (reg. req'd) (Nov 16, 2004) 041116 ... . "Two dozen members of an Army Reserve unit in Iraq disobeying orders last month to deliver fuel to another base" 041116 ... a "point". Eight US soldiers sue Pentagon over extended Iraq tours 1206, 2004 AFP - 2 hours, 38 minutes ago 041206 ... http http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20041206/ts_alt_afp/us_iraq_troops_justice&cid=1506&ncid=1473 041206 ... a) Euraka in www!!! M_evolution of Americans "preemptive_wars" against US- the "M Carrot" abc: Ladies and gentlemen, drop your borders:- no_good_american_will_be_'left_behind' 041206 ... b) * On_the_run * Bush_aides_'on_the_run' 041206 ... c) * AWOL * Political refuge (e.g. in Canada) 041206 ... . a veteran of the US-led war in Afghanistan, appeared before Canada's Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) to formally plead that he would face persecution if sent home to the United_States. 041206 ... . His case, and that of two other fugitive American soldiers, has stirred sympathy in Canada, which opposed the Iraq war. 041206 ... . AWOL US soldier pleads for Iraq-war refuge in Canada AFP - Dec 06 (1206) 3:37 PM 041206 ... 1208 U.S. Army Deserter Seeks Canadian Asylum 2004 1 hour, 48 minutes ago 041208 ... . "We deliberately gunned down people who were civilians. I became so concerned because I felt that Marines were honestly enjoying it. I saw plenty of Marines become psychopaths. They enjoyed the killing." 041208 ... 1213 Ark. Soldier in Hospital Instead of Iraq Mon Dec 13, 6:57 PM ET 041214 ... Yahoo! Search LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - A soldier who was supposed to return to Iraq after losing a legal bid to remain at home in Arkansas has been hospitalized for "intense distress," his lawyers said Monday. 041214 ... a "point". Latest headlines: · US National Guard feels impact of Iraq war as recruiting slips 1216, 2004 20 minutes ago 041216 ... http http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20041217/pl_afp/usiraqmilitaryguard&cid=1521&ncid=1480 041216 ... - "It's short by approximately 10,000. The number right now is right around 340,000," said Lieutenant Colonel Michael Milord, a spokesman for the National Guard bureau. 041216 ... 1216 "The National Guard also fell some 7,000 people short of its goal of recruiting 63,000 people in fiscal 2004," 041216 ... 1217 GI accused of having self shot to avoid Iraq redeployment 7 minutes ago 041217 ... an "amazing" newslink A U.S. Army combat veteran on leave from a unit headed back to Iraq (news - web sites) arranged for a friend to shoot him in the leg in an attempt to avoid returning to the war 041217 ... a "point". New_York_based_human_rights_watch * 1217 * 041217 ... a "point". Mental_health 041219 ... 1220 For_first_time_'most_say_Iraq_war_was_a_mistake' The_Test_of_will - Americans 041220 ... 1220 _'not_worth_fighting'_ 041222 ... . _seven_out_of_10___ US citizens thought the level of American casualties in Iraq was unacceptable. 041222 ... a "point". _'Loss_of_Optimism'_ * What's_reality - 1222, 2004 * 041222 ... 1223 Violence Forces U.S. Contractor to Drop Iraq Work Reuters - 1 hour, 10 minutes ago 041223 ... * a U.S. company to pull out of a $325 million contract to rebuild transportation infrastructure in Iraq 041223 ... 1223 US families of dead raise 600,000 dollars for Fallujah refugees AFP - Thu Dec 23, 5:20 PM ET 041223 ... _ "The Iraq war took away my son's life, and it has taken away the lives of so many innocent Iraqis. It is time to stop the killing and to help the children of Iraq," 041223 ... ~ http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/041223/photos_wl_me_afp/041223222012_gkyt91ci_photo0 041223 ... a "point". The_echoes_of_Vietnam 041224 ... _ living in a "fantasyland" and failing to learn from mistakes made in Vietnam. 041224 ... 1229 US rebel joins Saddam legal team 2004, 13:25 GMT 041229 ... an "amazing" newslink http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4132505.stm Former US (United_States) attorney general Ramsey Clark has joined the team of Jordan-based lawyers defending Saddam_Hussein. 041229 ... 162005 Marine Charged in Desertion Missing Again 1 hour, 20 minutes ago 050105 ... somebody http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/050105/480/ny13101052208 The Marine charged with desertion after he claimed to have been kidnapped last year in Iraq was again declared a deserter Wednesday after he failed to return from a holiday leave. 050105 ... U.S. Chief of Army Reserve Criticizes Policies Wed Jan 5, 5:54 PM ET "The Army Reserve ...is so hampered by misguided Army policies and practices that it is "rapidly degenerating into a 'broken' force," the Reserve's most senior general says. 050105 ... phil revolution 050105 ... Orange U.S. reserves nearly 'broken,' says chief http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6790738/ “I do not wish to sound alarmist. I do wish to send a clear, distinctive signal of deepening concern,” Lt. Gen. James Helmly said in a Dec. 20 memo to Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter Schoomaker. 050105 ... 162005 Nine_American_troops_killed_in_Iraq_... 050107 ... 1132005 War Veteran Refuses 2nd Iraq Deployment AP - 2 hours, 24 minutes ago 050113 ... * A mechanic with nine years in the Army, including a role in the assault on Baghdad, has refused to return to Iraq, claiming "you just don't know how bad it is." * 050113 ... 1242005 Summary: U.S. Running Out of Reserves 2:36 AM ET 050124 ... U.S. TROUBLE AHEAD: At the current rate and size of troop deployments to Iraq, the availability of part-time forces suitable for service in Iraq could become a problem... 050124 ... Given US Army Says Not Planning Quick Troop Cut in Iraq 1242005 13 minutes ago 050124 ... 12 minutes ago and "Pepsi_Folklore":- Bush (War_president/ Commander_om_Chief) to Seek About $80 Bln for Military Operations... 050124 ... . Commander_in_Chief) 050124 ... 2 hours 40 minutes ago And Senate Democrats Ready Anti_War Speeches... 050124 ... 1252005 White House Projects 2005 Deficit at $427 Billion 050125 ... U.S. budget deficit headed for new record 050125 ... * Bush to seek $80bn for war funds 1252005, 22:11 GMT * 050125 ... 1262005 Rumsfeld's Top Policy Adviser to Quit 27 minutes ago 050126 ... 43 minutes ago * 232005 * Marines Fall Short of Recruiting Goal 050203 ... Parents The Marine Corps fell slightly short of its recruiting goal in January, the first month that has happened in nearly a decade, amid ' concerns about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan... 050203 ... The Graces From Heaven "It's a natural reaction in a time of war that a mother and father are going to have concerns, and so they are putting on the brakes," Maj. Dave Griesmer, spokesman for Marine Corps Recruiting Command 050203 ... Yahoo Search Why the sudden push for military benefits at Christian Science Monitor (Feb 3, 2005) 050204 ... 232005 Pentagon still failing to protect the troops at Boston Globe 050204 ... Yahoo! News Marines Fall Short of Recruiting Goal AP via 232005 050204 ... 242005 *** * Resination Threat / "Trick" *** Rumsfeld Says He Offered to Resign ('twice")... 12:09 AM ET 050204 ... * Resignation Threat/ Rumsfeld's "Trick" * 050204 ... 282005 Pentagon: War Fund Accounting 2:14 PM ET 050208 ... ... Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld readily admits he sent Congress an incomplete budget in seeking $419.3 billion for fiscal year 2006, a 4.8 percent increase... 050208 ... The Pentagon says it will seek another increase for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan later in the year... 050208 ... 1 hour 4 minutes ago *** * Bush Adminstration: Dollars_and_cents *** U.S. Spending More Per Soldier Than Ever 2162005 050216 ... $300 billion ...With military costs since Sept. 11, 2001 ("911"), now expected to exceed ... 050216 ... 2122005 Army faces recruiting strains 050221 ... U.S. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7004729/ Army faces recruiting strains Fewer enlistees in pipeline... 050221 ... . For_the_first_time since 2001, the Army began the fiscal year in October with only 18.4 percent of the year's target of 80,000 active-duty recruits already in the pipeline.... 050221 ... U.S. * 2212005 * Army Having Difficulty Meeting Goals In Recruiting 050221 ... 1 hour 26 minutes ago Battle losses in Iraq, Afghanistan... 2252005 050225 ... 2252005 U.S. Division That Fought War Rolls Back Into Iraq 8:25 AM ET 050225 ... U.S. The return of the division which spearheaded the drive to Baghdad in April 2003, underlines just how dug in forces have become in Iraq... 050225 ... ... _'a_day_longer_than_necessary'_... 050225 ... from seven to 12 years * NIE - 2252005 * Top United_States Sees Lasting Iraq Insurgency:- ... 050225 ... from seven to 12 years * NIE - 2252005 * Top United_States General Sees Lasting Iraq Insurgency:- ... 050225 ... 312005 US Human_rights Groups 050301 ... 16 minutes ago Suit Alleges Rumsfeld Approved Torture 050301 ... Greenspan United_States Federal Reserve Chairman 050302 ... 2 hours 47 minutes ago "You cannot continuously introduce legislation which tends to expand budget deficits because down the road the impact of an ever-rising deficit, especially as a percent of the GDP (news - web sites), creates some significant weakness in the structure of the economy," Greenspan told the House of Representatives Budget Committee. 322005 050302 ... 2 hours 28 minutes *** * GOP *** House GOP War Bill Seeks More Defense Aid 332005 050303 ... Buffett * 362005 * _'most_withering_attack_to_date'___ 's Dollars_and_cents 050307 ... 1 hour 42 minutes ago Army: Young Blacks Less Willing to Join 382005 050308 ... ... citing fear of being sent to fight a war in Iraq... 050308 ... Blacks Blacks make up about 23 percent of today's active-duty Army, but the share of blacks in the recruit classes of recent years dropped. From 22.7 percent at the time of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks (911), the share slid to 19.9 percent in 2002; 16.4 percent in 2003 and 15.9 percent last year, according to figures provided by Army Recruiting Command spokesman Douglas Smith. The slide has continued, dropping to 13.9 percent as of Feb. 9 (292005) 050308 ... Females Females also are getting harder to recruit, with the share of females in Army recruiting classes falling for four years running, from 21.6 percent in 2001 to 19.2 percent last year. It has slipped still further this year (2005) to 17.1 percent. 050308 ... U.S. W_'51_percent' 050308 ... ... ... Madonna_calls_for_'US'_troops_to_leave_Iraq... 050308 ... * M_'55_Percent' * 050308 ... ... ___'friendly_fire___... 050308 ... * The_Mind_of_United_States * 050308 ... ... Ramadi_Madness... 050308 ... 53 minutes ago Pentagon Data on Iraq Security Forces Unreliable -GAO 3142004 050314 ... WMD "that there are 142,472 trained and equipped Iraqi security forces," Intelligence_Estimate Devices (IED) 050314 ... 3152005 United_States Congress' approval rating on the slide 8:01 AM ET 050316 ... U.S. A total of 53% disapproved, up from 48% in February 2005. http://www.usatoday.com/news/polls/tables/live/2005-03-15-poll.htm It was the worst showing for Congress since September 1999, the year after the Republican-controlled House of Representatives impeached Clinton. 050316 ... An "amazing" newslink http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-03-14-congress-poll_x.htm 050316 ... . "When people are down on Congress, they don't make distinctions between party," Ornstein (American Enterprise Institute congressional expert) said. "But ultimately, if you've got a low rating and you're in the majority, you better be nervous." 050316 ... 3162005 ___'all_time_high'___ 050317 ... ... Americans Call Iraq War Mistake, ‘Coalition’ Shrinks... 050317 ... Bush The_master_of_flip_flop_in_the_21st_century 050325 ... and "In one weekend they ("Congressional Republicans and President Bush") disabled federalism, the separation of powers, the_rule_of_law." 050325 ... 3272005 As war ("a_wrong_war_in_21k") stretches on, recruiters scramble http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-03-27-armsy-recruits_x.htm 050328 ... jpg This famous poster was used extensively in World_War_I (ww1) and World_War_II (ww2) to attract recruits. http://images.usatoday.com/news/_photos/2005/03/27/army-recruit.jpg 050328 ... nm fuck it 050329 ... More than Intelligence_Estimate Data: 3292005 100,000... 050329 ... 412005 --- American Rebel Captured in Iraq 050401 ... 8 hours ago US citizen held in Iraq as suspected insurgent 050401 ... U.S. troops holding American linked to insurgency in Iraq 050401 ... who http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1112339644223_58/?hub=World ...a senior operative of terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has joint American-Jordanian citizenship... 050401 ... $82B --- Measure for War Operations 050511 ... 555 + 5: 5112005 050511 ... 555 + 6: 5112005 050511 ... War Blasts batter Iraq, killing scores... 050511 ... Bush signs bill for new Iraq war funds - $82B (billion) 050511 ... 642005 US fights war on soldiers’ tooth decay 050604 ... as many as 20% of them had teeth so bad they couldn’t be sent to join the fray without treatment ... 050604 ... Iraq About 1200 of the 4500 guardsmen called to active duty had dental problems so severe they were unfit to go overseas:- in March last year. 050604 ... 5 hours ago 682005 050608 ... U.S. Marines Detain US Contractors in Iraq 050608 ... dog A group of American security guards in Iraq have alleged they were beaten, stripped and threatened with a snarling by US marines 050608 ... 6132005 * The_echoes_of_Vietnam * ...Six_in_10_Americans_want_troops_to_leave_Iraq__ ... 050613 ... 6 hours ago 6142005 050614 ... Mother of dead soldier slams Bush over Iraq war 050614 ... Mother of dead soldier slams Bush over Iraq war 050614 ... 2 hours ago 8102005 050810 ... Mother 's War Protest Draws Notice 050810 ... near The mother of a fallen US soldier who started a quiet roadside peace vigil President Bush (war_president)'s ranch last weekend... 050810 ... for Americans join mom in waiting Iraq answers 050810 ... 9182005 Iraq_and_Katrina 050918 ... More Than 9252005 3 hours ago: 100,000 protesters in Washington protest against the US-led war in Iraq 050925 ... mettle 100,000 people are ill informed, and weak willed. 050925 ... 9262005 while_the_whole_world_is_watching_:- 050927 ... U.S. intelligent_design 050927 ... Over 300 anti_war protestors were arrested outside the White House on Monday (9262005) 050927 ... "anti-war mom" , including the Cindy_Sheehan... 050927 ... 10212005 2 hours ago: US Soldiers Burned Taliban Bodies 051021 ... 1122005 Challenges to Bush (War_president)'s Iraq Policy Gain Dramatic Momentum 051102 ... War 11132005 10 hours ago: Former US VP candidate (John Edwards) says his vote for Iraq attack was mistake 051113 ... 57 Live_vote: 11142005 percent of Americans agreeing that George_W_Bush... 051114 ... for "deliberately misled people to make the case war with Iraq," 051114 ... Wall Street Journal/NBC News Poll http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/14/AR2005111401018.html 051114 ... 11172005 _'recipe_for_disaster'_ 051117 ... 11252005 Cindy_Sheehan Back in Texas for War Protest 051125 ... U.S. *** * 1242005 - Former 9/11 commissioners: *** at risk... 051204 ... 3 hours ago Rice says US made thousands of mistakes in Iraq 060331 ... 2356 Six retired generals in the United_States have called for the US Defence Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, to step down... 060414 what's it to you? who go blather from