Comments on: Army Falsely Claims That Lowering Recruitment Standards Has Not Affected Troop Quality http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/03/recruiting-standards/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:47:56 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: batteries http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/03/recruiting-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-5284274 batteries Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:29:34 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/03/03/recruiting-standards/#comment-5284274 Wallace is also the official who, shortly, after the invasion of Iraq, offered this explanation for why Saddam Hussein did not defend himself with WMDs: :“One theory is that we moved so fast that they couldn’t get their hands on it to employ it… because they were so clever in disguising that and burying it so deep, that they themselves had a problem getting to them.” But, it’s just a theory, mind you……………… He probably got this idea from the druggies he is forced to enlist to meet quotas, the ones who can’t remember where they buried their stash and had to <a href="http://www.batterylaptoppower.com/compaq/pp2041b.htm" rel="nofollow">compaq pp2041b battery</a>,<a href="http://www.batterylaptoppower.com/compaq/armada-m700.htm" rel="nofollow">compaq armada m700 battery</a> enlist to escape their suppliers. Wallace is also the official who, shortly, after the invasion of Iraq, offered this explanation for why Saddam Hussein did not defend himself with WMDs: :“One theory is that we moved so fast that they couldn’t get their hands on it to employ it… because they were so clever in disguising that and burying it so deep, that they themselves had a problem getting to them.”

But, it’s just a theory, mind you………………

He probably got this idea from the druggies he is forced to enlist to meet quotas, the ones who can’t remember where they buried their stash and had to compaq pp2041b battery,compaq armada m700 battery enlist to escape their suppliers.

]]> By: Newman http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/03/recruiting-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-4288822 Newman Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:20:26 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/03/03/recruiting-standards/#comment-4288822 The fact remains; there are only a few men and women left in the US who, regardless of the politics and irrational (almost entertaining) ranting that you offer, still raise their right hands to defend our country against all enemies, foreign and domestic. When only three in ten even qualify to serve in the US Army, it's clear we have a problem, and clear what end of the spectrum they occupy. Every recruit in the Army isn’t a scholar, but every one of them is a hero in my view. And the fact that they serve you is still ok with me. The fact remains; there are only a few men and women left in the US who, regardless of the politics and irrational (almost entertaining) ranting that you offer, still raise their right hands to defend our country against all enemies, foreign and domestic. When only three in ten even qualify to serve in the US Army, it’s clear we have a problem, and clear what end of the spectrum they occupy. Every recruit in the Army isn’t a scholar, but every one of them is a hero in my view. And the fact that they serve you is still ok with me.

]]> By: Squeaky Wheels http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/03/recruiting-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-4287945 Squeaky Wheels Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:41:39 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/03/03/recruiting-standards/#comment-4287945 Lemme get this straight: A whopping 1,492 recruits have had at least one drink? Lemme get this straight: A whopping 1,492 recruits have had at least one drink?

]]> By: BloggerRadio.com http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/03/recruiting-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-4287619 BloggerRadio.com Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:13:41 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/03/03/recruiting-standards/#comment-4287619 Can we get General Wallace's scores for that: "Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT)" thang? Can we get General Wallace’s scores for that: “Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT)” thang?

]]> By: Helen Rainier http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/03/recruiting-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-4287595 Helen Rainier Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:51:20 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/03/03/recruiting-standards/#comment-4287595 #17 -- TRADOC (Training & Doctrine Command) has been around, under that name, for decades. #17 — TRADOC (Training & Doctrine Command) has been around, under that name, for decades.

]]> By: Bobwurst http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/03/recruiting-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-4287590 Bobwurst Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:46:39 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/03/03/recruiting-standards/#comment-4287590 This sounds a lot like Kerry’s slam on the troops that only those who don’t do well in school join the military and “get stuck in Iraq.” Comment by good_golly — March 3, 2008 @ 10:40 pm goodgolly And where is all the feigned outrage from you "patriots"? And tell your husband to stop calling me. This sounds a lot like Kerry’s slam on the troops that only those who don’t do well in school join the military and “get stuck in Iraq.”
Comment by good_golly — March 3, 2008 @ 10:40 pm
goodgolly

And where is all the feigned outrage from you “patriots”? And tell your husband to stop calling me.

]]> By: Chocolate Jesus http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/03/recruiting-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-4287551 Chocolate Jesus Tue, 04 Mar 2008 06:06:15 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/03/03/recruiting-standards/#comment-4287551 actually its never been conclusively disproven that saddams WMD's wern't spirited away from the surface of the earth by a cloaked Romulan War Bird right before the invasion..(Jim) Beam me up Scotty!! actually its never been conclusively disproven that saddams WMD’s wern’t spirited away from the surface of the earth by a cloaked Romulan War Bird right before the invasion..(Jim) Beam me up Scotty!!

]]> By: Lefty Patriot http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/03/recruiting-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-4287541 Lefty Patriot Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:47:10 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/03/03/recruiting-standards/#comment-4287541 leave it to gg to lie again. nothing but lies. leave it to gg to lie again. nothing but lies.

]]> By: Sabyen91 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/03/recruiting-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-4287458 Sabyen91 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 04:08:59 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/03/03/recruiting-standards/#comment-4287458 "This sounds a lot like Kerry’s slam on the troops that only those who don’t do well in school join the military and “get stuck in Iraq.” Comment by good_golly — March 3, 2008 @ 10:40 pm" Was it Rumsfeld that said you don't have to be a genius to kill people? “This sounds a lot like Kerry’s slam on the troops that only those who don’t do well in school join the military and “get stuck in Iraq.”

Comment by good_golly — March 3, 2008 @ 10:40 pm”

Was it Rumsfeld that said you don’t have to be a genius to kill people?

]]> By: Marie http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/03/recruiting-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-4287422 Marie Tue, 04 Mar 2008 03:44:58 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/03/03/recruiting-standards/#comment-4287422 Kerry misspoke and you should know that -- it was explained many times. His intended sentence was a slam against George Bush: If you don't do well in school, you end up getting us stuck in Iraq. Kerry misspoke and you should know that — it was explained many times. His intended sentence was a slam against George Bush:
If you don’t do well in school, you end up getting us stuck in Iraq.

]]> By: blue state bob http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/03/recruiting-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-4287420 blue state bob Tue, 04 Mar 2008 03:44:06 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/03/03/recruiting-standards/#comment-4287420 I see Good Golly's shift at Wal Mart ended. John Kerry, two tours in Vietnam. Bush, Cheney, DeLay, Giuliani, etc.???? And you keep America safe from behind your key board, so patriotic.... I see Good Golly’s shift at Wal Mart ended.

John Kerry, two tours in Vietnam. Bush, Cheney, DeLay, Giuliani, etc.???? And you keep America safe from behind your key board, so patriotic….

]]> By: Roket http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/03/recruiting-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-4287408 Roket Tue, 04 Mar 2008 03:30:49 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/03/03/recruiting-standards/#comment-4287408 It appears that there will be several possible new recruits available in the very near future. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23454471 It appears that there will be several possible new recruits available in the very near future.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23454471

]]> By: Evil Spaniard http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/03/recruiting-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-4287360 Evil Spaniard Tue, 04 Mar 2008 02:25:27 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/03/03/recruiting-standards/#comment-4287360 <em>The U.S. Army’s chief of Training and <strong>Doctrine</strong> Command, Gen. William S. Wallace</em> I'm the only one finding this word very disturbing in the present context? The U.S. Army’s chief of Training and Doctrine Command, Gen. William S. Wallace

I’m the only one finding this word very disturbing in the present context?

]]> By: natisman http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/03/recruiting-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-4287359 natisman Tue, 04 Mar 2008 02:24:43 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/03/03/recruiting-standards/#comment-4287359 I wouldn't be too happy if the CO said something like that. it don't seem like the the CO is from the upper layer as well. I wouldn’t be too happy if the CO said something like that. it don’t seem like the the CO is from the upper layer as well.

]]> By: jb http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/03/recruiting-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-4287354 jb Tue, 04 Mar 2008 02:16:23 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/03/03/recruiting-standards/#comment-4287354 If they keep lowing standards, retards like Bush and the other neocons that dreamed up this illegal amoral war will qualify to serve. If they keep lowing standards, retards like Bush and the other neocons that dreamed up this illegal amoral war will qualify to serve.

]]> By: Marie http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/03/recruiting-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-4287353 Marie Tue, 04 Mar 2008 02:12:19 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/03/03/recruiting-standards/#comment-4287353 #2, you are: 1. way off topic (not even related) 2. the Canadian government has apologized, the story is all wrong #2, you are:
1. way off topic (not even related)
2. the Canadian government has apologized, the story is all wrong

]]> By: Nevar http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/03/recruiting-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-4287352 Nevar Tue, 04 Mar 2008 02:12:15 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/03/03/recruiting-standards/#comment-4287352 The general looks like he's in his jammies. The general looks like he’s in his jammies.

]]> By: Mr. Evil http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/03/recruiting-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-4287349 Mr. Evil Tue, 04 Mar 2008 01:56:52 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/03/03/recruiting-standards/#comment-4287349 Propalarkey. Propalarkey.

]]> By: Zooey http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/03/recruiting-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-4287348 Zooey Tue, 04 Mar 2008 01:56:06 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/03/03/recruiting-standards/#comment-4287348 If things are going so well with less than desirable recruits, why wouldn't the Army take them before? And I assume they'll continue to take them when all this is over... If things are going so well with less than desirable recruits, why wouldn’t the Army take them before?

And I assume they’ll continue to take them when all this is over…

]]> By: Guido OBGYN Lover http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/03/recruiting-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-4287346 Guido OBGYN Lover Tue, 04 Mar 2008 01:52:05 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/03/03/recruiting-standards/#comment-4287346 Was it not just a few weeks ago that the Military was on NPR saying they were no longer taking dropouts? And that an entrance exam would be implemented? Because it was accepted that dropouts don't make career soldiers? I'm sensing a high dosage of malarkey mixed with propaganda. Was it not just a few weeks ago that the Military was on NPR saying they were no longer taking dropouts? And that an entrance exam would be implemented? Because it was accepted that dropouts don’t make career soldiers?

I’m sensing a high dosage of malarkey mixed with propaganda.

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