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To: SOROS who started this subject	10/17/2003 1:24:55 AM
From: sylvester80	of 89467

NEWS: BUSH DOES NOT WANT US MEDIA TO KNOW THE TRUTH [ed: Remember those certain military votes for Bush in 04??? THEY ARE GONE! HASTA LA VISTA GONE!] Message 19407302 Oct. 16 — A broad survey of U.S. troops in Iraq by a Pentagon-funded newspaper found that half of those questioned described their unit’s morale as low and their training as insufficient, and said they do not plan to reenlist. THE SURVEY, conducted by the Stars and Stripes newspaper, also recorded about a third of the respondents complaining that their mission lacks clear definition and characterizing the war in Iraq as of little or no value. Fully 40 percent said the jobs they were doing had little or nothing to do with their training. ‘DOG AND PONY SHOW’ But Stars and Stripes raised questions about what those visiting dignitaries saw in Iraq. “Many soldiers, including several officers, allege that VIP visits from the Pentagon and Capitol Hill are only given hand-picked troops to meet with during their tours of Iraq,” the newspaper said in its interview with Sanchez. “The phrase ‘Dog and Pony Show’ is usually used. Some troops even go so far as to say they’ve been ordered not to talk to VIPs because leaders are afraid of what they might say.” Stars and Stripes said yesterday that it undertook the survey in August after receiving scores of letters from troops who were upset with one aspect or another of the Iraq operation. The newspaper also noted in that interview that its reporters were told that some soldiers who had complained of morale problems had faced disciplinary actions known as Article 15s, which can result in reprimand, extra duties and forfeiture of pay.

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