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fobbits: the nickname given to troops who do not go outside the barbed wire.
And according to some troops stationed in Iraq that is whom VIP's such as Donald Rumsfeld and Condoleezza Rice meet with when they visit Iraq.
It's boring around here so I'd thought I'd post this article in order to enlighten some as to the mood of our troops in Iraq.
So, some of our troops are not very excited when Rumsfeld and Rice visit, so what you say.
Well, I'm here to suggest that probably the overwhelming majority of our troops are bored and fed-up with Rumsfeld and Rice, especially Rumsfeld.
The honeymoon is over and most of our troops probably realize that we are bogged down in an unwinable war.
No respect!
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/04/27/damon.baladtroops/index.html
BALAD, Iraq (CNN) -- As Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld made their surprise visits to Baghdad on Wednesday, many of the troops stationed north of Baghdad, in Balad and Dujail, say either they didn't know about it or didn't care.
"I'd ask him for a plane ticket home to see my wife. I have barely seen her in the last two years," said a young sergeant, who did not want to be identified. Like many of the soldiers with the 4th Infantry Division, he is on his second deployment to Iraq.
Some joked that whenever VIP's come to visit they just go to the main bases and meet the "fobbits," the nickname given to troops who do not go outside the barbed wire.
"They have to get out to see the people that are doing the jobs they are making them do. If they didn't they would not be very good leaders," said Maj. Michael Humphreys, one of the few soldiers here willing to tell journalists some of his opinions on senior leadership...
And according to some troops stationed in Iraq that is whom VIP's such as Donald Rumsfeld and Condoleezza Rice meet with when they visit Iraq.
It's boring around here so I'd thought I'd post this article in order to enlighten some as to the mood of our troops in Iraq.
So, some of our troops are not very excited when Rumsfeld and Rice visit, so what you say.
Well, I'm here to suggest that probably the overwhelming majority of our troops are bored and fed-up with Rumsfeld and Rice, especially Rumsfeld.
The honeymoon is over and most of our troops probably realize that we are bogged down in an unwinable war.
No respect!
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/04/27/damon.baladtroops/index.html
BALAD, Iraq (CNN) -- As Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld made their surprise visits to Baghdad on Wednesday, many of the troops stationed north of Baghdad, in Balad and Dujail, say either they didn't know about it or didn't care.
"I'd ask him for a plane ticket home to see my wife. I have barely seen her in the last two years," said a young sergeant, who did not want to be identified. Like many of the soldiers with the 4th Infantry Division, he is on his second deployment to Iraq.
Some joked that whenever VIP's come to visit they just go to the main bases and meet the "fobbits," the nickname given to troops who do not go outside the barbed wire.
"They have to get out to see the people that are doing the jobs they are making them do. If they didn't they would not be very good leaders," said Maj. Michael Humphreys, one of the few soldiers here willing to tell journalists some of his opinions on senior leadership...