Troops

VIEW FAVORITES yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'July bloodiest month for US-led troops'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'July is shaping up as the deadliest month for the US-led forces in Afghanistan, with the foreign troops\' death toll reaching the highest in the eight-year-war. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But on the issue of sending troops to fight the Taliban and Al Qaeda NATO is simply and completely wrong. 5000 more \ "troops\" just ain\'t going to cut it. ❋ Unknown (2009)

VIEW FAVORITES yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'THE GREATEST WAR CRIME EVER: Making It Harder for Soldiers to Vote'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'The Bush Admin (in league with the Pentagon?) has been doing all it can to block the military vote, since "our troops" mostly don\'t support McBush, whose record on the troops\' and veterans\ 'benefits, etc., has been dismal. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Troops may run out of time to vote yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Troops may run out of time to vote'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: Adding Insult to Injury: The Bush regime (in league with the Pentagon?) has been doing all it can to block the military vote, since "our troops" mostly don\'t support McBush, whose record on the troops\' & veterans\ 'benefits, etc., has been dismal. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The report, based upon evidence of unquestionable reliability, showed that Jews had been plundered and murdered not only by disorderly troops of Denikin's Volunteer Army, and by the troops of Petlura and by the robber bands led by "atamans," like Makhno, _but also by regular Bolshevist troops_. ❋ John Spargo (1921)

Inclosed with Sir Sidney Smith's despatches is one from the secretary of Gezzar, dated Acre, March 1st, 1799, in which the Pacha urgently entreats the British commodore to come to his help, because his (Gezzar's) troops had failed to hold El Arisch, and the _same troops_ had also abandoned Gaza and were in great dread of the French at Jaffa. ❋ John Holland Rose (1898)

"If there shall not be a change in the present seeming purpose to yield to no accommodation of the national difficulties, and if troops shall be raised in the North to march against the people of the South, _a fire in the rear will be opened upon such troops_, which will either stop their march altogether or wonderfully accelerate it." ❋ Jefferson Davis (1848)

With America on the verge of losing most of its troops in Iraq, the cry would go up to \'save the troops\ 'by nuking Iran. " ❋ Unknown (2007)

“Then we cross out the word troops and write in cars instead.” ❋ Chuck Hogan (2010)

Also like to lose the term "boots on the ground" - dont know if people find the term troops offensive or what. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Jody is the term troops apply to those men who home in on the spouses of deployed soldiers. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And the reason why Rumsfeld held back the troops is the same reason he didn't send in the recommended 400,000 troops for the initial invasion of Iraq: He arrogantly refused to listen to his military leaders. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The idea that opponents of a given U.S. war must personally despise the troops is a notion central to demonstrating the rank unpatriotic disloyalty of the Left. ❋ Mark Engler (2010)

A visit to our troops is the LAST place one should give a divisive, partisan speech. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Indeed, one of the good things to emerge from the current conflict in Iraq has been the widespread recognition that whether you support this war or oppose it, the sacrifice of our troops is always worthy of honor. ❋ Peaknik (2008)