The following was a headline on the Al-Jazerrah website:
US Mutiny Soldiers Say Army Ignored Their Complaints About Broken Down Trucks, Non-Armored Vehicles, and Contaminated Fuel
Here are some other excerpts from the same article (full article):
FRANTIC CALL
The 18 soldiers refused to accompany fuel tankers on a supply run from southeastern Iraq to Baghdad on Wednesday, arguing the fuel was contaminated and their unarmored vehicles were in bad shape.
…”Hi mom, this is Amber. This is a real, real big emergency. I need you to contact someone, I mean raise pure hell. We yesterday refused to go on a convoy. … We had broken down trucks, non-armored vehicles and we were carrying contaminated fuel,” said McClenny in the message aired on U.S. networks on Monday. Hill told NBC’s “Today” show her daughter referred to the convoy as a suicide mission.
“She felt like the Army was just leaving them out there to drown,” said Hill, who said her daughter feared the contaminated fuel might be put in a helicopter that could ultimately crash and add to the U.S. death toll in Iraq. (emphasis are Al-Jahzeerah’s)
This is not a soldier. She is nothing more than a wimp. I do not care how many missions she has been on, she is still a wimp! Throughout history, soldiers had to endure times during the battle not having the equipment that they needed for various reasons (equipment held up due to attacks, sudden shifts in battle plans, etc.). Her mom isn’t any better. She took this message to NBC (who did not have the sense to refuse playing it on national television). As far as I am concerned, this soldier, her mom, and NBC should be treated and punished as traitors.
Meanwhile this wimp soldier has just made it that more difficult for the rest of our soldiers. If our military is made up of people like this, then I know this country is in big trouble.
Below (as well as the picture above) are just some of the posters that our REAL American soldiers from WWII had to abide by:
