[Vision2020] Supporting Our Local Troops...

[Rosemary Huskey]

Get over it Mr. Kaag.  The majority of Moscow's city council do not identify as liberal so help me to understand what prevented the conservative GMA sponsored council members from wrapping the flag around their raggedy asses in the usual photo op display of Republican patriotic fervor (remember Mission Accomplished?). It seems to me that Tom has raised a legitimate issue which extends far beyond the old boy's club that runs Moscow. It is likely that the majority of the community would like to be involved in providing support to military men and women and their families and I am wondering how that can be effectively addressed.  And, by the way, I have never supported the military agendas of either President Bush or President Obama - but that is an entirely separate issue from supporting the honorable service of military personnel. 
Rose Huskey 


-----Original Message-----
From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com] On Behalf Of Tom Hansen
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 12:36 PM
To: Don Kaag
Cc: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Supporting Our Local Troops...

That is pretty lame, Mr. Kaag; to turn this topic into a political football.

By the way . . .

What has the VFW done to establish a relationship between the 126th and the City of Moscow . . . EVER?!?

Pro patria,

Tom "who served as a squad leader and platoon sergeant in infantry line units" Hansen
SFC, U.S. Army (Retired)
Moscow, Idaho

On Oct 25, 2011, at 12:23 PM, Don Kaag <dkaag at turbonet.com> wrote:

> But Tom, this is Moscow, the Liberal capital of the Idaho Panhandle…  You don't honestly think that the local elites would sully themselves by actually publicly supporting the members of our local National Guard unit---and their families---while they were off on a deployment and in harm's way?  Or by welcoming them home safe?
> 
> Why, that might indicate some modicum of---ick---support for what two presidents have determined was necessary U.S. military action in Afghanistan and Iraq to protect the country against terrorism!  (Not that I---surprise---agree with either deployment, but that shouldn't make any difference, because the guys didn't start either war, or ASK to be sent off to Southwest Asia, and should still be honored for their service to their country.)
> 
> You certainly wouldn't expect the Moscow City Council and the Mayor to take time out of their busy schedules to say or do something nice for the "mindless myrmidons"  who volunteered to join the local 126th Engineers, would you?
> 
> Alas, I fear your expectations were doomed to be dashed.
> 
> Don Kaag
> Moscow, ID
> (Who once upon a time as a captain in Montana commanded "H" Company, 116th ACR, the Tank Company of the 126th's parent Gowan-Field-Boise-Headquartered National Guard Combat Brigade.)
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