Help Help Help!!!!! The US military will not embed me, I have no place to stay here in Kuwait, United Airlines lost my luggage and I have no Plan B!
I still do not understand why the military is not letting me embed. I have written articles favorable to our troops that have been read by approximately 700,000 readers. Of course I have expressed a strong interest in seeing GWB go to jail -- but then 3/4 of America agrees with me on that one and so do half of our troops. I even went to bat for the Marines in Berkeley regarding their conflict with Code Pink regarding recruiting, causing me great loss of credibility with the American Left.
I came here because the US military said that I could embed and then retracted their offer after I had already purchased my plane ticket but the Pentagon told me they were going to look into this matter so I came on ahead. At the very least, the military should let me stay at an American Kuwait airbase until my my return flight is due or refund my plane fare or GET ME A HOTEL.
OpEd News readers, please call the Pentagon and ask them to come to my rescue! It's midnight here in Kuwait! I'm desperate! And also, it might be a good idea to never trust the military to not go back on their word.
Thank you.
Stillwater is a freelance writer who hates injustice and corruption in any form but especially injustice and corruption paid for by American taxpayers. She has recently published a book entitled, "Bring Your Own Flak Jacket: Helpful Tips For Touring Today's Middle East". According to Ms. Stillwater, "It's a fabulous and entertaining book. I loved writing it. And I hope that you will love reading it too." It's available at http://www.amazon.com/Bring-Your-Own-Flak-Jacket/dp/0978615719 or you can special order it at any independent bookstore.
Any former member of the military knows quite well there is no reason to trust anything an officer says. The candy-assed boys who sign up for our Merc Army have no idea what fragging is about, apparently. I was never in the jungle, but incompetent or arrogant officers were delt with most appropriately. First warning was a smoke or CS, then a nice hot MkII for the real dolts. Just sayin'
Veteran '66-68
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Roger (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 359 comments)
on Wednesday, February 13, 2008 at 7:11:19 PM
It's almost dawn at the Kuwait Starbucks & thanks for the ad
I haven't pulled an all-nighter like this since I was at San Jose State College in 1964 -- and to further tarnish my image, I was a Kappa Kappa Gamma too.
But I've never been in the military so don't know their rules. Are they gonna frag me with lattes next?
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Jane Stillwater (440 articles, 0 quicklinks, 9 diaries, 57 comments)
on Wednesday, February 13, 2008 at 7:30:10 PM
From Parween: This is what you should do! Go to the nearest masjid [mosque] and talk to the imam so one of the sisters will give you a room stay until you come back. Trust me, the masjid is the place to go for help.
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From Stewart [a Vietnam vet]: One angle I would consider writing is: the troops that are doing the fighting and the dying want me, but their political high officers don't.
Note, those in the miltairy gave Ron Paul the most money. Could it be the politicals in Washington and the leadership in the miltiary is not only stopping one, small blogger going to Iraq, but are feeding the American people a load of crap about what the troops really think?
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From Roger: Try being Drafted:Any former member of the military knows quite well there is no reason to trust anything an officer says. The candy-assed boys who sign up for our Merc Army have no idea what fragging is about, apparently. I was never in the jungle, but incompetent or arrogant officers were delt with most appropriately. First warning was a smoke or CS, then a nice hot MkII for the real dolts. Just sayin'. Veteran '66-68
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James H. gets on my case: Aw, shucks! All those puff pieces about the darling occupation troops of US imperialism, and those denunciations of those bad Iraqis that dare to resist them, and you still don't get to be an embedded reporter again.
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From Barbara: I just heard about this site on NPR today http://www.couchsurfing.com/ It might be better than a hotel. [I tried it but Kuwait wasn't listed. It's almost dawn here at the Kuwait airport Starbucks BTW]
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Jane Stillwater (440 articles, 0 quicklinks, 9 diaries, 57 comments)
on Wednesday, February 13, 2008 at 8:34:38 PM
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