Rummy’s Pentagon is enforcing tighter standards for uniforms and physical appearance among military personnel. The troops in Iraq appear unimpressed. Money quote:
"Just returned from OEF yesterday and I’m getting caught-up on these forums. A month ago, as I was urinating at Bagram, a MSgt (1st Sgt) said that I needed to have my hat off while I was pissing! Shock and awed, I asked ‘Why?’
I was advised that having one’s headgear on my head while pissing was not setting a good example of abiding by the AFI (36-2903).
In plain English, I retorted ‘This is my third time here, and when the focus has shifted from killing Al Q-aida to pissing with hats-on, it’s time for me to leave.’"
Others are less diplomatic:
"Hey guys, I s*** you not … I got that tonight and sat back and was like. … WTF? There are assholes trying to provoke a civil war, the media is escalating things, the military is down playing things, s*** is wearing out, money for this bottomless hole is in question, Iran next door is flicking their nose at us and stability is non-existant…..and this is what the hell they are worried about at the high command??????"
No one said Rumsfeld was reality-based now, did they?
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