Unexpected Christmas gift for Fort Riley

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told reporters Thursday that as part of a reduction of U.S. troops in Iraq, an upcoming deployment of soldiers — including a brigade of the 1st Infantry Division in Fort Riley — might not happen — and Friday Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., confirmed that the troops wouldn’t be going.
That 3,500 Fort Riley soldiers will be able to stay home with their loved ones instead of going soon into harm’s way is good news this holiday season.
If you haven’t seen it yet, we have a special feature on our Opinion pages today of some letters home from past and present soldiers overseas at Christmastime, including Ike and Bob Dole.
Posted by Randy Scholfield

18 Comments

  1. GalaMad
    Posted December 25, 2005 at 3:17 pm | Permalink

    That’s a good start.

    Now bring the other 135,000 home safe and sound.

    Post-Saddam Iraq is their problem, not ours . . .

  2. Ben Huie
    Posted December 25, 2005 at 8:02 pm | Permalink

    I chuckled at Dole’s letter. If only his lousy handlers had allowed his humor to show he would have done much better in his run for President.

    Bob Dole was a Senator to be proud of.

  3. Beate Stephens
    Posted December 25, 2005 at 11:52 pm | Permalink

    How is this good news?It surely isn’t good news for those that have been extended because of this decision or for those few that are now in more danger than before.Why doesn’t anyone mention the soldiers that are now away from their families for a second x-mas because of this extension.I guess we all forget about them so we can report good news>

  4. Jed
    Posted December 28, 2005 at 4:43 pm | Permalink

    Oh gee, some present! 3,500 of our boys get to stay home from someplace none of them should ever have been sent! Where’s the present for the 130,000 that are over there now?

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