http://www.americanfreepress.net/html/national_guard.htmlNational Guard Families Want Troops Home
By Christopher Bollyn
The reservists’ families recently began a letter-writing and petition campaign to get the unit’s 150 remaining troops in Iraq sent home and the Family Readiness Group, the unit’s home-based support group, took its grievances to Rumsfeld with a petition of 1,000 signatures.
“Their tour in Iraq has already been extended once, and the strain of another tour of duty in Iraq is becoming a health concern for these soldiers,” read the petition.
Susan Bonesz, 32, a mortgage underwriter with a 2-year-old daughter, is the wife of the company’s commander, Capt. Ronald Bonesz, 32. Her husband, Capt. Bonesz, made the following comments in a letter to the Chicago Tribune: “Most of the soldiers are rightfully upset. After being told that soldiers would be in Iraq for only one year, any extension is a hard pill to swallow, but we will all get through this and we will complete our mission. The soldiers here are strong, but they are also human and have emotions. They need a break, all of the Guard, all of the soldiers. There are American soldiers all over the world who would love to serve their country like these soldiers. These soldiers are tired and exhausted.”
Army Spec. Amy Popurella confirmed that there was “anger and sadness” in the unit.
“The government asked for 365
, we gave them 365, now please just let us go home and get some rest. All of us know we will be back here one day to do it again. But right now to win this war they need fresh troops in, not tired ones,” she added in a letter.
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