{"id":20341,"date":"2010-09-02T09:01:52","date_gmt":"2010-09-02T13:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=20341"},"modified":"2010-09-02T09:01:52","modified_gmt":"2010-09-02T13:01:52","slug":"ivaw-member-still-shooting-off-his-mouth-in-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=20341","title":{"rendered":"IVAW member still shooting off his mouth in Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"

A week or so ago, I wrote about SGT Alejandro Villatoro<\/a> who was publicly complaining about the fact that he hasn’t trained his troops properly for combat. There’s an article in the Chicago Tribune<\/a> today that continues his bathering;<\/p>\n

Alejandro Villatoro, 28, is one of about 160 soldiers from across the Midwest in the 656th Transportation Company, based in Hobart, Ind. He said he didn’t want his unit to be unprepared like his was in 2003.<\/p>\n

In Kuwait, Villatoro said, his unit conducted missions with trucks used in the Korean War and trained using Vietnam tactics, like digging foxholes. When his unit invaded Iraq, some soldiers did so with scant bullets.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Korean War trucks, I’m sure. maybe the design was from the Korean War, but the trucks themselves? Hardly. Everyone needs to know how to dig a foxhole, I don’t care what conflict you’re in. I dug foxholes in Desert Storm in the Forward Operations Base before we launched the Ground War. It only makes sense that soldiers are prepared for any contingency. <\/p>\n

The article goes on to say that Villatoros has complained to Dick Durbin, his senator., and Luis Gutierez his Congressman. I hope he didn’t look too foolish when they discovered that his unit is slated for five more weeks of training before they deploy.<\/p>\n

I understand his concern for his troops, if it’s real, but it appears to me that it’s more of an opportunity for him to protest the war and maybe preclude himself from the deployment. The more he runs his mouth, the more the latter looks to be the case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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