Corcoran Brothers

STLtoday – News – Missouri State News:
JEFFERSON CITY—Gov. Bob Holden wrote President George W. Bush on Tuesday saying he was concerned about the use of Missouri National Guard soldiers to drive vehicles for civilian contractors in Iraq.

Holden said if they are, he strenuously objected to the “wrongful use of U.S. Army personnel in this manner.

You are so right. You are so goddamn right it makes me sick to think soldiers would drive civilian contractors. How dare we order soldiers to drive civilian contractors. It' s not like civilian contractors are GETTING THIER FUCKING HEADS CUT OFF. Why the fuck would we want to protect AMERICAN CITIZENS with AMERICAN ARMY PERSONNEL. Sure, there is no threat against American civilian contractors. Except that little beheading incident.

You fucking asshole. You absolute piece of shit. You think the military powers that be are coddling the civilians? That they don' t know how to properly allocate man power to respond to the threats against all Americans? You pompous blowhard. Let' s pull your state police detail and let you ride around Philidelphia, Nick Berg' s home town. You go to his house and explain how it is a misallocation of Army personnel.

This asshole gets the wrecking ball followed by a bismark. Delivered by this man.

Update - After a quick reality check with Da Kine, I decided against sending the post directly to the governor. I did however whip up a little something. Please note his email address and write to him, expressing your approval or disapproval.

From: Shay Corcoran
Subject: A response is requested
Date: May 12, 2004 2:59:16 AM EDT
To: mogov@mail.state.mo.us

Governor,

I am quite concerned about a story I read on the St Louis Today online page here:

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/News/Missouri+State+News/AA30228B0255D5AE86256E910066EFA6?OpenDocument&Headline=Holden%3A+Missouri+soldiers+shouldn' t+drive+civilian+contracto

Is this factual? Can this quote truly be accurate?

“I can understand the necessity to occasionally use units and soldiers to do other non-traditional kinds of missions to accommodate the short-term dictates of the combat zone; but I cannot understand, nor support, the use of soldiers to provide labor for a civilian contractor,” Holden' s letter to Bush said.

“Clearly, the use of the 1221st Transportation Co. in this manner violates the traditional employment of soldiers in a manner that disregards the risks to the lives of these young Americans,” Holden wrote. “I ask you to immediately look into the inappropriate use of this unit and take all actions necessary to insist that our Army forces be used in a manner in which they have been organized and trained.

How is this inappropriate? A transportation company being used for transportation? Have you considered that the threat to civilian contractors is so high, that they are actually being protected by these soldiers? Given the cruel death Nick Berg, I cannot fathom that you would really politicize what is so clearly a necessary mission – protecting American Citizens. I wonder, if Nick Berg where from St Louis, would you letter have been of the opposite tone? Or do you believe that Americans doing a difficult job, under difficult circumstances and threat of abduction and murder are not worthy of American protection?

I would appreciate clarification on this issue.

Sincerely,

Shay Corcoran

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