98 division callup

September 22, 2004 1:10 PM

The Spitball Division
The head of the Army Reserve says the call-up of the non-combat unit that doesn't even have its own weapons or vehicles And if Zell Miller can't provide the spitballs, there's always harsh language. Laugh or cry?
posted by nofundy (15 comments total)

The head of the Army Reserve says the call-up of the non-combat unit that doesn't even have its own weapons or vehicles And if Zell Miller can't provide the spitballs, there's always harsh language.

This is by no means a functional sentence.
posted by xmutex at 1:12 PM on September 22, 2004

Pardon me. Note the italics (a quote.) My bad. Should have been more careful with editing. Should read:

The head of the Army Reserve says the call-up of the non-combat unit that doesn't even have its own weapons or vehicles.

If Zell Miller can't provide the spitballs, there's always harsh language.
posted by nofundy at 1:20 PM on September 22, 2004

Um, the quote is still missing a
posted by spacewrench at 1:29 PM on September 22, 2004

The head of the Army Reserve says the call-up of the non-combat unit that doesn't even have its own weapons or vehicles.

But this doesn't make any sense, either.
posted by xmutex at 1:35 PM on September 22, 2004

This sentence no verb.
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 1:35 PM on September 22, 2004

If the sentence is fixed, it'll contain almost the whole article.
posted by Armitage Shanks at 1:36 PM on September 22, 2004

Apparently, the point is to fight a war with grammarians.
posted by Wulfgar! at 1:48 PM on September 22, 2004

How close are we to: "Soldiers without weapons, follow a soldier with a weapon and wait for him to get shot, take his weapon and move on."?

I've heard stories about woefully underequipped soldiers being sent into battle. I've heard about families taking up donation drives to send their children flak jackets because there weren't enough when they were deployed.

I'm glad I'm too old to be drafted because I'd hate to be made a criminal by refusing to go. Especially when I'm only following the example set by our own president!
posted by fenriq at 1:52 PM on September 22, 2004

WOKR?! Hey, nofundy -- don't tell me you live in smugtown, wot?
posted by lodurr at 1:55 PM on September 22, 2004

I've heard stories about woefully underequipped soldiers being sent into battle. I've heard about families taking up donation drives to send their children flak jackets because there weren't enough when they were deployed.

Oh, yeah, but that's Kerry's fault.
/sarcasm
posted by elwoodwiles at 2:03 PM on September 22, 2004

brrr.. Is there a draft in here?
posted by stbalbach at 2:04 PM on September 22, 2004

That's right, I filter my news into two camps, if its good news then its Bush's leadership, if its bad news then its all Kerry's fault for protesting a war thirty years ago.

Thanks for setting me straight, elwoodwiles. I was starting to actually think I should hold the president responsible for, you know, sending our soldiers into battle under equipped.
posted by fenriq at 2:25 PM on September 22, 2004

Dude fenriq, did you miss the last line of elwoodwile's comment?
posted by xmutex at 2:34 PM on September 22, 2004

fenriq: shades of Stalingrad, huh? Issue each man five rounds of ammunition; he can scrounge more from his dead comrades if he lives long enough.
posted by alumshubby at 2:40 PM on September 22, 2004

Did anyone actually read the article? It's a TRAINING unit, being sent to TRAIN Iraqi soldiers. They don't need weapons. They're not a combat arms unit. They're not even a combat support unit. I'm not a big fan of the war, but this is a pretty dumb post.
posted by me & my monkey at 2:42 PM on September 22, 2004