Comments on: Military POV http://www.radioopensource.org/military-pov/ Christopher Lydon in conversation on arts, ideas and politics Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:52:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Katherine http://www.radioopensource.org/military-pov/#comment-88402 Katherine Thu, 03 May 2007 19:09:29 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/?p=1051#comment-88402 All good ideas. We've been wondering whether the mercenaries have been covered enough already or whether there's something new to add. An Iraqi military show from an Iraqi perspective would be tremendous...but very very hard to put together! All good ideas. We’ve been wondering whether the mercenaries have been covered enough already or whether there’s something new to add. An Iraqi military show from an Iraqi perspective would be tremendous…but very very hard to put together!

]]> By: plaintext http://www.radioopensource.org/military-pov/#comment-88401 plaintext Sat, 28 Apr 2007 00:33:56 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/?p=1051#comment-88401 1) To what extent do actual soldiers think that timelines for troop withdrawals are a "slap in the face?" If so, who are they and why do they think that way? If not, how do they envision the end of the Iraq War? Or do they see an end at all? 2)How about a show:What are your plans for after the deployment? (maybe similar to avecfrites' first comment but... anyone writing a book, hit song, new dance craze? blogging? checking out or checking into rehab? starting a church/business/home? barhopping? going back to the farm? going touring? running for selectman/governor/president? What are their hopes and anxieties? How can we help/hinder? 1) To what extent do actual soldiers think that timelines for troop withdrawals are a “slap in the face?” If so, who are they and why do they think that way? If not, how do they envision the end of the Iraq War? Or do they see an end at all?

2)How about a show:What are your plans for after the deployment? (maybe similar to avecfrites’ first comment but… anyone writing a book, hit song, new dance craze? blogging? checking out or checking into rehab? starting a church/business/home? barhopping? going back to the farm? going touring? running for selectman/governor/president? What are their hopes and anxieties? How can we help/hinder?

]]> By: sidewalker http://www.radioopensource.org/military-pov/#comment-88400 sidewalker Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:01:11 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/?p=1051#comment-88400 Something from an Iraqi perspective. Something from an Iraqi perspective.

]]> By: hurley http://www.radioopensource.org/military-pov/#comment-88399 hurley Fri, 27 Apr 2007 07:10:15 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/?p=1051#comment-88399 The role of "private contractors" i.e. mercenaries in Iraq. The role of “private contractors” i.e. mercenaries in Iraq.

]]> By: avecfrites http://www.radioopensource.org/military-pov/#comment-88398 avecfrites Thu, 26 Apr 2007 23:22:35 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/?p=1051#comment-88398 Some questions I have: 1) Some people enlist based on the promise of learning skills that will help them find better careers after their service. Do soldiers find that their service helps them in careers afterwards? 2) One measure of quality of a product is "Would you buy it again?". Would soldiers (the ones who escaped serious injury) looking back on their service enlist again if they knew what they were in for? 3) What is the one thing that soldiers say would have made them happier or more successful in their service -- a particular piece of information, or equipment, or better immediate supervision, or better top-level leadership, or what? Some questions I have:

1) Some people enlist based on the promise of learning skills that will help them find better careers after their service. Do soldiers find that their service helps them in careers afterwards?

2) One measure of quality of a product is “Would you buy it again?”. Would soldiers (the ones who escaped serious injury) looking back on their service enlist again if they knew what they were in for?

3) What is the one thing that soldiers say would have made them happier or more successful in their service — a particular piece of information, or equipment, or better immediate supervision, or better top-level leadership, or what?

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