In the news:

The Des Moines Register

20 more Iowa National Guard soldiers to depart for Kosovo peacekeeping mission Jan. 7

“The latest Iowa National Guard contingent of 20 soldiers will depart from Johnston this weekend to serve in a peacekeeping mission in Kosovo that now has lasted 20 years.”

“The peacekeeping mission in Kosovo under NATO auspices began after a brutal war with Serbia in 1998 and 1999 that led to Kosovo’s independence. The Iowa National Guard deployments there began in 2003, and in 2011, Iowa and the Kosovo Security Force joined the State Partnership Program. Developed during the Cold War, the program established diplomatic ties between National Guard units and foreign militaries.”

KGAN

Eastern Iowa families say goodbye to loved ones as Iowa National Guard Soldiers deploy to Kosovo

“The deployment is part of an overseas peacekeeping mission that is supported by NATO. Iowa National Guard Soldiers will be in Kosovo for nine months.”

Looks like TV news stations are allowing comments again. The irreverent comments are the best.

From comments:

“Dec 30, 2023
So we send are young men and women overseas to fight in or support another war that we have already spent 100s of billions of dollars on at the sacrifice of Americans While our southern boarder and our country is being invaded Thanks Joe Biden You helped killed are men in Benghazi and in Afghanistan you killed our economy so you could push your communist agenda So for all the people that voted you in Have a Happy New Year”

“America for Americans first. Keep our troops here and spend our taxpayer money here on our many problems.”

“Is Kosovo part of our country?”

Prediction: TV newspeople will yank comments again because people have various points of view.

Sign up to serve the people of your home state, then ship out for NATO:

Dec 29, 2023 Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier

Waterloo National Guard unit deploys to Kosovo after Friday morning send-off

“NATO has been leading a peacekeeping operation in Kosovo since June 1999.”

Newspeople Avoid Asking Questions

Will there ever come a time when newspeople ask if there is any military emergency, national emergency, draft, or declaration of war, linked to the movement of National Guard troops to an overseas location?

Yes, young Americans, we need you to sign up and maintain a place to live and a regular job in your hometown area when you are not doing time in foreign lands helping DOD with undeclared/unwon wars and missions completely unrelated to your home state.

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