Update: Soldier’s Iraqi Puppy Misses Flight but Will Arrive in US on Sunday

"Ratchet is a wild dog indigenous to Iraq. A stray, befriended by a soldier. As such, we do not control him, nor can we 'order' him not to leave COP Meade."

October 16, 2008 at 7:02 am - WCCO-TV
Dateline: Baghdad, Iraq
Godless   October 16th, 2008 - 7:51 am

I don’t give a F*** about a dogs flight.

Airwick   October 16th, 2008 - 7:59 am

Godless is also clueless. I am glad that the soldier is getting his dog back. He earned him by serving over there. With all the other bad news that we have seen recently a “feel good” story is nice for a change.

Eileen   October 16th, 2008 - 8:23 am

A small gesture of thank you for the sacrifice this soldier made for our country…….

Also from me a “THANK YOU”………

farah   October 16th, 2008 - 8:28 am

Did the soldier kill the family that owned the dog?

jim   October 16th, 2008 - 8:32 am

Thanks soldiers!!

http://www.piratenews.org/iraq-war-leg-blown-off-kid.jpg

beverly   October 16th, 2008 - 9:42 am

farah….go back where you came from. in iraq, dogs run wild. they aren’t treated the same there as they are here. did you not pay attention to the video…the soldier is a woman and most women are not on the front lines where they can “kill” people. what an absolute moron you are.

Airwick   October 16th, 2008 - 11:12 am

Sorry, I meant to say HER dog. The military doesn’t allow service members to have pets? That’s news to me. When I was in Viet Nam there were plenty of pets running around the base and at least one of them shipped out with his “owners” when the unit later deployed to Japan.

She was demoted from Sgt. to Spec. because of this? Why? Maybe they ought to fix this, too.

Sigh   October 16th, 2008 - 11:54 am

I think if they are going to make an exception to allow the dog into the US, then they have to make an exception to punishing the soldier with a demotion. The bottom line though is that she bucked the system and made her superiors look bad, so she has made her future life in the military far more difficult.

I am happy to see there are people out there that understand the bond that can develop between humans and animals. Love is a precious commodity in this world and we need to protect it at all costs whether it is husband-wife, friends, human-pet, or otherwise. The fact the relationship developed in an environment of war makes it special.

Beth   October 16th, 2008 - 11:55 am

As much as our Soldiers have done for us I wonder why people can be so mean and hateful about someone caring about a little dog. As my daddy uses to say “Idiots come in bunches like grapes and bananas”…Oh Well…Good Luck to the Soldier and the little dog too!

Other   October 16th, 2008 - 2:37 pm

Demotion was a bit too much.

BILL5321   October 16th, 2008 - 5:27 pm

Biden attacks Israel’s support during the Palin debate and nothing happened. Biden said 40 times that Bush’s Israel First Police was history.

Jesse jackson confirmed that Obama was cutting support for Israel.

Jimmy Carters supports Obama’s new Israel Policy.

Anyone voting for Obama is a traitor to Israel.

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