Sunday, May 06, 2007

Army brass can't make changes on the fly or even with half a weeks notice.............come on what are you thinking..

I was not 'approved' to sing for US troops: Joan Baez - Yahoo! News
I was not 'approved' to sing for US troops: Joan Baez

Wed May 2, 2:53 PM ET

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Military authorities who run Washington's Walter Reed Army Medical Hospital have spurned an offer from renowned folk singer Joan Baez to perform for convalescing US troops, she said Wednesday.
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Baez, 66, was to have appeared last week alongside rock/folk singer
John Mellencamp at a concert for ailing soldiers, but US officials declined to sign off on her participation, she wrote in a letter published Wednesday in the Washington Post.

"Four days before the c


I believe NRP reported that the official comment for the folks at Walter Reed was that it was too late to change the schedule or something like that which made me stop and think......It is no wonder we are not making any progress in Iraq, if the Army brass cannot make a change four days in advance on a concert, how are they going to respond to those pesky insurgent who are changing tactics everyday.

Just makes ya think don't it..............

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