Supporting the Troops.... the lack thereof, Speaking with forked tongue Options

[Hellfighter]

This one's nauseating;
Regardless of whoever the leader is/party they represent, if they're committed to spending hundreds of billions of dollars in a 'war effort', a large chunk of that should be set aside to fully and unconditionally accomodate the needs of its frontline fighters during and after their service. Where are the neo-cons/Bush admin and their 'support the troops' rhetoric now sticking up for vets on this issue you'll read- disgusting.....
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071108/ap_on_...Ys14ZD7TKBH2ocA
Can I suggest you who are able to do so, drop your Governors a line or two on this. It's not right at all.


This post has been edited by Hellfighter: 11/08/07 4:51am

[Hellfighter]

Yes agreed- this was obvious during the Walter Reed scandal... the Dems and some Repubs acted shocked and outraged at hearing the latest story break on the crummy situation there, yet they fully knew for years things were very bad at that care facility.

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/01/kiley-walter-temporary/
a thread/blog on the subject;
http://news.aol.com/elections-blog/2007/03...r-reed-problem/


Anyway, worst of all- last night in the State of the Union speech the audience jumped up clapping every 10 seconds after every fantasy promise Bush declared. This went on endlessly it seems - did he make any promises to address the problems of homeless vets -and the large influx of mental issues amongst vets returning from Iraq. Nope - he didn't.

Some progress though;
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/09/12/...in3253614.shtml