Words cannot express the anger I feel towards the ass-hats that are literally fucking with the heads of young American soldiers (cite ):
Hmmm… good application of “Field of Dreams” logic: If we don’t diagnose it, the diagnoses will not come. Wow, do you think this is a contradiction to how the Gov’t boasts it gives top-notch medical service?
Anyone involved in this decision-making mess deserves to return punts helmet-less against an NFL team.
The way we’re treating or soldiers is shameful. It would’ve been nice to have someone in charge who’d learned the lessons of Viet Nam. Any of the multiple lessons of Viet Nam, in fact.
I am so angry reading the article you linked. How can this not get the attention of the AP/Reuters?
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I trust this answers your questions on the subject.
That is why I think that even if John McCain becomes president, and keeps the Iraq war going, he will still do a better job with everything than Bush has done. He knows exactly what war is like, and I am sure that he would treat our soldiers much, much better. I think he also would not allow our prisoners of war to be tortured, having been a victim of torture himself.
I wish we weren’t at war at all but if we have to be in Iraq, I think McCain would be a good man to be in charge of it. He’s a soldier, not a bureaucrat to whom lives are expendable and meaningless statistics.
He would not be as good to the soldiers as Obama or Clinton would be since he has still declared an intent to keep them in harm’s way for no reason.
He’s also recently backed off his opposition to torture. He’s now all for it.
Shit. That is a real disappointment.
Don’t be disappointed - it’s a lie.
Regards,
Shodan
Now, now, let’s not be so judgmental. Perhaps this policy simply represents an honest skepticism on the part of the top brass that soldiers really need their brains.
Are you referring to the story in the OP, or to McCain’s purported 180 on torture?
Eh, don’t think about it too much. Picking a random phrase off a list of generic responses is how the Shobot rolls.
Oh, his heart might be in the right place, but his brains appear to be trickling out via a slow leak. It’s too soon to make a definite diagnosis of Alzheimer’s, but, still . . .
I agree that the treatment of returning soldiers is shameful. I read an article in Newsweek about the GI Bill which indicated the military is opposed to improving it to offer benefits like those given after WWII, because to do so would offer incentives that encourage soldiers to leave rather than reenlist. Basically, the brass would rather keep 'em poor so they can’t afford to get out. :mad:
If they’re really concerned about soldiers leaving after their basic commitment is fulfilled, why not just offer incentives that improve over time? Every extension of duty increases the amount a soldier can have for college or a home after leaving.
And how about diverting a couple of weeks worth of war expense into medical care for veterans?
Are you suggesting we spend money on veterans rather than this war? That wouldn’t be supporting the troops now would it?