Support the Troops?

[Killswitch]

Behind the door of Army Spec. Jeremy Duncan's room, part of the wall is torn and hangs in the air, weighted down with black mold. When the wounded combat engineer stands in his shower and looks up, he can see the bathtub on the floor above through a rotted hole. The entire building, constructed between the world wars, often smells like greasy carry-out. Signs of neglect are everywhere: mouse droppings, belly-up cockroaches, stained carpets, cheap mattresses.

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Full article here. Disgusting.

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003547281

 

[Killswitch]

Anyone remember the troops?

 

[Wok]

I can't wait to hear the reaction to this one.

 

[unregistered]

 

[Killswitch]

Whatever that means.

My ex stepson is going to Ramadi in mid April and I have to try to finance and look on the web for body armor and extra equipment for him that Napoleon wont provide.

 

[busybody..]

I can't wait to hear the reaction to this one.

Been debunked all over the blogs by the INJURED TROOPS themselves in Walter Reed

 

[busybody..]

Whatever that means.

My ex stepson is going to Ramadi in mid April and I have to try to finance and look on the web for body armor and extra equipment for him that Napolean wont provide.

if he is in the US Miliatry he gets EVERYTHING

so fuck off with the BS!

 

[Killswitch]

Been debunked all over the blogs by the INJURED TROOPS themselves in Walter Reed

Nice try.

Wait till you see the photos.

 

[busybody..]

Doctored

 

[Killswitch]

Just like Napoleons intel?

If you guys want to invade other countries. The least you could do is provide everything the soldiers need, and take care of them when they come home missing ears, legs, and half their heads.

 

[busybody..]

The MEME that soldiers are missing out on equipment

is old

the NEW MEME is

Support the troops, CHOKE OFF THE MONEY

 

[Peregrinator]

if he is in the US Miliatry he gets EVERYTHING

so fuck off with the BS!

Somebody should tell the guys in my unit who went on patrols in Iraq without uparmored humvees. You wanna tell the guy who got his leg blow off, or the one whose brother was killed in an ambush?

 

[unregistered]

 

[Wok]

Somebody should tell the guys in my unit who went on patrols in Iraq without uparmored humvees. You wanna tell the guy who got his leg blow off, or the one whose brother was killed in an ambush?

It's all Photoshopped.

 

[Peregrinator]

If you guys want to invade other countries. The least you could do is provide everything the soldiers need, and take care of them when they come home missing ears, legs, and half their heads.

Nothing wrong with this statement at all. The aftercare in particular really sucks. Half the guys in my unit who were deployed have horror stories about how they can't get decent care through the VA system.

 

[unregistered]

 

[busybody..]

Somebody should tell the guys in my unit who went on patrols in Iraq without uparmored humvees. You wanna tell the guy who got his leg blow off, or the one whose brother was killed in an ambush?

if you were REALLY military

You KNOW

most guys in the Veez DONT like the armor

it DOESNT protect against the new IEDs

and the heavy weight SLOWS down the Veez

in fact, the guys rip em out

THEY WANT SPEED

 

[Killswitch]

They go to war with what they have at the time, just like I did, just like my dad did, and his dad before him. Get a clue.

We got all the clues we need pal o mine.

Your game is coming to a dismal end.

I give you credit for going down with the ship, and toting the party line till the very end though.

 

[JBCorbell]

I have no trouble supporting the troops. For the most part they are simply doing the job they were told to.

Also, I think the politicians should be supported. With a rope... by the neck!

 

[Ulaven_Demorte]

if you were REALLY military

You KNOW

most guys in the Veez DONT like the armor

it DOESNT protect against the new IEDs

and the heavy weight SLOWS down the Veez

in fact, the guys rip em out

THEY WANT SPEED

You spend altogether too much time reading Powerline and too little to what's really going on.

I realize it's much easier for you to read only what you agree with, but your view is seriously skewed. Hell, it's downright comical.

 

[Ulaven_Demorte]

Nothing wrong with this statement at all. The aftercare in particular really sucks. Half the guys in my unit who were deployed have horror stories about how they can't get decent care through the VA system.

Then you have G.W. 's new budget cutting money for VA health care.. again..

But they support the troops, until they get injured I guess.

 

[Killswitch]

6 more US soldiers dead today....17 seriously wounded.

This month is on track to being one of the deadliest.

Almost a 4 a day average.

Napoleon is sound asleep in his warm bed.

 

[Ulaven_Demorte]

Does "supporting the troops" require "supporting their mission?"

U.S. troops do not determine their "mission." Subject to the requirements of U.S. and international law, U.S. troops follow orders from our elected government. If Congress must "support the mission" in order to "support the troops," then Congress must support and fund whatever President Bush decides, even if it is criminally insane.

According to this logic, if President Bush orders 150,000 U.S. troops to jump off the Golden Gate Bridge as a message to Osama Bin Laden that we are not to be trifled with, then Congress must not only support this, but approve tax dollars to pay for the buses to drive soldiers to the bridge.

 

[KRCummings]

Whatever that means.

My ex stepson is going to Ramadi in mid April and I have to try to finance and look on the web for body armor and extra equipment for him that Napoleon wont provide.

Bullshit.

 

[Killswitch]

Bullshit.

Im actually looking into what I can help provide.

*shrugs*