“A friend of mine lost a son there. For what?”
For less than nothing and I am so sorry.
Fact is, and people want to forget this, Bush didn’t do much of a job caring for our military and vets. Over use of the guard was bad enough...does anyone remember how bad the facilities at forts were when they came home?
[snip]A soldier battles overflowing sewage in the Fort Bragg barracks shortly after coming home from Afghanistan.
CBS News, Wed. April 30, 2008
Army Shamed By Shoddy Barracks
The Army was publicly shamed after an outraged parent posted photos on Youtube depicting dilapidated conditions at the barracks of Fort Bragg. Bush/Cheney were much more concerned with building state of the art immigration detention centers for illegal aliens.
See:
SHAME April, 2008
http://towncriernews.blogspot.com/2008/04/shame.html
There ya go. And the sultans of sham in D.C. want to deliver more of the same.
Thanks, B. I enlisted the day Reagan was inaugurated and got out as soon as I could after Bush 41 got in. I have a son in the Naval Academy and another applying. I think these stupid wars as Saudi mercenaries need to stop.