But . . . but they "support the troops?" (beware language)

[Redskinsmama]

I like the fact that the pictures come from a Right Wing website! Its funny that I cant find those pictures ANYWHERE else but there. Most likely isnt even from a US protest anyway. And by the way, just because your president is a complete moron who got us into a needless war and killed over 3000 soldiers doesnt mean that we on the left dont support the troops. Seems to me like it is the Republicans who dont support them, especially when they come home and have Walter Reed to go to!! Or when they die because they dont have the right equipment, or maybe sending them back when they are still injured or sick... Seems to me if you really wanted to support the troops you would want them home as soon as possible and not dying in a war that means NOTHING! Afghanistan was where we should have kept our troops, not putting them into a country that did nothing to us. The victims of 9/11 are probably rolling around in their graves knowing the man behind their deaths is still out there, free as a bird, while we are stuck in a needless war!!

Just a little info on troop equipment:

From the office of the Inspector General:

"…. Based on responses from approximately 1,100 Service members, they experienced shortages of force-protection equipment, such as up-armored vehicles, electronic countermeasure devices, crew-served weapons, and communications equipment. As a result, Service members were not always equipped to effectively complete their missions….

The Request for Forces process did not always ensure that Service members who performed missions that they do not traditionally perform – such as training, provincial reconstruction, detainee operations, and explosive ordinance disposal – received the equipment necessary to perform their wartime mission. As a result, Service members performed missions without the proper equipment, used informal procedures to obtain equipment and sustainment support, and canceled or postponed missions while waiting to receive equipment….

The U.S. Central Command's and the Army's internal controls were not adequate…."



Hmmm, now who doesnt support the troops?

May i ask you what country you live in? Last time i checked, Bush was the President of the united states, not the president of the Republicans. I'm so sick of people saying "your president." If you support the troops as you say you do, and can't stand these injustices happening to our troops at walter reed, how about you use the power of your voice to lobby up there or volunteer to help the troops instead of blowing smoke out of your ass on here? And THANK YOU fellow posters for pointing out the statistics that she was so proud of. She pulled stats that favored her side kind of how a right wing web site put up the article. what makes you any different?