Support Our Troops

[Off_White]

Something the Bush Administration is not doing:

 

The Army Times (which is exactly the periodical it sounds like) recently carried this editorial harshly condemning Bush and the GOP:

 

 

Nothing but lip service

In recent months, President Bush and the Republican-controlled Congress have missed no opportunity to heap richly deserved praise on the military. But talk is cheap — and getting cheaper by the day, judging from the nickel-and-dime treatment the troops are getting lately.

 

 

For example, the White House griped that various pay-and-benefits incentives added to the 2004 defense budget by Congress are wasteful and unnecessary — including a modest proposal to double the $6,000 gratuity paid to families of troops who die on active duty. This comes at a time when Americans continue to die in Iraq at a rate of about one a day.

 

 

Similarly, the administration announced that on Oct. 1 it wants to roll back recent modest increases in monthly imminent-danger pay (from $225 to $150) and family-separation allowance (from $250 to $100) for troops getting shot at in combat zones.

 

[Dr_Flash_Amazing]

Fairly typical of an administration that talks support of the common person (tax cuts will create jobs, no child left behind, support the troops and wave your flags), but the ultimate outcomes of their actions are decidedly in opposition to their stated aims. It's truly disgusting, though, to see that even in an area in which their feelings appear to be genuine (the military), their actions come up short, as does their money, most of which seems to have been sieved out by the pockets of assorted defense contractors.

 

Disgusting, indeed. Puke up your last meal for the Bush whitehouse once again!

[Ursa_Eagle]

perhaps the worst part is, people are still going to be going along with it that shrub is actually a good president

[Dr_Flash_Amazing]

Well, at least we can take comfort in the fact that the soon-to-be hyper-consolidated mass media will be able to more cheaply and efficiently inform the public about what's really going on in our nation and its leadership. Yep.