Apparently this little statistical game was played so that Bush could have his 21,000-man “surge”. But because more than 21,000 were needed, some of those unfit for service were magically declared fit after all and sent off to Iraq.
"In an interview for the Salon report earlier this month, Col. Wayne W. Grigsby Jr., the commander of the 3rd Brigade, did not dispute that injured troops were being deployed, but insisted they would be put in safe noncombat jobs once they were in Iraq" (emphasis added).
"it's just a flesh-wound, soldier! So get your ass into gear and report for duty, on the double!!"
Add this to the Walter Reed scandal.
And the reclassifying of injuries to reduce veterans’ benefits scandal.
And the unarmored Humvee scandal.
And the not-enough body-armor scandal.
And the not-enough bullets scandal.
And the not-securing 477 tons of explosives scandal.
And the Pat Tillman scandal.
And the Jessica Lynch scandal (and don’t forget Shoshanna)
And the Abu Ghraib scandal.
And the Haditha scandal.
And the shooting and bombing of non-US journalists scandal.
And Rumsfeld’s automated bereavement letters scandal.
And the air-freighting of the dead as baggage scandal.
And the KBR contaminated water for the troops scandal.
And the waiving of normal recruitment standards scandal.
And the not–enough troops in the first place scandal.
And the invasion-on-false-pretenses scandal.
"Pete Geren, the acting Army secretary, told a Senate panel on March 14 that the Army would investigate the injured soldiers' claims that their medical records were modified at Fort Benning in February in order for them to be sent to Iraq. House Armed Services Committee chairman Ike Skelton, D-Mo., has asked the Government Accountability Office to investigate. The Army inspector general has also launched a probe. It remains unclear if any of those probes will also look into injured soldiers being sent to the National Training Center at Fort Irwin in January."
Meanwhile the GOP and Bush are insisting that they “support the troops” whilst the Democrats are somehow undermining their effectiveness.
This shit has got to stop, and the only way to do that is to bring the troops home now and then put all the Army bureaucrats, GOP politicians and administration officials involved on trial.
3 comments:
why doesn't anyone see that he is INSANE?? He is the First Horseman of the Apocolypse!!! Who is their right mind would just go to war with anyone and everyone just because he "can"??? WHAT THE HELL IS HE TRYING TO PROVE??? Einstein said that the definition of INSANITY is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Bush is INSANE and has no regard for human life or well being except his own. He reminds me of the politician from The Dead Zone (the movie), Greg Stillson - who, when he was shot at, he picked up a BABY and held it infront of himself as a human shield. Bush and his lust for some kind of sick, twisted and just plain warped 'glory' is nothing but a draft dodging coward that would stand behind his wife and kids to avoid being shot. He would NEVER sacrifice himself or his money for anyone. HE MUST BE STOPPED.
Seems like Bush is using the troops as his human shield. Everytime he is attacked, he uses the same old talking point, "you don't support the troops," or "you're either with us or against us."
Well, chimpster, I guess that makes me anti-american because I sure don't agree with your idea of supporting the troops.
Bring the troops home now and give them the benefits they deserve instead of the lip service.
Very powerful post.
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