Little or no transition period may be contracted for, so this new crew may have rolled in and started so far behind the power curve that ther was no way to be able to meethe needs of the patients. It is all a game to show the American people how we can same so much money. It’s all just a great big fraud and this time real people with treal nees got in rammed up there behinds.

Command and the senior NCO corps should have been raising hell but all to often the tendency is too “salute smartly and step off with pride” into the jaws of hell? I think a lot of good people are getting screwed over for things that they barely had any control over as well as the Peoplewe hav already it the pavement. Note that every Military man sacked to date has stated “it was on my watch and I take responsibility”

Not so, the Congressmen…. on both sides of the aisle, by God! Sorry “F”ing bastards basically create (then, ignore) the problem, by their own admission, and THEN run off at the mouth without end!! Disgusting, shameless, pandering as I see it!!!

Worthless bastards!

Comment by WaltTheMan — March 8, 2007 @ 10:46 pm

Walt, the military has always had the two faction you mentioned. Remember, the Officers are supposed to be the ones in charge, but the Enlisted guys usually know what the hell is going on. Not in this case. Guess the SgtMaj was asleep at the switch.

WOW, you are 100% right.

How did we get so caught up that we didn’t think of that. That is so obvious. I feel like an idiot.

Where was the Command Sergeant Major in all of this? His or her job is to be the one that takes care of the enlisted guys.

T Bone, seriously, thank you.

I’ve been screwed over by more politicians and officers than I care to remember im my 35 years association with the the US military (that’s ho it works, suckers), but when I was in need, I could always depend on a good sergeant to take care of me. Now it looks like that is gone too! The rot really is deeper that any of you know!

Dude, are you never satisfied? :)

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“And Bill Clinton was impeached for a blowjob. Go figure.”

I think o’l BJ bill was impeached for lying under oath.

Comment by John G — March 8, 2007 @ 1:14 pm

He wouldn’t have lied if he wasn’t asked about something as personal as a blowjob. What the blow job has to do with anything in politics is beyond me. The man gave missile technology to the Chinese and you bust him for a blowjob. Uh huh, whatever.

Comment by Zooey — March 8, 2007 @ 3:36 pm

OK, other than the obvious…

All politicians are idiots.

Is our Army so wussified that they can’t handle a little verbal criticism? How are they ever going to defeat a bunch of crazed insurgents on the other side of the if they can’t even deal with constructive criticism?

So all this poor treatment must be bolstering (not undermining) their confidence. What a crock!

Rogerx2, you caught exactly what I was pointing out. The Dems SAY they oppose the war, but they are willing to extend it for 1 1/2 more years. So, they actually support the war, not oppose it.

Sounds a little like doublespeak to me.

While the Dems continue to “oppose” the war until Aug 2008, we can look for 1190 more troops to die as well as countless Iraqis.

Oppose the war while continuing to support the war. Someone, please, explain the logic in this.

Luckily it sounds like the Dems are in the process of increasing the militaries budget to provide them with whatever they need. This is how it should be in a time for war. The Dems have really stepped up. The are now supporting the Iraq war and extending it at least another 1 1/2 years and are also increasing Military budgets to provide our troops with whatever they need and fullfill all their wishes. Kinda a role reversal. military spending used to be a repug thing while the Dems always wanted to reduce and destroy out military. Now it reverses and the repugs start reducing spending and mismanage a war to the point we almost had to stop. The Dems stepped up and now do what old time repugs used to. They turned this around.

We have no one to thank but the Dems controlling the 110th. They refused to let the Iraq war stop and realized the importance of cleaning up our mistake. Without their vote of yes to all the Iraq war money this war would have ended. They were smart enough to give our military the green light to continue the war at least another 1 1/2 years. Furthermore, they realized that our troops needed more general funding and TP has reported they are planning to increase military funding dramatically. Keep it up Dems and I may have to start labeling myself a Dem.