We are so screwed now!

Comment by Abby

Or watching mercenaries doing your job while getting paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to do it and you have to protect them.

Too big a deal is made about this “all volunteer army”. What it is, is a better paid job. People do join for a variety of reasons and for most, their sense of patriotism probably plays a major part in their decision to sign up but your status as a true volunteer ends when you sign on the dotted line.

It’s not like volunteering to help at the local soup kitchen when you can un-volunteer at any time. You can’t exactly un-volunteer from the army.

Having said that, Bush really screwed the soldiers in this “war”. What every army needs is an objective. A hill to take. A position to take. Nothing demoralizes the troops more than endless senseless tours of duty with no clear goals, no plan, no end game.

If, however, you are stupid enough to sign up…………… Let’s just say convicted felons have more rights.

On the one hand, I know that we have to take action in places like Somalia against al Qaeda-linked Islamist groups.

On the other hand, I have absolutely no confidence at all that, under this administration, it will be done in a decent, intelligent, competent manner.

I’m stuck crossing my fingers and hoping for the best, but I know it’s just going to end up a fiasco, and the U.S. will end up taking another hit for fighting a dirty war.

Fact is the Republicans took longer to get this stuff to Bush’s desk. Secondly Bush can prolly use his executive signing statements to excise the pork or he can veto it.

This is just another political canard that we should not be playing. I resent politicians using Iraq and the troops as a political fulcrum to sway peoples opinions.

Q; Since when is stop-loss voluntary?
A; It isn’t.

Anderson,

…excellent point about the “signing statements” though

This was in the Washington Post today:

“President Bush used his Easter weekend radio address to suggest that while Americans are “blessed” to have so many brave, volunteer military service members, congressional Democrats are jeopardizing their safety by refusing to sign his $100 billion war funding bill.”

Then they edited the story:

President Bush used his Easter weekend radio address to suggest that while Americans are “blessed” to have so many brave, volunteer military service members, congressional Democrats are jeopardizing their safety by delaying passage of a $100 billion war funding bill.

It looks like the narrative will be to blame the Dems.