Please remember that there are two aspects to “taking this to the forefront.” One, Dems have to publically say something. Two, the media has to report that a Dem said something.

Dems have made many public statements about this issue.

A Nation that is actually ruled by the Corporate Elite Robber Barons, instead of We The People. =|

The Democrats could score big points in this country by addressing this. Their neglect to take this to the forefront disgusts me as well.

What type of Nation pushes their armies to the limit and then turns their back on them?

What are they supposed to say about this? Just repeat their mantra that the military is pro-republican or that Democrats don’t support the troops? It’s pathetic, it’s a myth, but they’ll keep repeating their mantras.

We ask the ultimate sacrifice but don’t provide the ultimate support and respect they all deserve. Corporations have dictated what direction this administration has gone and they don’t care about the “collateral damage” caused in pursuing their goals.

Where are the posters on Bush’s side? They can’t even fake support so they run from this. Side effects from being a chickenhawk I guess.

The sad thing is Veteran groups have been protesting Bush’s treatment of veterans for the last 7 years and not one protest has been in the news. Not one F*cking veteran protest.

Add the fact that the Rubberstampers ended the almost 50 year practice of yearly hearings with veteran groups to hear their grievances ( so it wouldn’t embarrass the president one Repuke said at the time ) and the New Dem Majority has not brought those hearings back yet either, I am unhappy to note.

Dave was featured in the powerful documentary Sir! No Sir!, which chronicled the GI movement that took place during the Vietnam war. Also, Oliver Stone, who directed the Vietnam War film Platoon, served with Dave in Vietnam and based Charlie Sheen’s character, Chris, on Dave Cline.

Dave Cline, one of the giants of the antiwar movement in this country-R.I.P.

-Republicans

Great posts above. The soldiers and marines have always been my #1 concern about the invasion of Iraq. I’m disgusted with this.

The Veterans Disarmament Act – HR 2640

Constantly trumpeting that any attempt to end the insanity as unpatriotic and a spit in the faces of our troops, while at the same time sending the same troops out without proper training, equipment, or rest into situations already dangerously exacerbated by mercenary troops that the administration hired and then, when they are wounded and sent home, dismissed as readily as toy soldiers, thrown into a box and dismissed. Like little boys with toys.

Shame on this administration.

Care to explain this lack of defense spending? Or are you going to use this deplorable example of Republican patriotism as a reason that universal health care is a bad idea?

Let me get this straight…it’s OK to wait 6 months for medical treatment, but it’s not OK to have the same amount of time off from active duty for leave.

Maybe the Dems should introduce a bill that gives soldiers as much time off as it takes to file a disability claim.

Maybe somebody in Congress can adopt this cause and ride herd on it?