The Gig is Up. We've played make-believe long enough...
Sacrificing the very lives of our children for a fake war that only benefits the president and his club buddies is growing tedious. The hoodwinks are losing their opacity. The Prince of War has worn out his welcome.
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'Support our troops' — bring them home alive
They're burying young Marine reservists in Ohio this week. Fourteen of them, ages 19 and up, were killed last week when their amphibious landing vehicle was blown up by a roadside bomb in Iraq.
President Bush won't be at any of the Ohio funerals. He has not attended any funeral for any of the 1,840 servicemen and women killed in Iraq, although he has met with some groups of families who lost loved ones.
Bush simply called this latest tragedy a "grim reminder" that we are at war. It also should remind anyone who knows anything about war that lightly-armored amphibious vehicles never were meant to transport troops on bomb-laden roads. They were designed for sandy beaches.
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"Support our troops" has become a sad, empty slogan for Bush.
Public support for the troops still is there, with candy, cookies and yellow ribbons. But government support sadly is lacking. No effective overall war plan. Inadequate or outdated equipment. No exit strategy.
That's why the best way to support our troops in Iraq is to insist that Bush bring them all home. Alive. Sooner rather than later.
