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Default I'll give him four years -he won't get reelected...

On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:46:43 -0800 (PST),
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I go out of my way to stop and talk to vets I meet. I have not met one
who is not proud to have served, I have some Iraq vets in my family
too.


I don't know why they wouldn't be proud to serve their country, as
anyone would. However, they don't necessarily think they're doing
what's right for our country. While soldiering, they don't question
the orders but they do question why the hell they're there in the
first place.

My nephew is an army airborne medic. He's about to be deployed for
the 3rd time, this time to Afghanistan. I hear it from the inside.

Our support of the troops is abysmal apart from rah rah and stickers
on our cars. They've been used and abused and deserve better.

Ripping families apart and stop lossing people who've given more than
their measure isn't something to be proud of.

Deducting money for meals while in the hospital is an insult. Army
hospitals in disrepair with mold and **** growing in the same
facilities where our countrymen are healing is an embarassment.

It's not until the cameras and reporters get there that anything
happens.

This administration is nothing but lip service for Americans and hand
outs to business.