You expel we 5th columnists from the country. We're a huge threat to you. I highly recommend a 'camp' maybe somewhere up in Wyoming or Alaska. At the very least there needs to be a loyalty oath sworn by all Jews who are still deemed to be worthy of citizenship. What say you?

King George and his media minions make such a huge deal out any attempt on the part of the dems to exercise constitutional authority over the administration as proof of their lack of patriotism and support for the troops.

Between the scarcity of armour, cold water for reserves, Walter Reed and this, it is obvious who is refusing to support the troops.

I wonder when the boys at Faux will pick on this story. I imagine they will try to blame Bill Clinton.

No doubt, most people, knowing the truth, would not go for an unjustified war when the outcome is so predictably disasterous (both for the US and the Iraqis).

I think it is important to note though that the neocons (and AIPAC) are not driven solely by war profits (although this is a big part of it for them and others). There is a definitive link with Israel's right-wing which is driven in large part by ideology, including messianic Jewish fundementalism. These are things we are not supposed to talk about, but they are alsolutely true. You can sense the ideological hatred in people like Daniel Pipes.

http://www.counterpunch.org/walsh03092006.html

This situation of our Military and this President sending those troops who already show signs of PTSD and even real physical injuries, as I have witnessed already, back to Iraq and or into the field is just disgusting..

These are our sisters and brothers our cousins and sons and daughters or cousins husband in my case..

They are us..not separate but us, We The People..

This President also wants to cut housing for the disabled by just short of half and cut the health benefits that were on line to go to our nations children..so he'll pay for this war on the backs of the poor and those most in need and vulnerable..

Bush has to maintain his immoral inequitable out of whack Tax Cuts for those of the top 5 and really 1%..

Our Corporations contribute only 7% to our Tax base and employ just barely 20% of our population, but we send our sons and daughter to die for these corporations and their ghoulish supplicants like Cheney and Bush's rotten corrupt associates..

These Corporations care nothing of America or it's long term well being as is record, and they will even commit outright treason and sell our military technology to the enemy and of course dual use technology as well..

We just saw this treason in the instance of ITT..

Now what can be done Our Congress is in cahoots with these villains, all to many of them and the Republicans hide their deceit as they hide behind the Troops..

Where should be bury our dead those who are dying for this Corporate Cash Cow of Iraq..in Arlington or outside Halliburton headquarters in Dubai..

However, the American military must be careful in questioning manhood.

They can't say, "What are you? Queer?"

For regardless of the soldier's sexuality, such a query points a finger to the exit.

One paints oneself into such corners when one loves war and hates homosexual citizens.

I suspect that this medical "re-evaluation" has been going on for a long time.

I did a 3-yr enlistment in the Army in the early 1960s.

With only several months left on my enlistment I was assigned to a combat unit.

I thought this odd because I had a medical "profile" -- my poor vision -- that restricted me to support roles by the Army's own rules. I said nothing because I had only months to go before separation.

When I got separated I found a "medical re-evaluation" in my medical file that stated that I had been examined at the base hospital by 3 doctors and that my medical profile had been changed from C to A. Fact is I never met these doctors nor had ever set foot in the base hospital.

I made sure that this document disappeared from my file before I went into my 5-yr reserve status. And I lost all respect for Army doctors who obviously are the worst kind of professional whores.

This sort of thing was common in the push across France in WW2 if we are to believe our military historians.

Back in 2001 or 2002, I could tell that George W. Bush has utter contempt for anyone who chooses to serve in the American military. 'Support the troops' is an empty, meaningless slogan that actually means 'Vote for George W. Bush as Supreme and Eternal Emperor of the World'.

There is nothing wrong with having a military to defend your country.

There is something wrong with wars that are not in defense of your country.

There is something wrong with using religion, race and patriotism to sell war.

I don't blame the soldiers, I blame the war profiteers. The fact that these soldiers are in this predicament is indictative of both a lack of opportunity and education. The onus is on our culture and the public education system.

I believe that rather than subsidizing multibillion dollar weapons systems that the money should be used to take care of our soldiers especially the wounded ones.

You should be less worried about make believe enemies and more concerned with the fact that this nonsense has bankrupted the country and red china holds enough dollars to effectively control our economy as a result of both this war nonsense, walmart and globalization.

You don't even know who the enemy is.

Former 1CD member here, '93-'96. I was going to write pretty much what you wrote.

I'd love to come back later and see that this thread remains relatively free from yet another manifestation of this tired line of guilty-by-association, coulda-woulda-shoulda, every-bit-as-dumb-and-rabid-as-the-far-right sort of thinking.

Kindly keep it so.