Shortchanging the Wounded in Iraq

" On the eve of his Marine unit's assault on Falluja in November, 2004,
Blake Miller read to his men from the Bible (John 14:2-3): "In my
father's house, there are many mansions: if it were not so, I would
have told you. I leave this place and go there to prepare a place for
you, so that where I may be, you may be also."

A photograph of Miller's blood smeared, filthy face, so reminiscent of
David Douglas Duncan's photos of war weary Marines in Vietnam, is one
of the Iraq War's iconic images. Over a hundred newspapers ran it. But
as the San Francisco Chronicle reported recently, Miller, a decorated
war hero, has been shattered psychologically by Iraq. Disabled by
flashbacks and nightmares, he continues to pay daily and dearly for his
service there.

His eloquent commitment to his fellow Marines is the highest value in
military life. But the Bush administration, which sent Blake Miller,
his fellow Marines, and 1.3 million other Americans (so far) to war in
Iraq and Afghanistan apparently does not share this commitment.

Much has been written about how President Bush and Secretary of Defense
Donald Rumsfeld waged war on the cheap, sending too few ill-equipped
young soldiers - 30% of them ill-trained Reservists and National
Guardsmen - into battle. But little has been reported about how
shockingly on-the-cheap the homecomings of these soldiers have proved
to be. The Bush administration awarded Blake Miller a medal, but it has
fought for three long years to deny soldiers like him the care they
need. While Miller and his men were being thrown into the fire in
Falluja, the White House was proposing to cut the combat pay of
soldiers like them. (Only an outburst of outrage across the political
spectrum caused the administration to back off from that suggestion.)"

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/042806B.shtml

George Bush and *** Cheney love this country like gluttons love their
lunch.

immediate impeachment is imperative.

Yes, he fooled a lot of you.

Walt

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