LUCILLE: GI John Goes to War

I guess if someone asked you what Presidential contender was the most pro-G.I. you might say John McCain. After all we all know about his military experience, his stint as a POW and so on and so on. Right? So, why would I say he's going to war. . . against the very soldiers he so blithely wants to continue sending to Iraq?

Senators on both sides of the aisle agree that the sacrifices made by our service people entitle them to at the very least a better future - a revamped G.I. Bill which would pay for state college for those kids. Don't they deserve at least that? Many of them have been back in a dangerous combat zone multiple times - probably more dangerous than the majority of troops during WWII. And WWII vets had their educations paid for. It was a great investment. It gave them a real future. And every dollar spent produced $7 of in  additional taxes from those vets. Nowadays what our vets get pales in comparison.

Guess who doesn't support this bill. Mr. Mission Accomplished himself, George Bush . "Too generous" he says. The nerve. He's willing to give Halliburton and other contractors millions upon millions to do a pretty shoddy job in Iraq, yet he doesn't want to give these brave men and women a chance for a real future. He's just wiling to suck the life out of them, then spit them out.

He's willing to spend hundreds of billions on the war , but not $2 - $4 billion on the vets.

He says it will hurt retention rates. In reality, it will draw in more talented individuals.

And John McCain? He's all talk about supporting our men and women in uniform. But instead he's  walking in lock step with Bush in opposing this bill and instead introducing a weak imitation bill of his own. 

Hypocrite.

Comments

[Eric]

Duh, Lucille. Didn't you know that all the rhetoric about "support the troops" was really about supporting PMCs? I mean, after all, they're out there on the battlefield supporting the troops (and raping women, killing civilians and torturing prisoners)! So by supporting the contractors, you're supporting the troops. Transitive property. Check it out.

And not giving the troops another GI bill and not funding the VA is tough love. Walter Reed? Tough love. Stop-loss... um, tough love? They'll thank us for it in the end. After all, W is keeping us safe while all you liberals want to do is tax the hell out of us and take away our guns. Git er done.

(Let's see how many people agree with me.)