Iraq Veteran has wanted an apology from Bush administration for more than 3 years

[ProSense]

Jonathan Powers
11.06.2006

What We Really Owe Our Troops

Last week America witnessed a ridiculous onslaught of political backlash, intense media coverage, non-stop scrutiny and outrage over comments made by Senator John Kerry to a group of students in California. As a veteran who served for over 14 months in Iraq, I am insulted - not by Senator Kerry, but, by the media outlets and politicians who capitalized on this botched joke.

The obsession with Senator Kerry's remarks has once again enabled politicians to evade the real problems facing our service members and has perpetuated a political climate void of any accountability. It is American politics at its worst and at this, I am truly outraged.

After Senator Kerry's remarks, White House press secretary Tony Snow repeatedly demanded an apology from Senator Kerry, insisting that he owed this to "our troops." Why do we continue to sit idly by and accept this blatant hypocrisy? For the last three years, I have wanted an apology or at least a modicum of accountability from this administration for the war in Iraq and the treatment of our returning veterans.

Nobody is addressing MY outrage. I am deeply distressed by the fact that our military is overstretched and that the men and women on the ground in Iraq and Afghanistan are fighting without the proper equipment. I am distressed by the fact that my fellow service members are returning home to a Veterans Administration that is under funded and overcrowded and that my friends are having to wait over six months for basic health care. I am distressed by the rapidly mounting human and political costs of our two wars and I am OUTRAGED that there is no plan in place to deal with any of these urgent issues.

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[WildEyedLiberal]

1. A real vet cuts through to the heart of the matter.

Isn't it amazing how many media whores, Republican chickenhawks, and DINOs were offended on his behalf even as they continue to treat real soldiers like expendable photo ops? :eyes:

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6. Media keeps camera on Bushbot faces but won't let real vet stories be told

in any widespread way.

[For PaisAn]

2. Excellent

He nailed it.

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3. And tomorrow can be our first step to getting him and ALL the troops an APOLOGY

from BushInc.

[For PaisAn]

4. Yes

and long overdue.

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7. HAHAHA...maybe he WILL get that apology. GO DEMS!!!!!!

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[Democrafty]

5. kick