We cannot scream this LOUD ENOUGH...BUSH ABANDONS SOLDIER IN IRAQ

[Atman]

What the fuck kind of "Commander In Chief" is this? To hell with ANYTHING else...a mother and father won't have to deal with an extended tour, or a crippling injury, or even a military funeral...they've got to face the fact that their son is has been completely abandoned by the man who sent him there OVER A LIE. I'm just dumbstruck...Remember Jimmy Carter, and the GOP, all these years later, STILL ripping the elder statesman for a failed RESCUE ATTEMPT, but Bush isn't even TRYING. He's just given a kidnapped soldier -- a hostage -- up for lost. Syonara, private. You're FUCKED because the decider decided your life isn't worth his trouble, even though he sent you there.

Shed a tear, for this brave man and his family. And for our once great nation. This is truly a new low.

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[AzDar]

1. KICK !! n/t

[babylonsister]

2. Can you

find a link for that story? This is the second time I've read about this abandoned soldier, but haven't seen the story yet. Thanks!

[Xenotime]

3. agreed...link? I would love to see one to show my repug co-workers.

[BOSSHOG]

5. This might help just a tad

http://icasualties.org/oif/default.aspx

Scroll down to missing or captured

No story but it does identify the individual. Oh and lets not forget Staff Sgt Maupin who has been missing for more then two years.

[babylonsister]

8. Thank you, BOSS. And no surprise there's no official story

on this.

Edit to add:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2537137

[Atman]

6. No easier than you can, sorry.

I've been watching the Cabal News channels today, and they've been using over-the-shoulder quotes all day about Maliki or Al Sadr, whichever, forcing Bush to give up on the soldier. It is a double-humiliation, in fact...the new government we've installed has shit down our president's throat, and we've spent 7000 posts talking about Kerry. I'm sorry, I don't have a link, but I'm sure it will be easy enough to find on a major news page.

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[babylonsister]

7. Thanks; I thought you might have read an article I hadn't seen. nt

[Monkeyman]

4. You want something to show Replugs here

This is public record http://janets-conner.blogspot.com/2006/08/veterans-issues-mission-impossible.html

[blm]

9. This is how Bush INSULTS THE TROOPS. And does so EVERY DAY.

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[Hubert Flottz]

10. And the Torture of this soldier, if it happens, can be laid at Bush's

door step too.

[NoPasaran]

11. A whole new category of crime committed by this infamous tyranny

No amount of SUV ribbons can hide this betrayal of our troops by this wicked, un-American gang of traitors!

[liberalmuse]

12. The 'pubs use the troops as a propoganda tool, only.

They couldn't give Cheney's left nut what happens to the actual men and women serving in the military. They cut benefits, pay, and line their own pockets via Congress before they make sure our troops have the proper equipment. And they disrespect and shit smear men who have served this country if these men happen to disagree with their policies (Kerry, Murtha, etc, etc, etc).

[Atman]

13. helloooooooooo

Just kicking. Maybe it's just me, but this seemed like a pretty important issue. We've let them frame everything for us, and set the agenda. We need to learn take the offensive and hammer the right on their pathetic hypocrisy.

Remember, no one died because Kerry flubbed a joke.

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[robertpaulsen]

14. Bless you for screaming! Everyone needs to hear this!

:kick:

[Atman]

15. Scream

Again

[SammyWinstonJack]

16. !!

:grr:

[liberalla]

17. I'm with you. I'm shocked and horrified.

This report and the one about the soldier who supposedly killed herself two days after objecting to interrogation techniques have both really haunted me. These people have done so much damage to the military in general, and to the individual men and women. A change in leadership can't come soon enough.

[OzarkDem]

18. kick