Indignities Clinton's army endures in Bush hands. Read this Rush.

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http://www.buzzflash.com/analysis/03/11/ana03308.html

Indignities Endured by U.S. Military:
How the Bush Cartel Disrespects and Short Sheets Our Soldiers

A BUZZFLASH NEWS ANALYSIS

Considering that the Bush administration had been planning an invasion of Iraq for some time, with or without the support of the United Nations and with or without just cause, the conditions under which the U.S. military has endured are nothing short of abhorrent.

From ill-fitting uniforms to non-working equipment, young men and women from across the country, many of whom joined the military with dreams of college and a steady future, have been shortchanged by a government that pressed for war without full regard of the costs.


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R&R task force 'doing what we can' to cover troops' travel costs in U.S. European and Pacific Stars & Stripes

There is no guarantee Uncle Sam will pay commercial travel costs within the United States for troops venturing home for some R&R from Iraq and Afghanistan. But one Army official tells troops that one way or another, they’ll get you home.

“We’re doing what we can legally and financially,” said Rhonda Paige, a spokeswoman for the Army’s R&R task force. “We want to make sure this is about the soldier and his family; we want them to get the break. What we can’t do because of a lack of funding, we’ll explore other .”

Dearly Deported
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U.S. Army soldier Zeferino Colunga Jr. died four months ago from a mysterious illness he contracted while serving in Iraq and was buried with full honors in a Texas cemetery. Last week, with the family still in mourning, the soldier's father was deported to Mexico as an illegal immigrant. Now family members wonder if the deportation of Zeferino Colunga Sr. was connected to their public demand for an independent investigation into the young soldier's death.

The son's passing, and now the father's deportation, have shocked and saddened many in the small Texas community of Bellville, 60 miles west of Houston, where the Colungas have lived for nearly 20 years. But the U.S. Department of Homeland Security insists the death and the deportation were completely unrelated. And a review of the facts suggests the family may simply be suffering from a cruel twist of fate. But even the Austin County, Texas, sheriff who handled the case doesn't think it's fair that the still-grieving father was deported so soon after his son was buried.


Much more but I'm too depressed. Go read it.