Where are the ''Clear Channel Patriots''
now?
Last spring they were everywhere,
flying their great big flags, and accusing any who protested the war of
treason. They were oh, so willing, to send others to risk their lives so
they could sit in their lazy-boy recliners to watch the fireworks on Fox
News and feel great about ''kicking Iraqi ass''. They dared to call their
events "Support Our Troops" rallies, but they were supporting the War Administration,
NOT our troops. We were on the other side of the park with signs like "No
Blood for Oil", and "Support Our Troops: Bring 'Em Home Now!". Today those
nationalists seem to have taken the attitude "Let 'Em Die: We're Keeping
Iraq", while our message remains the same.
The RepubliCon administration has clearly not supported our troops. They
sent them to die for a lie, so Bechtel, Halliburton & the military complex
could bilk the taxpayers out of hundreds of billions of dollars. They cut
their pay & benefits while they were gone, and now let thousands of
injured soldiers languish in military slum hospitals waiting months just
to see a doctor. Veterans hospitals are shutting down, while those who will
need them steadily increase. The White House has actually given the order
to not inform veterans of what benefits they are legally entitled to receive,
while attempting to deny ANY benefits to National Guard & Army Reservists
who are fighting for their lives and BushCo profits. Cheney has even gone
so far as to try and block a settlement for American POWs who were tortured
in the first Gulf War (which he engineered). He wants the money to go to
Halliburton, instead. Pay no attention to those stock options behind the
curtain.
Neither Bush or Cheney have visited a single injured soldier, or attended
even one funeral. The press is not even allowed to see the coffins of returning
war dead. Rumsfeld (who can't be bothered with funerals, either) now proposes
closing 1/4 of all US military bases, because they don't plan on ever bringing
our troops home again. Just one endless war after another. "Support Our
Troops", indeed!