Senior Army and Marine Corps leaders said yesterday that the increase of more than 30,000 troops in Iraq and Afghanistan has put unsustainable levels of stress on U.S. ground forces and has put their readiness to fight other conflicts at the lowest level in years.
In a stark assessment a week before Gen. David H. Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, is to testify on the war's progress, Gen. Richard A. Cody, the Army's vice chief of staff, said that the heavy deployments are inflicting "incredible stress" on soldiers and families and that they pose "a significant risk" to the nation's all-volunteer military.
Well we know that George Bush is not aware, or cares, about the negative impact his decisions have on this country, its reputation, and its military. But how does an ex-military man like John McCain justify continuing a policy that is destroying the most powerful military on the planet?
And why haven't the media asked them that question?
Uhm, McCain was an airhead, not a grunt. Like his fellow airhead Donald Rumsfeld, he wouldn't know Army readiness from a PTO bake sale. He flew twenty-two (22) bombing missions over the course of approximately five months. That's it. That's the sum total of his military experience. Well, that and being tortured for five years in a POW camp, but being tortured for five years in a POW camp qualifies you for years of physical and mental therapy, not President.
ReplyDeleteBut funny, you dare mention that John McCain's military career was less than impressive and suddenly the same folks who were sticking purple bandaids on their face to demean the service of a winner of two Bronze Stars and a Silver Star suddenly go ballistic about how you're "demeaning the service of a war hero". Funny, that, eh?
- Badtux the Military Penguin