Way to Support the Troops

Nice. You get wounded, and then you are asked to REPAY part of your incentive to enlist in the first place? Insult upon injury. Literally.
“Service members seriously wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan after they received a $10,000 bonus for enlisting are being asked by the Pentagon to repay portions of the incentive money, says a [...]

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Sunday Bloody Sunday

Memorial Day is the day to remember those who died in defense of this country.
The American dead in Iraq were not defending our country. Their deaths represent an even more significant tragedy.
(Broken bottles under children’s feetBodies strewn across the dead end streetBut I won’t heed the battle callIt puts my back upPuts my back [...]

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No Permanent Bases in Iraq - Sign Biden’s Petition

I support Senator Biden’s Amendment to bar any funds from being used to establish permanent U.S. military bases in Iraq or to control Iraq’s oil. I disagree with Biden’s stated opinion on the following points: I don’t think it’s at all “obvious to most Americans” that we have no designs or Iraq’s oil or strategic [...]

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