Shoddy treatment, bad faith, and the draft.

[LynnTheDem]

The people who were so anxious to launch the war in Iraq are a lot less enthusiastic about properly supporting the troops who are actually fighting, suffering and dying in it.

Just a few days earlier, the chief of the Army Reserve, Lt. Gen. James Helmly, told The Dallas Morning News that recruiting was in a "precipitous decline" that, if not reversed, could lead to renewed discussions about reinstatement of the draft.

From the earliest planning stages until now, the war in Iraq has been a tragic exercise in official incompetence. The original rationale for the war was wrong. The intelligence was wrong. The estimates of required troop strength were wrong. The war hawks' guesses about the response of the Iraqi people were wrong. The cost estimates were wrong, and on and on.

Nevertheless the troops have fought valiantly, and the price paid by many has been horrific. They all deserve better than the bad faith and shoddy treatment they are receiving from the highest officials of their government.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/20/opinion/20herbert.html?ex=1261285200&en=3aee08607fd2b705&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland

Recruitment is DOWN by 30%-50%. DRAFT the rightwingnut warmongering bastards who willingly sit on their fat asses while our troops do 2 and 3 and 4 tours, dyong for the rightwingnuts' bush-god. And then let's "support" them the way they "support" the troops; let them see how their beloved bush-god "supports" them.

I won't object to them being drafted.