They support the troops? Oh yeah, maybe the National Guard doesn't count

[babsbunny]

National Guard Troops Denied Benefits After Longest Deployment Of Iraq War

http://www.wcsh6.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=71741

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MINNEAPOLIS, MN (NBC) -- When they came home from Iraq, 2,600 members of the Minnesota National Guard had been deployed longer than any other ground combat unit. The tour lasted 22 months and had been extended as part of President Bush's surge.


1st Lt. Jon Anderson said he never expected to come home to this: A government refusing to pay education benefits he says he should have earned under the GI bill.

"It's pretty much a slap in the face," Anderson said. "I think it was a scheme to save money, personally. I think it was a leadership failure by the senior Washington leadership... once again failing the soldiers."

Anderson's orders, and the orders of 1,161 other Minnesota guard members, were written for 729 days.

[Bitwit1234]

1. Wrong wrong bush supports the troops

he shows that by having his picture taken over and over again at all the Military bases, at the VFW and the American Legion...we're crazy to think he doesn't support the troops.