Mr.Bush, can you explain how you can put young men and women

[CanIgonow]

in harm's way in Iraq when you did not see fit to serve in the Armed Forces when your country needed you in a war you supported? How can you continue to keep them in Iraq after your phonty pretexts before going to war have fallen apart?Why aren't you bringing them home?And, why haven't you taken the time to receive their caskets or to visit the wounded at Walter Reed?

[denverguy]

1. guys currently in the National Guard probably

consider that the armed forces

[rkc3]

2. He can explain, but he'd lose the election in doing so.

Since he's never stood for anything, has no compassion for anyone but himself or his daddy, no empathy for the suffering of others - the list goes on and on - explaining his actions without invoking his almight directive would cost him his precious office.

Don't expect too much from - nobody has to this point.

[MrBenchley]

3. And IT GETS WORSE...

Did everybody see THIS?

"Under growing pressure to ship Marines to Iraq, the Marine Corps is cutting in half the rigorous field combat training it gives units preparing to deploy, senior officers say.
This was done, Crowe said, to "get more battalions through" in a shorter period of time. Until now, the Marine Corps trained 10 battalions in CAX every six months. Under the accelerated schedule, it will train eight battalions in two months. "

http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/index.ssf?/base/news-17/1093325900144970.xml

[tom_paine]

4. Yeah. Disgusting, awful, callous, and TOTALLY BUSHEVIK!

THAT is how a Bushevik Coward and Tyrant "supports the troops"

By sending them in with half the fucking training to help cover BUSH ASS!

These tyrannical scum have no shame. None at all.

[MrMonk]

5. They haven't cut training by half, they've cut it by two-thirds

On edit: never mind. It's the combat exercizes that they've cut in half.

Next step, lift 'em out of the schoolhouse and drop them into the front lines.