Republican Mom Leaves Party to End Stop Loss

[babylonsister]

http://www.pensitoreview.com/2007/06/21/republican-mom-leaves-party-to-end-stop-loss/


Republican Mom Leaves Party to End Stop Loss
Posted by Trish | Jun. 21, 2007, 10:11 am


Michael Bloomberg isn’t the only one discarding the Republican party. A war mom who twice voted for Bush but defines his “stop loss” policy as indentured servitude has also left their ranks.

If, like me, you gritted your teeth when Cindy Sheehan spoke…well, don’t expect to feel warmer or fuzzier about Suzanne Miller, Jacksonville lawyer and mother of Army Specialist Matthew “Cory” Beard. Local alt weekly, Folio, whose stories are only available offline, interviewed Miller after she launched a blog called End Stop Loss Now.

Miller disputes that the open-ended occupation in Iraq qualifies for stop loss — the policy of rescinding the release of service members who have already served deployment terms and sending them back to battle, sometimes for three or four tours. Folio writer Jane Akre:
I was…responding to comments Laura Bush had made regarding how much she and the President suffered over the loss of our troops. I lay awake thinking about their suffering all night long and finally the solution to their problem came to me: BRING OUR BOYS AND GIRLS HOME.

Miller the attorney believes stop loss is an illegal and unconstitutional policy. The military vehemently disagrees, and points to paragraph 9c in the enlistment contract: “In the event of war, my enlistment in the Armed Forces continues until six (6) months after the war ends, unless my enlistment is ended sooner by the President of the United States.”

But Miller takes exception of the military’s definition of war, which she says is being defined loosely to mean any conflict. “I’m pretty sure we have not declared war on Iraq and I’m pretty sure they haven’t declared war on us,” she says firmly.

Officially, she’s right. The U.S. hasn’t officially declared war since World War II…

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[PA Democrat]

1. Jeez. As a mom, I feel for ANY mother that has a child serving in Iraq, but this lady is an idiot.

She doesn't regret voting for Bush. Blames the mess on the Iraqi people who she says are "barbaric" and are basically ungrateful for the "gift" of "freedom" that we so generously gave them.

Last I heard the Iraqi people didn't ask us to invade them; they didn't ask for the "gift" George Bush "gave" them. She is indignant about the stop loss policy ONLY because it affects HER son. If HER child was not affected, you can bet she wouldn't give a damn.

Edited for typos. Need more coffee!

[leftchick]

2. Is this writer the same Jane Akre

That Fox news gagged about ten years ago in Florida? I need to check that out. At any rate It is very hard to have sympathy for an asshole like this.....

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We are losing dozens of soldiers each month for a country that will never be civilized. For the most part, they are barbaric. The cultural difference is too great. We gave them the greatest gift on earth and that is “freedom” and look what they have one with it. Not one more of our soldiers needs to die trying to make these people get along. They are simply not worth it.

Nor does she regret voting for Bush.

If Gore had been elected, he would still be bunkered down somewhere worried about the 3 trees in Afghanistan and nothing would have been done. At least George Bush did something.

.... What a fucking moron!

[Hubert Flottz]

3. Should I feel sorry for this woman?

I don't...