Actions Speak Louder Than Magnetic Yellow Ribbons

Throughout most of the six years of Republican's total control of our government, there were three words that the Republicans used more than any other three words, "Support the troops."

I would like to delve more deeply into the incredible Republican hypocrisy of constantly saying "support the troops" while sending the troops into harm's way for a pack of lies, but right now, I specifically want to point out the Republican hypocrisy of saying "support the troops" while allowing neglect like this to happen:

Soldiers Face Neglect, Frustration At Army's Top Medical Facility

Behind the door of Army Spec. Jeremy Duncan's room, part of the wall is torn and hangs in the air, weighted down with black mold. When the wounded combat engineer stands in his shower and looks up, he can see the bathtub on the floor above through a rotted hole. The entire building, constructed between the world wars, often smells like greasy carry-out. Signs of neglect are everywhere: mouse droppings, belly-up cockroaches, stained carpets, cheap mattresses.

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On the worst days, soldiers say they feel like they are living a chapter of "Catch-22." The wounded manage other wounded. Soldiers dealing with psychological disorders of their own have been put in charge of others at risk of suicide.

Disengaged clerks, unqualified platoon sergeants and overworked case managers fumble with simple needs: feeding soldiers' families who are close to poverty, replacing a uniform ripped off by medics in the desert sand or helping a brain-damaged soldier remember his next appointment.

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Is that what "support the troops" means to Republicans? Sending them to fight without proper body armor, having some of them die for lies, having more of them die to save face because Bush doesn't want to admit his mistakes and confess his lies, and neglecting to take proper care of those who come back injured?!

Now that the Democrats are working to end the war, or at least trying to prevent escalation, they are criticized for not "supporting" the troops.

Honestly, how is trying to bring our troops home not supporting the troops? How is ending the war, pulling our troops out of a failed and illegal war, reuniting the troops with their families, fulfilling the troops' desires to come home, preventing more troop casualties, focusing on our needs at home, strengthening our defense at home, ending wasteful spending on no-bid contracts to war profiteers, and stopping the continued mistake of sacrificing American troops' lives for LIES not supporting the troops?

George W. Bush, his supporters, the war profiteers, John McCain, and Joseph Lieberman are the ones who are not supporting the troops with their war based on lies, their escalation of war based on lies, and their lack of care for the injured. How dare they claim otherwise?

Support The Troops = Bring Them Home + Care For The Injured