Memorial Day Blue Blogs

Today's theme is "Troop Support" and lack of.

Think Progress:CBS Exposes Bush Admin’s ‘Outrageous Delay’ InProviding Marines With Bomb-Resistant Vehicle' While President Bush has beenbusy politically demagoging funding for the troops, CBS Evening News highlighteda disturbing report tonight that the administration waited over a year beforeacting on a “priority1 urgent” request to send blast-resistant vehicles to Iraq, the so-calledMine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles. Readon with Video...

Military.com: 'Iraq's War Dead Live On - Online' WASHINGTON - Army Pvt.Clinton Tyler McCormick is buried in Florida, but his photo and his words arestill online. They haven't changed since he logged in to his MySpace.com profileon Dec. 26, 2006 - the day before he was killed by a makeshift bomb in Baghdad.In earlier wars, families had only the letters that Soldiers sent home; often,bits and pieces were removed by cautious censors. Iraq is the first war of theInternet age, and McCormick is one of many fallen Soldiers who have left ghostsof themselves online - unsentimental self-memorials, frozen and uncensoredsnapshots of the person each wanted to show to the world. Readon...

I think these 2 posts and the video speak most of what we feel. Have a goodday and be safe.

Ahh, the good ole' days when there were only 2041 U.S. military deaths (it's a sad day when a statement like that can be made).