Thursday, May 22, 2008
This Memorial Day, remember the living
Because those who gave their lives will always be there to inspire us but, as Joe Galloway points out, those who come back alive are getting short shrift from the Republican administration that sent them over there.
How strange that today in our country, in a time of war, battles are raging over the need for medical care, educational benefits, employment opportunities and assistance for those who've served honorably and come home to begin new lives in a nation they risked their lives to defend.We need to stand with those who stood up for us, now and tomorrow and tomorrow. If we don't, this is what we will get.
The shameful thing is that most of those battles are being waged against the very government, the very bureaucracies, the very politicians who sent those young men and women to war in Iraq and Afghanistan. Maybe the right word here isn’t shameful, but criminal.
Let's all pay lip service to Support Our Troops. But if we want to be honest, we should edit those yellow-ribbon bumper stickers to say Support Our Troops — As Long As It Doesn't Cost Anything.
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