I don't give a stinkfuck shit anymore, AmeriKa.
Local runs a full-length feature on restaurant owners getting back behind Bush, he's "up in the polls," and now this?!
That's fine!
Go chew on your sons and daughters corpses you fucking stoo-pid and blind Amurkns.
And make sure you smile and say "Seig Heil" as you are devouring the flesh of your children.
Go on, Amurka, send your kids of to Iraq so the WAR MACHINE can eat 'em!
Gonna have to soon, anyway, what with the UPCOMING DRAFT!
"VFW, American Legion back Iraq war; Groups urge patience to let 'surge' work" by Bryan Bender/Boston Globe August 16, 2007
WASHINGTON -- The American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the nation's oldest and most influential veterans' organizations, have broken their relative silence on the merits of the Iraq war, joining some of the staunchest war supporters to lobby Congress and the public to give the military "surge" more time to work.
This month, the American Legion issued an "action alert" to its three million members, declaring "the war in Iraq is not lost." Last week, the commander of the VFW, Gary Kurpius, reported that troops he met on a recent fact-finding trip to Iraq want "a little more time and patience" for the stepped-up US offensive to succeed.
"We owe them that much," he said.
[We owe them the duty to GET THEM HOME so that NOT ONE MORE LIFE is LOST to a LIE, sir!]
Since the US invasion in 2003, the Legion and the VFW have focused on pushing for greater benefits for returning Iraq war veterans and proper equipment for troops in combat. Having avoided the highly charged debate over the future of the war, advocating for the surge is a sharp departure for the "old guard" veterans' organizations -- and one that some observers contend could influence policy.
[Backing Bush after he got pissed at them for this?
Will stoo-pid old codger vets ever learn?]
A few years ago, the American Legion would say only that the United States must "continue to involve as many nations as possible" in rebuilding Iraq. In July, however, the group's national commander, Paul Morin, derided the Democratic lawmakers' attempt to legislate a withdrawal of US troops as "Operation Turncoat."
Likewise, after saying little about the war, VFW officials in recent months have begun to echo some White House arguments -- including the contention that victory in Iraq is essential to battling terrorism.
[Yup, everyone is going to get back behind this LYING, DECEITFUL WAR!
That's what MSM shit they are gonna feed us, anywho!]
Both organizations' stances could boost President Bush and supporters of the widely unpopular war, according to advocates on both sides of the debate.
Established in 1899 by veterans of the Spanish-American War and Philippine Insurrection, the VFW has 2.4 million members and 8,400 posts worldwide. The American Legion, created by an act of Congress in 1919, has 2.7 million members and helped draft the original GI Bill.
Together, both organizations wield enormous influence in Congress, with a vast national network of men and women who served in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam -- and the potential to wage a powerful, grass-roots campaign.
Both organizations, which the White House has aggressively courted, have recently issued prowar position statements and lobbied skeptical Republicans to back the current Iraq strategy. They are also recruiting members to argue for the surge strategy at town hall meetings, and have made their leaders available to the national media to declare that victory is still within reach.
[That's fine. I don't care anymore. GO DIE, Amurkn boys and girls!
You wanna believe all their HAPPY HORSESHIT after all these LIES, go right ahead.
Just don't take up too much space on the way back, huh?]
The VFW, whose national convention begins this week in Kansas City, will feature Bush as its keynote speaker.
[Wonder if anyone will be wearing the Bullshit Protector?
And Georgie LIED AGAIN, the insane fuck!]]
Legion and VFW leaders insist they must speak up now because the sharp partisan discourse in Washington -- the result, they say, of well-organized antiwar groups such as MoveOn.org and Code Pink -- has drowned out reports of military progress in Iraq.
Martin F. Conatser, a candidate for national commander of the American Legion, said recently after visiting Iraq:
"Every time we lose a soldier there, it is tragic, but the media dwell on the negative and report very little on the considerable successes. Everything I saw points to the fact that the surge is working."
[Whatever! Go ahead, Amurka, and EAT YOUR MSM SHIT!
Actually got Amurkns believing this, when I just spent the last year documenting their stink fucking LIES!!
Here, go down the Memory Hole, shit-fuckers, and tell me I'm wrong!]
Others say the groups' vigorous appeal for patience stems from the fact that the bulk of their membership served in Vietnam.
Kurpius, who is a Vietnam veteran:
"The perception is that we lost the Vietnam War and that is not true. That really bothers me. I don't want that to happen to another generation of veterans . . . so we are a little more vocal."
[These guys never fucking learn! Whatever!
Let 'em sweat and die in the sands of Iraq for a LIE then!]
Other groups who want US troops to stay in Iraq welcome the new support.
Pete Hegseth, an Iraq veteran who heads Vets for Freedom, which supports the surge:
"They have been speaking out more strongly than in the past."
But other veterans' organizations said they are concerned that the VFW and American Legion, which have struggled to attract younger members, are out of step with the new generation.
Paul Reickhoff, who was an Army platoon commander in Iraq and is now executive director and founder of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, which has been critical of the Bush administration's war strategy:
"They are choosing to point their organizations in a certain direction, but they have failed to capture the new generation of veterans."
Unlike the Legion and VFW, Reickhoff said, his group has not taken a position on the war or the surge strategy. He acknowledged that the American Legion and the VFW both have "tremendous influence," but their recent outspokenness "compromises their ability to advocate on behalf of veterans."
Even so, stay-the-course supporters acknowledge that their push to change minds is an uphill battle.
Clifford D. May , president of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a right-leaning Washington think tank that helps coordinate prowar groups:
"[Antiwar groups] are extraordinarily organized and well funded around the country. To succeed, we need to work very hard to educate both members of Congress and the general public."
[Translation: We gotta HOLLER MORE LIES at the American public so they will believe us again.
It's what May and Joe Stalin called "educating."
Yeah, it was SO DIFFICULT the first time to sell this BAG of SHIT LIES, what with the tough MSM and all!]
"Army's suicide rate at 26-year high; Report says about a quarter occurred during war service" by Pauline Jelinek/Associated Press August 16, 2007
WASHINGTON -- Army soldiers committed suicide last year at the highest rate in 26 years, and more than a quarter did so while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a military report. The report, obtained by the Associated Press ahead of its scheduled release today, found there were 99 confirmed suicides among active duty soldiers in 2006, up from 88 the previous year and the highest since 102 suicides in 1991.
[Yup, just SUPPORTING the TROOPS by SUPPORTING the WAR!]
In a service of more than a half million soldiers, the 99 suicides amounted to a rate of 17.3 per 100,000 -- the highest in the past 26 years.
The report said: "Iraq was the most common deployment location for both [suicides] and attempts."
[But MORALE is HIGH, Pollack and O'Hanlon told me!
What LYING FUCKS!!!!!!!!]
About twice as many women serving in Iraq and Afghanistan committed suicide as did women not sent to war.... The increases for 2006 occurred as Army officials worked to set up new and stronger programs for providing mental health care to a force strained by the prolonged war in Iraq and global counterterrorism war, which is entering its sixth year.
Failed personal relationships, legal and financial problems, and the stress of their jobs were factors motivating the soldiers to commit suicide, according to the report.
"In addition, there was a significant relationship between suicide attempts and number of days deployed in Iraq, Afghanistan, or nearby countries where troops are participating in the war effort. The same pattern seemed to hold true for those who succeeded in killing themselves. There also was limited evidence to support the view that multiple . . . deployments are a risk factor for suicide behaviors."
[So the EXTENSIONS are causing these battle-weary troops to KILL THEMSELVES, huh?
But old Bushy and his crowd, oh they SUPPORT THOSE TROOPS, boy!
I AM SICK of his STINKFUCK FUCKING LIES, this MASS-MURDERING HEARTLESS FUCK!]
"US general mulls plan for troop cuts; Petraeus to offer report to Congress" by Steven R. Hurst/Associated Press August 16, 2007
[Well, good, maybe the kids will STOP KILLING THEMSELVES!]
BAGHDAD -- The top US commander in Iraq said yesterday that he is preparing recommendations on troop reductions before he returns to Washington next month for a report to Congress. He predicted the US footprint in Iraq would have to be "a good bit smaller" by next summer.
But General David Petraeus cautioned against a quick or significant US withdrawal that could surrender "the gains we have fought so hard to achieve."
[Never mind. Blow your head off if you have to, kid.
The STINK GOVERNMENT that sent you off to war on a LIE don't care about your sorry ass!]
Petraeus also said the "horrific and indiscriminate attacks" that killed at least 250 Yazidis... in northwestern Iraq on Tuesday were the work of Al Qaeda in Iraq fighters.
[The LIE is everywhere. "Al-Cia-Duh, Al-CIA-Duh, Al-CIA-Duh."]
The attacks, Petraeus added, bolstered his argument against moving too quickly to draw down the 30,000 additional US troops deployed in the first half of the year.
[Ooooooh, a little CUI BONO stink, huh, reader?
How FORTUITOUS for Petraeus and the cut-and-run American public, huh, reader?
What a STINK!!!]
Petraeus: "We know that the surge has to come to an end. There's no question about that. I think everyone understands that by about a year or so from now we've got to be a good bit smaller than we are right now. The question is how do you do that . . . so that you can retain the gains we have fought so hard to achieve and so you can keep going."
US troop strength in Iraq is currently at an all-time high of more than 160,000."
[You READY for a DRAFT, kids?]
