9/13/06 post- THROWING AWAY THE TROOPS

[PHILIP RACUEL]

A government advisory panel on Tuesday said it could find no evidence of a 'Gulf War syndrome' afflicting U.S. soldiers who served in Iraq and Kuwait in the early 1990s, though it did affirm that combat veterans do suffer increased rates of many individual ailments.

The conclusion was a blow to veterans who maintain that exposures to pesticides, weapons residues, or other chemicals caused a set of symptoms unique to their service in Operation Desert Storm. The symptoms included fatiguefatigue, memory loss, severe headaches, and respiratory and skin ailments, which interfered with normal daily activities.

In other words- support the troops while thjey are healthy enough to do the bidding of the Bush Crime Family and screw them when they come back injured or maimed due to the weapons we use.

This story really pisses me off today...what about you?

That and more on my post today.

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Anyone have anything to say about this today?

[glenn_uk]

Philip - thanks for this article, very powerful. The same effects on
both UK and American troops when they get back home. I wonder
how the Aussies are treated? Or the Germans, Italians and the
other combatants? Worth looking into sometime.

Read that Independent piece you quoted while on Holiday, about the
19 year-old who'd always wanted to serve in the army, but could not
abandon the army nor bear the thought of killing children. So the only
logical conclusion, to him, was to end his own life. Utterly heartbreaking.

Tony Benn - the original Right-On guy - knows his history, and is aware
of how things actually are. In an anti-war rally (pre-invasion) in London,
he was asked, "Well - don't you support the troops?"

Rather than dismiss this insulting and simplistic question with the contempt
it deserved, he replied "Of course I support the troops. And the best way
to support them is _not_ to send them into a war which isn't necessary,
isn't legal, and can only result in incalculable losses."

He went on to say, again from memory, that everyone says they support the
troops and rallies them to war. Nobody wants to know when - if - they get
back home.

Your comments about Bush de-funding the brain damage are yet to be heard
in the US, or are still caught up in the filters. As Sam Seder would say,
Un-Be- Lievable. Thought they would have reversed that once it had been
found out - they could pass it over as a mistake by an over-enthusiatic clerk.
But are they bothered? Nah. Just brazen it out.

You can just imagine. If this is the concern they have for our own troops,
what do they care for the citizens of countries to which we subject this
treatment? Our troops got Gulf War Syndrome from being in the area
a matter of months (albeit in the thick of things, but with at least some
protection).

If you'd like to know how the people of Iraq managed with such an
imposed environment, read John Pilger's "The New Rulers of the World".

In fact, look up John Pilger anyway - a totally solid character.

www.johnpilger.com/

Keep up the good work.

-Glenn

[PHILIP RACUEL]

glenn said:

Philip - thanks for this article, very powerful. The same effects on
both UK and American troops when they get back home. I wonder
how the Aussies are treated? Or the Germans, Italians and the
other combatants? Worth looking into sometime.

Read that Independent piece you quoted while on Holiday, about the
19 year-old who'd always wanted to serve in the army, but could not
abandon the army nor bear the thought of killing children. So the only
logical conclusion, to him, was to end his own life. Utterly heartbreaking.

Tony Benn - the original Right-On guy - knows his history, and is aware
of how things actually are. In an anti-war rally (pre-invasion) in London,
he was asked, "Well - don't you support the troops?"

Rather than dismiss this insulting and simplistic question with the contempt
it deserved, he replied "Of course I support the troops. And the best way
to support them is _not_ to send them into a war which isn't necessary,
isn't legal, and can only result in incalculable losses."

He went on to say, again from memory, that everyone says they support the
troops and rallies them to war. Nobody wants to know when - if - they get
back home.

Your comments about Bush de-funding the brain damage are yet to be heard
in the US, or are still caught up in the filters. As Sam Seder would say,
Un-Be- Lievable. Thought they would have reversed that once it had been
found out - they could pass it over as a mistake by an over-enthusiatic clerk.
But are they bothered? Nah. Just brazen it out.

You can just imagine. If this is the concern they have for our own troops,
what do they care for the citizens of countries to which we subject this
treatment? Our troops got Gulf War Syndrome from being in the area
a matter of months (albeit in the thick of things, but with at least some
protection).

If you'd like to know how the people of Iraq managed with such an
imposed environment, read John Pilger's "The New Rulers of the World".

In fact, look up John Pilger anyway - a totally solid character.

www.johnpilger.com/

Keep up the good work.

-Glenn

I give that a look Glenn....there was another story out today with the US Treasury Dept claiming that the deficit isn't as bad as they thought it would be (the article failed to note that in November 1999 we had a multi-trillion dollar SURPLUS under Clinton)...these bastards are trying to make up for what they are giving away in tax breaks and to Kellog, Brown and Root on the backs of the poor and the infirmed troops- if the VA saves money then the federal government does.

The whole affair makes me sick.

Thanks so much for your thoughts and the great pieces you write on your blog.

By the ways folks- if anyone else stops by here- please visit Glenn's area here on the messsage board and his blog located here:

www.powersandmorrison.com/Blogs-MainPages/Blogs-Glenn.html

he really does write good stuff that makes u think.

[PHILIP RACUEL]

I posted this in the NEWS section here on the board and in my LiveJournal Comments section- everyone should read this...it shows what we are dealing with in the GOP.

[glow=red,2,300]Reason #3927 why Republicans are Evil Bastards[/glow]

releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=72238

Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean sent a letter to Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman today calling on him to stop RNC-funded campaign activities that promote discrimination and endorse violence against political opponents. The letter was sent after a Michigan newspaper revealed that an RNC-funded organizer in Michigan is coordinating "Catch an Illegal Immigrant" and "Fun With Guns" events at the University of Michigan, similar to Republican events in other states like Pennsylvania and Texas. In the first event participants would win prizes for catching others posing as illegal immigrants and in the latter, "young Republicans would shoot cardboard cut-outs of Democratic leaders such as Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.)."

You got to read this to clearly see how f**king sick these people are. If anything it proves my theory that all this worry about immigration is simply bigotry (towards Mexicans in particular) in diguise this story does.

And you can bet your bottom dollar all these College Republicans are LILLY WHITE....I am sure they think: they got rid of a bunch of blacks in New Orlens why not get rid of the brown Mexicans as well?

We have really sick ass people in America.

[sarge]

I am as you all know, a disabled veteran and have seen the Reagan and G.W. Bush admin. hack away at the benefits, which let's remember are promises made to veterans in return for service, and it is the normal thing for those who have dodged their service commitment while backing wars.

I will say this plainly so as not to be misunderstood, but George W. Bush is a coward, traitor, thug, and most of all garbage, but what is the real crime is the go along, get along piles of trash in the congress. They have sold out the people and the veteran by not taking care of the peoples business to prevent these actions.
I have no use for any of these criminals, yes that includes the congress, and Supreme Court, who either are in league with the Bush Crime Family or just go along for fear of some scandal.

Today it is the veterans, but if you look at my column for today you will see it is ALL OF US and should we not stand up, we are also guilty of going along to get along.

Veterans are the life blood of the Military and when Vets are screwed over, it will come back to the active military, because vets are the best recruiters for the military. George Washington saw the need to watch out for veterans because they influence young people to join. This bunch of traitors, and cowards have no concern for the recruiting of military personel because they have no knowledge of it. Fools do foolish things.

The Bush Crime Family can best be summed by this quote by Ben Franklin:
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.

[PHILIP RACUEL]

I knew you would hit the nail on the head Sarge- I will go check out your post!