May 29, 2004
Why does pResident Bush hate our troops?
More than 1,200 bulletproof vests donated for the 351st Military Police Company in Iraq remain at the unit's headquarters here as the Army decides whether to approve the shipment.Marion County Sheriff Ed Dean helped collect the vests, which the Army Reserve unit said it will use to line the bottoms of Humvees for extra protection against roadside bombs.
......Sgt. Hugh Baugus, a local spokesman for the 351st, said the unit's 175 soldiers need the vests urgently.
"The longer the delay, the greater the chance one of my soldiers is going to get hurt," Baugus said.
Dean made a statewide appeal for the vests this month and 40 sheriff's offices and police departments contributed.
Our Commander in Thief, having never come close to serving in combat himself, obviously cares very little for the safety of the soldiers which he is totally responsible for having sent to die in Iraq. If he was concerned for their safety, he would make sure that generous gifts like this one were totally unnecessary. See, Bush could easily make sure that troops have needed body armor and armored Hummers. But he doesn’t care, so he just ignores the problem:
As for the thousands for armor kits the military says it needs, the proposed (2005) budget includes exactly zero dollars for them.Posted by Norwood at May 29, 2004 10:34 AM
