he's NOT 'soft on terror'

but he (and his WHOLE F**KING COURT) doesn't (DON'T) give a flying f**k about our men and women in the armed forces. that's fo' sho'. not just because of this article. sure, this is bad enough in itself. but what about the TREATMENT of veterans once they're home? the wounded mentally and physically? they (king george and his court) just don't F**KING CARE

DOD Study: 100s of Marines dead and wounded because Bush admin dropped the ball on armor
by
John Aravosis (DC)
Gee, our president is once again calling Democrats soft on national security and at the same time an internal Defense Department study says that the Bush administration's malfeasance killed and injured 100s of Marines unnecessarily. Will the Democrats finally turn this issue around on Bush?
Hundreds of U.S. Marines have been killed or injured by roadside bombs in Iraq because Marine Corps bureaucrats refused an urgent request in 2005 from battlefield commanders for blast-resistant vehicles, an internal military study concludes.The study, written by a civilian Marine Corps official and obtained by The Associated Press, accuses the service of "gross mismanagement" that delayed deliveries of the mine-resistant, ambush-protected trucks for more than two years.Cost was a driving factor in the decision to turn down the request for the so-called MRAPs, according to the study. Stateside authorities saw the hulking vehicles, which can cost as much as a $1 million each, as a financial threat to programs aimed at developing lighter vehicles that were years from being fielded.........