Thursday, August 11, 2005
Better Dead than Fed?
We now know thanks to the Downing Street Memo, that bushco. ignored the necessity to "plan" for what happened after the initial battle for occupation in Iraq ended.
And with the revelation that the administration misled congress about the 2005 budget for the VA by over $1 BILLION DOLLARS short, I have to wonder, were they planning on different battlefield results regarding wounded troops in Iraq. The VA budget as it stands now is $2.6 BILLION SHORT for 2006.
Americans learned immediately as the occupation assault on Iraq began, that bushco. had NOT provided our troops with adequate armor and equipment to protect their lives. Was this tragedy "planned"? Was it the policy of this administration to rather have troops die on the battle field than to have to support their wounded, maimed, and destroyed bodies long term?
According to documents, this administration had "planned" for apx. 23,553 wounded from Iran and Afghanistan. However, this number had to be "revised" to 103,000, through Sept. 2005.
So, these two facts combined, can only leave the one conclusion in my mind.
In order to "save money", bushco believed it's better to have the troops DEAD THAN FED. Funerals are cheap.
And with the revelation that the administration misled congress about the 2005 budget for the VA by over $1 BILLION DOLLARS short, I have to wonder, were they planning on different battlefield results regarding wounded troops in Iraq. The VA budget as it stands now is $2.6 BILLION SHORT for 2006.
Americans learned immediately as the occupation assault on Iraq began, that bushco. had NOT provided our troops with adequate armor and equipment to protect their lives. Was this tragedy "planned"? Was it the policy of this administration to rather have troops die on the battle field than to have to support their wounded, maimed, and destroyed bodies long term?
According to documents, this administration had "planned" for apx. 23,553 wounded from Iran and Afghanistan. However, this number had to be "revised" to 103,000, through Sept. 2005.
So, these two facts combined, can only leave the one conclusion in my mind.
In order to "save money", bushco believed it's better to have the troops DEAD THAN FED. Funerals are cheap.
