A response....
Congress has thankfully just drastically increased funding for the VA system. Of course it's higher than when Clinton was in office, we now have thousands more injured coming home. The problem was that the current President was redirecting VA funding to the war. That has now stopped. Congress has never and has stated that they will always support the troops and will continue to give them what they need. In fact our current congress gave MORE money to Bush than he asked for so they could increase production on things like the heavily armored cars that our troops desperately need.
Second stop using right wing Clinton talking points to counter everything I say, just because I don't agree with Bush does not mean I was a big Clinton supporter. Two wrongs don't make a right, just because another president did something does not give the current one free reign to break laws as well. Also Clinton was never convicted, so stop using that.
Thirdly, I have family members very high up in national security offices. We know where Osama is and has been for over a year. I am not against the war in Afghanistan, that was a completely justified invasion. The taliban and Afghan insurgents continue to attack our military bases their daily. It's a shame we don't focus more attention there.
Also, we are not winning the war. There are more attacks on US troops now than there have ever been. There is a proven formula for the invasion of a country that was written in the Counter Insurgency Field Handbook, which was written by one of the commanders several years ago. 1 soldier for every 40 citizens, we would need 65,000 soldiers in Baghdad alone. There are simply not enough troops in the theater to successfully drive out the insurgents.
The previous administration had been informed a short time before Bush took office of a suspected terror plot against the US. Bush had nine months not two. They were in the intelligence gathering stages at the time Bush took office on what exactly was being planned. Condi was updated everyday on the advancements of the plot. Look into what NORAD was doing on 9-11.
As far as Scooter is concerned there WAS a crime. He was convicted of it. Look I don't blame Bush for Commuting his sentance, we would all do the same for people who were covering our asses. We know exactly what went down with Valerie Plane. All I can say is that this has been a huge strain on her and her family. She has two children and did not deserve to have this happen to her. I hope they are successfull in their civil suit.
This I would like to personally point out to GROUPERGENIUS, it was BUSH and the REPUBLICAN RAN congress who didn't give my husband the armor he needed. It was before Nancy took office. As I said before, they just increased the funding specifically for things like armored vehicles.
This will be my last post in this arena as is depresses me to see people who take things they read on FOX NEWS as fact. Read the bills going through congress for yourselves and be informed. Our country was designed to have a separation between church and state, which sadly is diminishing quickly. Our founding fathers warned us more than 200 years ago of a religious sect that would disguise itself as a political party. Well they got it half right. Except we have a politcal party disguising itself as a religious sect. I am a Christian and believe in God. I also believe in everyone's right to choose their own religion and worship and praise how they choose too. Allowing religion to dictate law diminishes the things about this country which are great. Freedom of religion, freedom of speech and freedom of choice. Freedom is a powerfull word, it is not always easy to make the right decisions, but choosing for freedom in the free world should be number one. Any religious extremist group is dangerous whether they be Christian or Muslim. I do not side with one party or another, I make my own choices. Their have been good and bad Presidents on both sides.
Now back to the fish.
