Bushed army
The American Conservative
by Andrew J. Bacevich
06/04/07
Courting the soldier vote during the 2000 presidential campaign, the candidate made this simple promise: ‘Help is on the way.’ Throughout the 1990s, Republicans had regularly lambasted the Clinton administration for misusing America’s military and for failing to show soldiers proper respect. Electing George W. Bush was supposed to fix that. The electoral strategy paid off handsomely: the absentee votes of soldiers helped Bush carry Florida and claim the Oval Office. Yet rather than delivering help, the Bush administration has since subjected the Armed Forces of the United States to sustained abuse. The scandal at Walter Reed is not some isolated blemish on an otherwise admirable record. It is emblematic of the way that this administration has treated soldiers...
http://www.amconmag.com/2007/2007_06_04/article1.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Bacevich
by Andrew J. Bacevich
06/04/07
Courting the soldier vote during the 2000 presidential campaign, the candidate made this simple promise: ‘Help is on the way.’ Throughout the 1990s, Republicans had regularly lambasted the Clinton administration for misusing America’s military and for failing to show soldiers proper respect. Electing George W. Bush was supposed to fix that. The electoral strategy paid off handsomely: the absentee votes of soldiers helped Bush carry Florida and claim the Oval Office. Yet rather than delivering help, the Bush administration has since subjected the Armed Forces of the United States to sustained abuse. The scandal at Walter Reed is not some isolated blemish on an otherwise admirable record. It is emblematic of the way that this administration has treated soldiers...
http://www.amconmag.com/2007/2007_06_04/article1.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Bacevich
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