More than 1,000 American soldiers have lost their
lives in Afghanistan in the last 27 months. This is more than the
combined total of the nine years
before.
Thirty have died in August. During the last month,
over 50 additional NATO and US servicemen have been murdered, inside
jobs by those who are
hired to be a force for good in Afghanistan
The
commander in chief is AWOL. Not a peep, although he ordered the White House flag flown at half staff
for the Sikhs that were killed. There
is a deep disgust, a fury, growing in the ranks of the
military against the indifferent incompetence of this
president.
It has taken on a dangerous tone. No one knows what
to do about him, but the anger runs deep as the deaths continue with no
strategic end in sight to
the idiocy of this war.
Obama has had 4 years to end this futile insanity,
during which time he
has vacationed, golfed, campaigned, and generally ignored the plight of
our men and women in uniform.
But, there is now a movement afoot in the armed
services to launch a massive get out the vote drive against this
president.
Not just current active duty types, but the
National Guard, Reserves, the
retired, and all other prior service members. This is no small special interest group, but many millions of
veterans who can have an enormous
impact on the outcome of the November election if they
all respond.
The million military retirees in Florida alone
could mean an overwhelming
victory in that state if they all show up at the polls.
It might not keep another one hundred U.S. troops from
dying between now andNovember, but a
turn out to vote by the military against this heart
breaking lack of leadership can make a powerful statement
that hastens a change to the
indifference of this shallow little man who just lets
oursoldiers
die.
Veterans: Please forward to your lists. High
Priority!
Ed Schriber
Col.
USMC (Ret.)
"Semper
Fi"
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