Support our troops like George W. Bush – Post-“Bring ‘Em On” Edition

[ClassWarrior]

Support our troops like George W. Bush…

...by slashing veterans benefits to pay for his tax cut for the filthy rich:
<http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/national/3_18_03vets.html>

...by ordering VA medical centers to stop publicizing available benefits to veterans seeking care:
<http://veteransforcommonsense.org/article.asp?id=563>

...by neglecting to provide those fighting in the Gulf health screenings as mandated by the 1997 Force Health Protection law:
<http://veteransforcommonsense.org/article.asp?id=563>

...by cutting funding to schools on military bases:
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-2384100,00.html>

...by refusing to explain his year-long absence during his National Guard tour:
<http://www.tompaine.com/feature.cfm/ID/3671>

…by allowing phone companies to charge soldiers stationed in Iraq as much as $2 a minute upfront for phone calls home:
<http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/News/29C29C76A642DFC386256DC2000F848A?OpenDocument&Headline=Military+families+protest+big+jump+in+price+of+soldiers\'+calls+from+Iraq++>

…by allowing Cheney's company Halliburton to refuse to deliver mail to soldiers stationed in certain high-risk areas of Iraq because it wouldn't be "cost efficient" to the multi-billion dollar company:
<http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2003/09/18/mcarmy/index_np.html>

…by failing to provide proper barracks and kitchens, drinkable water, and other necessities to many GIs in Iraq, thanks also to Halliburton, a major Bush-Cheney campaign contributor who was paid dearly to provide these amenities, yet has failed to do so even after eight months of combat:
<http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2003/09/18/mcarmy/index_np.html>

…by compromising the troops' safety by outsourcing many routine tasks to private companies, hence distracting soldiers from their combat duties by the increased need to protect civilian contractors:
<http://www.d-n-i.net/fcs/comments/c495.htm>

…by making soldiers who suffer morale problems in Iraq face disciplinary actions which can result in reprimand, extra duties and forfeiture of pay:
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/980954.asp>

…by refusing to honor fallen soldiers with a hero’s welcome, instead sneaking their bodies into the country as if he's ashamed of them:
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55816-2003Oct20.html>

…by refusing to give well-deserved pay raises to our men and women in uniform, opting instead to hand the money over to the well-connected Halliburton and other private contractors:
<http://www.cleveland.com/living/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/living/106672899469830.xml>

…by threatening to withhold funding for the troops if Congress doesn't approve his ENTIRE $87 BILLION handout to those same private contractors:
<http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20031021/pl_afp/iraq_reconstruction_us_031021175409>

…by allowing over 400 of our brave men and women in uniform to die, and some 2,000 of them get injured, based on a series of treasonous lies:
<http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/10/14/60II/main577975.shtml>