AWOL

 

 

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 and November, 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 our soldiers die.

 

Veterans: Please forward to your lists. High Priority!
"When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty." - Thomas Jefferson