Shoddy work by Vice President Cheney's (former?) private defense companies in Iraq and Afghanistan is resulting in U.S. soldier deaths by electrocution.

Halliburton and KBR whistleblowers and U.S. military personnel brought the problems to light as early as 2004.

And they were mocked for their concerns and lied to.

Staff Sgt. Ryan Maseth - a highly-skilled Green Beret - was electrocuted in the shower in a Baghdad military compound three months ago, and the Army told his mom that he died because he brought an electrical appliance into the shower with him ... like the woman just fell off an applecart or something.

These are the same people who wanted us to believe a public relations fairy tale about Pat Tilman and Jessica Lynch.

I may never stop puking.

An excerpt from President Clinton's speech 8-20-1998 concerning the attacks on Afghanistan and Sudan.

"THE PRESIDENT:

Good afternoon. Today I ordered our Armed Forces to strike at terrorist-related facilities in Afghanistan and Sudan because of the imminent threat they presented to our national security.

I want to speak with you about the objective of this action and why it was necessary. Our target was terror. Our mission was clear -- to strike at the network of radical groups affiliated with and funded by Osama bin Laden, perhaps the preeminent organizer and financier of international terrorism in the world today.

The groups associated with him come from diverse places, but share a hatred for democracy, a fanatical glorification of violence, and a horrible distortion of their religion to justify the murder of innocents. They have made the United States their adversary precisely because of what we stand for and what we stand against."

.....Sound familiar..?  (Funny how Osama's always right around the corner but by hook or by crook we can't find em') 

What happens when you deploy troops who
have seen high intensity combat time and time again with inadequate
dwell time between tours? You see skyrocketing mental health issues.

After months of investigative work,
talking to our troops and veterans, we released
a report on the situation at Fort Drum in Watertown, New York.
Since 9/11, the 2nd Brigade Combat Team has been deployed for more
than forty months, more than any other brigade in the Army, and we
are seeing what is nothing short of a cry for help from the men and
women on the base; a cry we will answer in Wisconsin, which has seen many of its soldiers deployed from Fort McCoy.