jlamere:

savagemike:

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elizs:

Sixteen-month-old Aubrey Melton reaches for her father SSG Josh Melton as she views his remains with her mother Larissa before his funeral service June 27, 2009 in Germantown, Illinois. SSG Melton, who was serving in Afghanistan with the Illinois National Guard, was killed in Kandahar during an IED attack June 19. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

[2009 in photos (part 1 of 3) - The Big Picture - Boston.com]

This breaks my heart. That little girl has to grow up without father because the last administration knows how to start wars, but not finish them.

Her father’s blood is on your hands, Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld/Ashcroft/Rove. I hope you can sleep at night, fuckers.

Oh dear. Be fair. That’s making the situation a bit black and white. There is no draft. He volunteered. None of the people listed above stopped the beating of his heart. He was in the wrong place at the wrong time, because of decisions made by those listed, but placing all the blame on them is really fanatical thinking. Wouldn’t you agree?

I am fair. He signed up, but if it wasn’t for Bush’s failed policies our soldiers would’ve either been out of Afghanistan years ago or not even have gone into Iraq. Not to mention Bush’s approval of torture and alienation of our allies, both factors which have made the world MORE dangerous for our troops, not LESS. Or how Bush and his cronies ignored advice from experienced military commanders like Shinseki (who was also fired for disagreeing, by the way). I could go on.

I am not a dogmatic thinker, you know that. But I call a spade a spade.