At the intersection of Stupid Street and Lunatic Lane

TSO sent me a link to a Veterans Today article supporting Iraq Veterans Against the War’s stand that “President Showed He Is out of Touch with Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans“. How is he “out of touch”? Well because;

…the [SOTU] speech showed the president is out of touch with the rough reality facing veterans, and failed to produce a plan to address their needs. Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) represents the voices of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans with bold solutions to cut the human and financial costs of war by meeting veterans’ needs that the president ignored.

President Obama grossly understated the heavy toll that the Afghanistan and Iraq wars are baring on troops and the economy.

And the troops needs?

“The president said withdrawal from Afghanistan will start in July, but when will it end? Let’s bring all the troops home immediately and invest in the care they have earned,” said Zach Choate.

Yup, that’s why we have an armed force, so we can withdraw in the middle of a war…like we’re Spain or something. We need an armed force that is sitting around hospital waiting rooms holding their heads in their palms.

Of course, that seems perfectly normal for an organization that made of mostly deserters and quitters…led by head quitter Jose Vasquez who served for 14 years and then quit at the very moment he was supposed to deploy. A medic who couldn’t serve in a traditionally conscientious objector job.

Oh, but IVAW and Veterans Today aren’t the only ones to be disappointed that we don’t just push our helicopters into the Persian Gulf for the cameras. VoteVets official statement on the SOTU address;

…we still need to hear how the President plans to end counterinsurgency operations in Afghanistan. When so many are looking for leadership as it relates to our nation’s fiscal problems, it has become clear than an endless commitment to the conflict is something our country can no longer afford.

Notice it’s “end counterinsurgency operations” not “win the war in Afghanistan”. Winning the war against terrorism isn’t anyone’s goal these days. It’s about how fast we can just disengage from a war we never started so they can kick the can down the road.

There’s a lot of talk about saddling our kids with the national debt, but I don’t hear anyone talk about saddling our kids with wars we don’t have the guts to finish. My generation saddled this generation of soldiers with the war in the Middle East because we didn’t have the guts to end the wars there. Apparently this generation lacks the fortitude if you think that IVAW, Veterans Today and VoteVets represent this generation. Or are they just a handful of pussies who can’t think past the jars of urine they store in their refrigerators?

Category: Antiwar crowd, Iraq Veterans Against the War