BRING THEM HOME

Support our troops Mr. President.
The theme in the news is SUPPORT OUR TROOPS.
Don’t send our troops to war without body armor.
Last October, it was reported that nearly one-quarter of American troops serving in Iraq did not have ceramic plated body armor, which can stop bullets fired from assault rifles and shrapnel.

Don’t send our troops to war with out protection on their vehicles.
At this point, roadside bombs in Iraq account for about 70% of all U.S. deaths. Advanced Humvee armor kits could help save Americans lives, but the overstretched military still doesn’t have the equipment it needs.
Why do we soldiers have to dig through local landfills for pieces of scrap metal and compromised ballistic glass to uparmor our vehicles?"
Coffins and wounded brought in under cover of darkness
President Bush himself has garnered some criticism for deciding not to attend the funerals of fallen soldiers.
It's widely known that on the eve of the Iraq invasion in 2003, the Bush administration moved to defy the math and enforced a ban on photographs of the caskets arriving at Dover.
In the Navy, Alonzo was part of the Fifth Fleet, and he guarded oil platforms in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Iraq. After his honorable discharge, he joined an Army military police unit. The unit provided security for U.S. troops in Iraq as they shuttled from an airstrip to a base of operations.
"I had friends who were wounded," Alonzo said, "and some died."
The losses affected him so much that, once home, his thoughts remained in constant turmoil.
In September of 2007, he was diagnosed with chronic post-traumatic stress disorder, Alonzo said. He's since been receiving counseling at a veterans' mental-health clinic in Monterey. The treatment, Alonzo said, has helped
SUPPORT OUR TROUPS BY BRINGING THEM HOME FROM WAR.
Support our troops by telling the truth.