Combat Veterans for Bush

I voted wrong, I'm sorry

 

I have tried several times to articulate my disappointment with the current administration but loyalty to our great country won't allow me to be to disloyal. To Mr. Bush I would say I am a veteran of Vietnam who has been wounded twice and now retired from the USMC.

Is Mr. Bush a good military C&C no! Every Commander must evaluate the enemy fairly and in light of not only their current agenda but their historical or known agenda.

As an example, the Asian's in battle are known to be fearless and totally willing to use any form of warfare including torture to win the battle. Ruthlessness must be dealt with ruthlessness that is why Colonel Paul Tibet’s dropped Little Big Boy on Hiroshima it was not to see people die but because he had an understanding of the enemy.

Today we are in every sense of the word fighting a declared war that vastly underestimates the enemy. We can loose 2 million lives in the next 3 years and it will not make any difference in the political environment of Baghdad. Ruthlessness must be counterbalanced with ruthlessness we must attack these people in such a manner as to invoke fear when they hear our name. (The beginning of wisdom is fear) The bible says (paraphrase) should a man go to war with out considering the cost to finish it?

Mr. Bush has not been a good president militarily speaking and I wish that were not so. Please do not misunderstand me I am still ready to die for my country or my Lord at a moments notice but the freedom to disagree is one of the privileges we owe to our military.

President Bush has done well with the Supreme Court nominations and some other things but he has not done right by our military and their families. When Halliburton can get fined 2 billion dollars for stealing from our country and still retain her military contracts and we have soldiers dieing and their families receiving $12,000, a letter of apology and a flag that is wrong. We are no longer in Korea and this is not 1942 when a loaf of bread 5 cents.

Congress is supposed to up life insurance to 100,000 this year but to my knowledge that has not happened yet.

Sorry for venting, as C&C he fails for under estimating the enemy (see we were soldiers once and young) for domestic I would give Mr. Bush a "C" much better than our former first lady and her spouse during their tenure.

1 Timothy 2:1-3 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; for kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;

thjplgvp

I have tried to counter balance what I see with what my heart and my former training lead me to believe.

 

To MrCoon:

Dearest brother (Semper Fi) I also am delighted with Mr Bush's perceverance to finish the task at hand and he is certainly appreciated after the gutless stances of his predisessor. None the less we have a nation and a world in genral that is looking for a leader not a politician.

Your experience says you know what I am talking about, America needs to act and she needs desperately to make a statement by force and Mr Bush needs to be at the forefront of that decision. In three years we will be out Iraq and the lives that have and will be lost will be to no avail. We will be a failure in the eyes of the world and this administration will go down as an administartion that did not count the cost and did not finsih what they started.

How does that set with a Marine? Pretty sour huh? No one wants sacrafice to be in vain, our brothers blood cries from the ground begging to be avenged. (This is not religious persecution we don't turn the other cheek.)

If Mr Bush wants my okay he has to earn it by making tough decisions to do right regardless of the political right.

thjplgvp

 

My apology I mistook death gratuity for life insurance.

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL32769.pdf

"Congressional Research Service ˜ The Library of Congress
CRS Report for Congress
Received through the CRS Web
Order Code RL32769
Military Death Benefits:
Status and Proposals
Updated June 23, 2005
David F. Burrelli
Specialist in National Defense
Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division
Jennifer R. Corwell
Research Associate in Defense Resources
Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division
Military Death Benefits: Status and Proposals
Summary
Department of Defense (DoD) benefits for survivors of deceased members of
the armed forces vary significantly in purpose and structure. Benefits such as the
death gratuity provide immediate cash payments to assist these survivors in meeting
their financial needs during the period immediately following a member’s death.
Similarly, the Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance (SGLI) provides the life
insurance policy value in a lump sum payment following the service member’s death.
Other benefits such as the Veteran’s Administration Dependency and Indemnity
Compensation (DIC) and the Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP), are designed to provide
long-term monthly income. Additional death benefits provided by the DOD for
survivors and dependents include housing assistance, health care, commissary and
exchange benefits, educational assistance, and burial, funeral, and related benefits.
Survivors may also receive death benefits from Social Security.
In response to P.L. 108-375, February 1, 2005, DOD presented proposed
changes during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing. DOD recommended
an increase in the death gratuity benefit from its current amount of $12,420 to
$100,000, limited to service members killed in an area or operation designated by the
Secretary of Defense. In addition, the DOD also recommended an increase in
Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance (SGLI) coverage from $250,000 to $400,000,
with the premiums for the additional $150,000 coverage paid for by the government
for troops serving in areas or operations designated by the Secretary of Defense.
Military personnel not serving in such designated areas could receive the additional
coverage, but at their own expense through higher monthly premiums."

thjplgvp