Whats Another 14 Dead Soldiers To The GOP?
by Steve At a time when a pro-war GOP group is spending $15 million in TV ads to stiffen the spine of wavering GOP representatives and push them into supporting a war without end, news comes that 14 American soldiers died today in a helicopter crash in Iraq. As to be expected, the military was quick to say that it wasn’t insurgent fire that brought the chopper down, but rather mechanical problems. They have done this before, only to come out days later when the media wasn’t looking to correct the record and report that insurgent fire was the real cause of the crash. Nonetheless, the pro-war cabal in the GOP needs to explain why 14 soldiers died in a chopper that was falling apart and wasn’t maintained adequately enough by its private contractors on the ground in Iraq. If in fact the crash was due to mechanical problems, why is that any more acceptable that insurgent fire? It is no secret that Bush’s war is destroying our military, pushing our military equipment beyond its operating lim
