] Smart bombs and "surgical strikes" would ensure a ] soldier's quick return. State of the art equipment would ] keep our soldiers safe. Billions of dollars for the ] Department of Defense would ensure that the compensation ] of our men and women in uniform would match their ] sacrifice for their country. ] ] Two hundred and ninety-one deaths later, with the war in ] Iraq officially "over,' active duty military still have ] no dates set for their return home. Soldiers are dying ] due to shortages of supplies, like bulletproof vests. The ] Bush administration's proposed cut in combat pay came ] with a simultaneous call for the Iraqi resistance to ] "bring 'em on." Already inadequate services for veterans ] are suffering further cuts, making the return home ] scarcely safer than the tour of duty. ] ] In the eyes of many military families a contract has been ] breached, a promise has been broken. And these families ] are making sure that those who broke their trust are ] called to answer for their betrayal. And we wonder why "incidents" in Iraq are increasing? They want to come home, and they've instead been sent off to New Vietnam. |