A Legacy Of Shame

The defense budget has doubled since George Bush became President, yet a report out of Washington Thursday shows the ugly hand of this President's incompetence.  The Commission on the National Guard and Reserve was charged by Congress to recommend changes in law and policy concerning the Guard and Reserve.

 

Their latest report says the U.S. Military isn't ready for a catastrophic attack on the country, and National Guard forces don't have the equipment or training they need for the job.  Even fewer Army National Guard units are combat ready today than were nearly a year ago when the commission on the National Guard and Reserves determined that 88% of the units were not prepared for the fight.  Right now we don't have the forces we need, we don't have them trained, and we don't have the equipment, Chairman Arnold Punaro said in an interview with the Associated Press.

 

The money this President has wasted on Iraq in an unnecessary war is truly astounding.  Our Guard and Reserves have been depleted by on going tours in Iraq and this report says they are still not trained nor so they have the proper equipment at home.  If we are not ready for a catastrophic attack on the country like the Commission says, after all the money appropriated and knowing what we know about 9-11, and all the so called tough talk by Bush, that is truly tragic. 

 

By his deeds, this President is no supporter of our men and women in uniform.  Through the continuing reckless behavior of this President, the American people can now understand why the worst foreign terror attack on U.S. soil happened on his watch.  The warning the CIA gave to then National Security Adviser Condi Rice and to Mr. Bush prior to 9-11, that something big was going down, is glaring when the whole picture of this administration is put together.  Our country, our people, and our men and women in uniform have witnessed first hand the right wing conservative ideology of this President and the Republican controlled Congress that rubber stamped his reckless decisions.  Another year in office is to long for America to endure.  The President and Vice President should resign for the good of the country.