Thursday, August 19, 2004

Take it to Court

A soldier who wishes to remain anonymous is suing the government over the stop-loss order that threatens not only to prevent his retirement, but also could send him to Iraq for a second tour of duty:

The soldier is described in the suit as a sergeant from the San Francisco Bay Area who completed more than nine years of active service in the Army and the Marine Corps, including combat duty last year in Iraq. He then joined the California Army National Guard last December, the suit says, under a program that allows veterans to enlist for one year. On July 6, however, he was informed that his enlistment had been extended by two years and that his unit was mobilizing for duty in Iraq, the suit says.

Let's see: Bush has stop-loss orders in place for real veterans who've truly served in the military, even though he personally went AWOL from a stateside posting. Bush also supports harsh penalties for drug users, even though it's well known that he was a regular cocaine user (and a drunk) when he was a young man. Bush also claims he's against corporate malfeasance, yet his own business deals are cloudy, to say the least...

Hypocrite fits--he might as well wear a label.

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