I shudder to think about sending mechanized units and their troops to a war with only 25 miles a month to train on.

In the Gulf War I the mechanized divisions traveled some 180 kilometers into Iraq...in some 80 hours...It may be more - I don't have the facts at hand....That's three months of training mileage!
in three plus days.

I think is a disservice to speak of supporting the troops and then voting down monies that would make their mission a whole lot easier..

The other thing that makes me ill is the point being made that WHERE THE money comes from is MORE IMPORTANT than the PEOPLE it's meant for........

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Years ago I met a very nice woman who volunteered her time in our office. She was a grandmotherly type, who was an absolutely charming lady.

One day I noticed her hands.
Press your hands flat on the table in front of you.
Look at your thumbs-see the way they curve out.
Now try to curve your index/pointer finger out the same way...

You probably can't do it.

I was pretty taken by her crooked fingers, They looked painful and the work of arthritis.....

I asked her if I could ask her a question about her fingers.

NO problem, ask away......"Do they hurt???
She smiled at me and said, 'No, they don't hurt'.
Her smile was from ear to ear, so I figured that I could ask her HOW they were bent.

Again a HUGE smile on her face.....During World War II she pulled wiring for bombers.......

"I pulled so much wiring my fingers bent that way..."

Huge smile to finish our conversation

No regret, no hesitation.

She was proud of her work, she was proud of her contribution and she was proud of her fingers. That was literally years ago...

I still remember Bea because of her charm and her fingers. When someone starts to complain about where the money should come from to support the troops, I think about this gal, who busted her rump to put wires thru wing spars and the fuselage of bombers that were needed.

Sometimes money isn't the cure all. But I don't see the American public going to an aircraft company to pull wires for bombers...

Since George Bush sent the troops our ill prepared for Iraq, then we only have Clinton to blame for 25 miles a month and no ammo.

As a matter of fact, It's a message to us, as taxpayers, to make sure that we get the troops we support, ANYTHING they want.

Some forty years after her fingers were bent all to hell this gal didn't have any regrets....you could see the spark in her eyes and the pride in her voice as she told me about her job.
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So you support the troops...and you support the fact that some nitz WON'T approve the 87 mil for them...Just because he doesn't know how we are going to pay for it..

MY wallet or OUR soldiers??????

I can get a wallet any day of the week.