We Care a Lot, So We Privatize
“We care a lot about the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines.” We care so much we send them to war without proper body and vehicle armor. We care so much that we send them to a medical facility when they return home broken in body and mind that not only infested with black mold and vermin, but run by a Defense Department that is incentivized to minimize the number of veterans who qualify for care, especially mental health care. We care so much about our troops, that instead of providing the funds necessary to correct these problems, we pay out billions to no-bid contractors like Halliburton, Blackwater, CACI, and IAP Worldwide Services (headed by a former Halliburton executive) to privatize the military without any real accountability.
And as if it were not enough, that the Bush Administration acts like it cares more about these companies with strong ties to the Republican Party than it does about our soldiers, Fox News Network, the broadcast champion for supporting our troops has spent twelve times as much airtime covering the “continuing death” of Anna Nicole Smith than it has about the sub-standard facilities at the Army’s Walter Reed Medical Center.
Sing it:
“We care a lot about you people, about your guns
about the wars you're fighting gee that looks like fun.”
Perhaps it is fun for all those executives and shareholders raking in the big bucks, but not for our troops. They aren’t having any fun and they aren’t getting nearly the support they deserve. So instead of twisting words to accuse those of us who want to bring our troops home as people who don’t support our troops, let’s really support them, in the battlefield with the equipment they need and at home with the healthcare they deserve.