Pentagon launches more witch hunts of Iraq war critics - AMERICAblog: A great nation deserves the truth

Pentagon launches more witch hunts of Iraq war critics - AMERICAblog: A great nation deserves the truth:

"In this case, they're going after an Iraq war vet for wearing camouflage
fatigues during a mock patrol protesting the war that took place in DC in March.
Wearing camo? Funny that the Bush administration uses active and former
military, in uniform, at practically every political event they hold, but the
Pentagon has no problem when it's the Republicans using our troops for political
purposes.

Remember when Colorado Republican House member Marilyn
Musgrave had active-duty troops in uniform at a political event during her
re-election? I didn't hear about those service members being in trouble.
Remember when Bush did it in the White House a few months back (see photo at
left), he had a whole crew of folks in uniform behind him at a terribly
political event mean to bash Democrats over the war. The presence of uniformed
American military at an event meant to declare Democrats unsupportive of our
military implies that the military brass believes that Democrats are
unsupportive of the military. That's a huge declaration for a country in which
the military is supposed to be subservient to the political leadership, and not
the other way around. Not a word about any of them facing charges either. The
simple fact is that there are two standards of law in America (that's a
violation of Equal Protection under the Constitution). One for Bush and company
and one for the rest of us. And our military leaders have been just as corrupted
by politics as the rest of the administration."

Not only do I not believe that either party has the moral high ground to talk about supporting the troops. I think that this constant battle back and forth between the two parties makes them a pawn in the political system. If you support the troops then bring them home, has some truth to it. It is true that if the war were over the number of troops dying would stop. If you support the troops support the battle that they gave or are risking their lives for. This also has some truth. Ideally we would never have to send our young men to die in war. However we do not live in an ideal world and this debate about how to support the troops is a back door attempt to attack the war on one hand. On the other it is a back door attempt to attack those who oppose the war. When both sides are using the backdoor for its coming and goings how is the American public supposed to understand what is going on in Iraq.