Support the troops?

Is supporting the troops sending more bodies without body armor? Or sending them without reasonable training or rest before deployment? Or failing to provide adequate mentor support to our returning permanently wounded for navigating the bureaucratic minefield of separation from active duty to the care of the Veterans Administration?

What does "We support the troops" mean?

Does support the military mean stripping the National Guard of soldiers and equipment so we are more vulnerable here at home against any one of the many potential disasters we face? Or does it mean hiding the fact that we are now accepting less than the best and brightest—even by Army standards—into the ranks of those commanded to kill the enemy? Isn't THAT what is truly demeaning our soldiers?

What does "We support the military" mean?

Who now doubts that Bush 43 and Cheney are delusional? As I wrote previously:

If as President Bush said—clearly, by the way—"that Iraq is the central front in 'the decisive ideological struggle of our time,' " to quote Frank Rich in today's NY Times (OpEd, Sunday, December 14, 2007) ... then is "the surge" the last, best chance for victory in the Iraq?

The "decisive ideological struggle of our time" is being paid for with tax reductions for the wealthy? and the blood of the working class's children?

Who does not see the absurdity in this?

Why aren't we, like the late Molly Ivins wrote, out in the streets beating on our pots and pans, making noise?

Have we already driven off the cliff and just haven't started falling yet?

And there are those who say Congressman Murtha has "stumbled"? Are they kidding?