Our Troops Get Shafted. Again.

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

Part 1: Tour of Duty Changes Bush made a big fucking deal about changing the tour of duty from 15 months to 12 months. While it was recommended to be 12 months deployed and 24 months home to keep troop moral and mental health high they decided that 12 on and 12 off was good [...]

Five years.

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

Five years. U.S. deaths confirmed by the DoD: 3988. An unknown amount of Iraqi civilian deaths. Happy anniversary.

Four Years Ago Yesterday.

Tuesday, March 20th, 2007

A war began. The cost has been high. 3,213 U.S. deaths currently confirmed by the D.O.D. with another 24,042 officially listed as wounded. 5 more deaths await D.O.D. confirmation. Number of those deaths that came after Bush told us “Mission accomplished”: 3,079. The death toll for non-U.S. coalition troops is listed at 257. There have [...]