There’s a very interesting article over on TeamBIO (ex-Bring It on) written by an Army wife whose husband is in Iraq. Tammara Rosenleaf doesn’t type with uppercase letters, and while this makes reading difficult, the subject is important.

first of all, my husband is currently in iraq, consequently, both of us are living in hell. there are mortars lobbed into his base area quite regularly, and many soldiers sleep in their armor. he has been in iraq for only a short time, and already 9 in his group are dead.(see this makes 9 under military on this blog) when he went, he did not have the proper armor, he received some of it after he had already traveled to iraq from kuwait, manning a 50 cal gun.you need to know that he would have gladly worn the rest of the armor if he had it. he is not alone in this situation, many of those in his unit were without armor as well. it was not until charlie anderson of ivaw and i began the bake sales project, and were interviewd in stars and stripes that he and his unit got all their armor.

The bake sale concept was created by Tammara Rosenleaf of Military Families Speak Out, and Charlie Anderson from IVAW, whose website is currently inoperative for some reason. It’s an idea that was formed out of desperation because of the refusal to adequately supply troops that Bu$hCo sent out to conquer a defenseless country.

my husband signed up to be a soldier because he believed in serving his country, and our bill of rights, and to pay his student loans. (the army’s failure to make good on this is the subject of a congressional inquiry that i have filed) he believes in what i am doing, and says that it would be a poor reward for his sacrifice if i failed to exercise the rights he has signed on to defend. he is not unclear about what he is doing in iraq, and he knows that it has nothing to do with defending our country, or our bill of rights.

It’s interesting that Tammara’s husband’s unit got the needed armor only after the Stars and Stripes writeup. What the hell kind of a logistical system do we have when urgent supplies are only issued after the bright light of sunshine invades the dank, dark cellars of this administration?

They just don’t give a crap about the troops, and HalliCheneyBurton, Bechtel and the flag officers understand this.

Nice bumper sticker they have too. Well worth a click. Get a meaningful for your car, and help a soldier live to come home in one piece.