Hmm...is this how Shrub expects to find the extra troops for Operation Bump & Surge? (h/t WIIIAI)
US Army urges dead to re-enlist
The letters were sent to more than 5,100 Army officers listed as recently having left the military.
But this figure included about 75 officers killed in action and about 200 wounded in action.
OK, to be fair, the Army is apologizing:
"Army personnel officials are contacting those officers' families now to personally apologise for erroneously sending the letters," the army said in a statement.
It said the database normally used for such correspondence with former officers had been "thoroughly reviewed" to remove the names of dead and wounded soldiers.
"But an earlier list was used inadvertently for the December mailings," it added.
But I can't help thinking that this latest indignity is part and parcel with what I've seen from Team Bush. Chimp-in-Chief reeks of insincerity when he barks out "thank you for your sacrifice" in addresses to the, um, still living members of the armed forces (remember, he attends no funerals), then there was the "nope, no weapons here" joke...and then read the recollections of people like Cindy Sheehan, who point out the utter callousness with which they've dismissed the dead (Shrub couldn't even remember Casey Sheehan's name when meeting with the family).
Add to this the fact that Sheehan's killers are the ones who most likely will be the main power in "The New Iraq," and I'm beginning to think I understand why the collossal screw up that IS "The New Iraq" is so studiously ignored or understated by those in charge...and their media lackeys. Facing the problem is more than a little overwhelming...although the longer we ignore it, the worse it gets...
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