The Blog | Arianna Huffington: "Problems of Leadership": Washington's Belated and Selective Concern for the Troops | The Huffington Post: "Now that we've had an accountability moment for incompetent leadership in the care of wounded soldiers, how about one for the incompetent leadership responsible for getting the soldiers wounded in the first place? Because the same kind of callousness about wounded soldiers that got Harvey and Weightman fired is still running rampant in the White House when it comes to the training of our troops.
The latest outrage on this front is the decision by the Army, rushed by the president's surge plans, to have two of the units being shipped to Iraq forego their usual training session at the National Training Center in the Mojave Desert, which has been specifically designed to help soldiers prepare for the conditions and enemy tactics they will face in Iraq.
Asked to explain how this jibed with the president's 'I support the troops' mantra, Tony Snow explained: 'They can get desert training elsewhere. Like in Iraq.'
On the job training may be great for vocational students looking to learn a trade, but it's a lousy strategy for our soldiers fighting -- and dying and getting wounded -- in Iraq.
Make no mistake: Bush and company are all for the troops... except when it comes to, you know, actually supporting them..."
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