Support

Just read an article by maggiemae over at Dailykos. The article was based on a story run in the San Diego Union on Oct,13,2006, written by Rick Rogers, Staff Writer. The title of the article he wrote was "Helping the hungry on base." http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20061013/news_7m13bread.html

The story related how 100's of young enlisted men's wives are going to the Military Outreach Ministry folks at Camp Pendleton and Miramar Marine Corps Air Station and getting food from their food stores.

The people he's talking about are the 18-25 year old women with 1-3 kids, who's husband's are in Iraq doing the bidding of the Bush Administration for the 3rd, 4th, or 5th time. They are the wives of the E1-5's who do the grunt work (cannon fodder) in any war.

These would be the guy's who are the subject of the Yellow Ribbon, and dress red on Friday campaigns. The Yellow Ribbon generally has "Support the Troops" printed on it and is slapped on the back of a vehicle to make sure that the neighbors all understand how the owner feels. Except that they don't mean a fucking thing. They don't help the troops in any meaningful way at all. Thus the women at the food band sort of places trying to keep their families fed while their husbands/wives are being slaughtered for not a single good reason.

So, for all of those who seem to feel that they are supporting the troops, how about trying to support them in some meaningful way? How about paying them enough to feed their families? How about doing something to assist the wives/husbands/children left behind while they are off being maimed in Afganistan or Iraq? When they do come home how about making sure they get the health care and financial support they need to rehabilitate themselves, if they can?

Haven't researched this story any further, but it seems to me that if this is happening in San Diego, it is probably happening in other parts of the country.

Ways to help.
Military Outreach Ministry at Camp Pendleton - (760)908-7043
Military Outreach Ministries at Miramar Marine Corps Air Station - (619)843-8964
Check locally if you're near a military base.