Apr 25 2008
YouTube Video Shows Deplorable Conditions at Fort Bragg
Watching this video made by blood boil. This is absolutely disgusting. We saw the conditions our wounded soldiers and veterans were having to put up with at Walter Reed, now we see even worse living quarters at a U.S. Army Base? I am sick and tired of our government treating our military like absolute shit. They are under paid. They have been subjected to harsh conditions and have forcefully had their terms extended for this war in Iraq. Many of these soldiers families barely skim by when they are deployed. Many of them are returning home and suffering psychological problems that we just recently found out the Feds have been lying about. Now we see how they are forced to live in bases within our own borders soiled with filth? If this were a prison housing criminals do you think it would ever be allowed to reach even half of the dilapidated state you just saw in that video?
The army has had to lower their standards of who they’ll take because of the drop in recruiting stats. Well, is it any wonder why? Who the hell wants to live like this and get paid peanuts for it?
It amazes me that anyone lets these places get into that kind of terrible condition. We should be treating vets like gold, and these places should be looking like the Four Seasons. Smart conservative candidates would make a big deal out of this, and fight to steer dollars from all the idiotic pork and into improving these places.
This a total outrage! It’s not surprising the government is acting this way. They are out to destroy morale and demoralize us in any way they can.
This is totally unacceptabel!
I am contacting my congressman, my senator, the base commander, my local newspaper and everyone I know to encourage them to do the same.
It takes a group of concerned citizens to make changes and I think it’s time we did something besides stand on the sidelines saying “how sad” and “what can just one person do?”The troops have put everything on the line for us and we need to do the same for them.
As an American with a conscience how can I not do something???
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