The Republican's way to "support the troops"

Bush and his ilk like to talk about supporting the troops but they love to put the screws to them every chance they get. When the Iraq war started Bush and Rumsfeld try to cut their combat pay, they have failed to supply the troops with adequate armor and now they're trying to stick them with higher health care costs. Why are Americans so stupid and blind to the dirty deeds of these Republicans? Are people that ignorant? Forget it-we know the answer, now don't we? Administration’s Plan To Triple Our Troops’ Health Care Costs "In the middle of a war, with troops and families vastly overstressed, recruiting already in the toilet, and retention at risk, the Defense Department wants to pay for weapons by cutting manpower and trying to cut career military benefits by $1,000 a year or more? That’s just flat unconscionable". - Steve Strobridge, government relations director for the Military Officers Association of America. Think Progress