I was a reporter and columnist for 40 years for a chain of newspapers in the suburbs of Chicago. I'm a military veteran having served in the United States Army Combat Engineers (Cpl. E-4) and a Korean War veteran with an Honorable Discharge from the Armed Forces of the United States of America
An investigative committee released a report this week estimating that the US Government has lost as much as $60 billion to waste, fraud and corruption in Iraq and Afghanistan over the past decade.
Dick Cheney's former company, Haliburton, was the biggest recipient of war contracts.
Doesn't Michele Bachmann know there is no such thing as a "military victory" in Afghanistan?
Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann speaks to US war vets and implies that troops were "half-heartedly" deployed to the war in Afghanistan.
"As President, my decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan will be based upon military considerations. They will not be based upon my own political considerations.
"We must and we can win Afghanistan, but we must provide General (John) Allen the resources he deserves in order to win this conflict. In 2007 I spoke out in support of the surge that was brilliantly employed by David Petraeus, a national hero. And I will continue to support that strategy.
