Last Thanksgiving

From Yahoo News:

"US troops celebrate last Thanksgiving in Iraq"

American troops are marking their last Thanksgiving in Iraq with turkey, stuffing and an incoming rocket alarm. Fewer than 20,000 American troops remain in Iraq at eight bases across the country. All of the forces must be out of Iraq by the end of this year, and American troops have been busily packing up their equipment and heading south. Many of the bases no longer have civilian contractors making meals for them, so the troops have been eating prepackaged meals. At COS Echo in southern Iraq, the soldiers marked the occasion with a special meal including turkey, stuffing, and pumpkin pie. But the noon meal was marred by an alarm signaling incoming fire at the base. It was unclear if anything hit.

^ My dad is still in Iraq and all he got for Thanksgiving was MREs. That is no way for our soldiers to spend a holiday - especially one about giving thanks. You would think the Military and Obama would have made sure that they were given real meals instead of packages that you add water to. All the planners should be ashamed of themselves for doing an awful job and treating American soldiers like this. While Congress, the President and those at the Pentagon sit down for a great meal of turkey with all the trimmings in their safe homes the soliders are away from their families, in a war zone, eating disgusting food from a package. It makes me sick just thinking about it. I'm sure this is not just happening in Iraq, but in Afghanistan and in many others remote places American soldiers are stationed. ^

http://news.yahoo.com/us-troops-celebrate-last-thanksgiving-iraq-