Medic! Pass the Tampon please!

US soldiers in Iraq are using tampons sent to them by family and friends to stop bleeding battle field wounds. With today’s technology there are dressings designed for any wounds sustained in war to prevent the victim from bleeding to death. But these are in short supply, so our soldiers are using tampons in place of the dressings to stop the bleeding.

Bush, Cheney and all the other neocon Republicans should be held in the highest contempt for running these wars ‘on the cheap’ (when it comes to supplying the troops) and treating our soldiers like disposable pawns on a chess board.

It is these same people who blackmail the Democrats into funding their failed wars by saying anyone who doesn’t vote for the war funding doesn’t support the troops. Meanwhile they’re the ones sending Americans into battle without the proper supplies or protections.

But let’s not exonerate the Democrats from their responsibilities to fight back, because the founders put the war funding powers into the hands of Congress as they are the ones who decide what the price of the war will cost us in lives and taxes.

Soldiers using tampons on the battlefield should make us all livid. Do people know this is going on and if they don’t they should. To learn more about the treatment of our soldiers read it here.