You Say You Support The Troops But …

J.J. Jackson | February 4, 2008 

…do you?

Oakland Airport may not have broken the law but they sure didn’t treat our soldiers with any sort of respect when they refused them access to bathroom facilities and other amenities during a layover last September.

The Oakland International Airport did not break any laws or regulations when it denied 200 Marines and soldiers access to the passenger terminal during a layover last year from Iraq to the troops’ home base in Hawaii, the Transportation Department says.

Calvin L. Scovell III, the department’s inspector general, blamed the mix-up on security concerns and a communication failure between the Defense Department and the Homeland Security Department.

The contract to allow military layovers at the California airport “did not require that military personnel have access to the airport terminal; it only required that military personnel be allowed to deplane and stretch their legs on stops lasting over one hour,” said a report released yesterday to House lawmakers who requested an investigation into the matter.

The Sept. 27 layover was the last stop for fuel and food, but the troops, who were returning from a tour in Iraq, were denied access to food and bathroom facilities.

A Marine reported the incident to Rep. John L. Mica, Florida Republican and ranking member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and said it “felt like being spit on.”

What kind of heartless asshole would do this? Someone must really have a stiffy for spitting on our soldiers.

But don’t worry, they have a ready made excuse!

Airport officials were concerned that the flight’s ground staff could not provide “an adequate level of escort and control of such a large group of military personnel in or around the terminal area,” the inspector’s report said.

Wait, let me see if I understand this. These soldiers have just returned from Iraq and killing terrorists and you think that they couldn’t handle navigating around the Oakland airport?

WTF?

Come on. That’s just lame. Or am I supposed to believe that Oakland Airport is filled with people that hate our troops worse than Islamic Terrorists? Somehow, in Oakland, I wouldn’t doubt it.

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One Response to “You Say You Support The Troops But …”

  1. RonniesRayGun (moderator) on February 4th, 2008 6:10 pm

    What a crock of utter shit. You said it best:

    “Wait, let me see if I understand this. These soldiers have just returned from Iraq and killing terrorists and you think that they couldn’t handle navigating around the Oakland airport?”

    It’s the “our troops are stoopid argument” again.

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