According to a story on alternet.org, entitled "Pentagon Holds Thousands of Americans 'Prisoners of War'" its believed that there are over 60,000 American servicemen and women who are being held in the service against their will by a program called "stop-loss."
It seems the president has the power to extend the contracts of enlistees to "six months after the war ends" in a time of war. President Bush has chosen to utilize this device on over 60,000 of our troops under the guise of the "war on terror." American soldiers are effectively signing away their freedom indefinitely when they join the military.
According to the article it wasn't uncommon for soldiers to be within days of coming home when they were extended for 18 months because of President Bush's "Iraqi surge." President Bush has reportedly sent soldiers back to Iraq as many as five times in five years.
In discussing this blog entry with my son Josh, he told me that there is a movie just released entitled "Stop Loss" about this very issue. I'll be seeing this movie this week.
I can find nothing positive about this war!! We need to get out now!!
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