They spoke of insufficient nourishment that has led to close relatives losing 20-30lbs in weight since they were sent to the Middle East five months ago, leaving one sailor “emaciated”, according to his mother.
They spoke also of low-quality drinking water and scarce mental health counseling and support despite the intense burden of being at sea for months on end without making land.
The USS Abraham Lincoln, an aircraft carrier with more than 5,000 sailors and marines onboard, has been at sea for nearly nine months, having begun its deployment in November. There have been reports of multiple suicide attempts including jumping overboard.
When Trump was asked on Friday whether naval families were worried about conditions on board, he replied: “No, they’re not.” He said that the Lincoln’s deployment, now in its ninth month, was “not nearly long enough”.
First off, fuck that fascist legless bastard to hell and fuck every dumb fuck who watches Fux News. They voted for and are responsible for all this shit.
As far as treatment of US soldiers, no sympathy from me. The system is corrupt to the core, most of them and their families voted for this too.
This is what we deserve as a nation in throes of collapse amid the most corrupt government our country has yet to see.
We deserve worse. Likely coming soon to a theatre of war near you.
Our weakness and corruption has been exposed for world to witness.