Comments on: Army Widens Probe Into Bad Barracks

Video Shot By GI's Dad Showed Horrid Conditions At Fort Bragg, Sparking Worldwide Inspections

[pensacola88]

This isn''t the only problem Military Base. The Marines nearby in Cherry Point have similar conditions. There is little money in their budget for repairs. They have shortages of working washing machines and dryers. The facilities need improvement and more barracks are required. Three people to a room with wall lockers and little room to manuver is substandard.

It dismays me to know that many animals or pets in this country have a better place to sleep.

[michellem99-2009]

I am appalled as a legally blind person taught from childhood to honour and thank them. Today thay live in guarters not fit to live in. We are told they have the best and that is the best..I don''t think so. I am 53.

[mh4cbs1]

Really, is anyone really Surprised??

This is the 5th Anniversary of Bush''s "Mission Accomplished" photo-op, when he flew into the carrier for his big victory celebration.

FIVE LONG UGLY BLOODY YEARS

An Iraqi Invasion that was based on deliberate LIES.

4,050 Dead US Troops (5 miles of end to end coffins).

Hundreds of thousands of dead Iraqis - men women and children.

Cities left in ruins.

$1 Trillion in wasted War costs, while we have massive debt, a sinking dollar, tax cuts for the rich and jobs going overseas.

A $500 Million Iraqi Embassy. Permanent US bases. The Oil is ours.

Our Constitution has been shredded.

JAIL BUSH and JAIL CHENEY for their WAR CRIMES !!!!

[flreason]

You can bet it would get taken care of if the brass were told the cost for the repair of barracks that were found to be sub-standard would come out of their pay. Ditto for corporate officers of any "contractors" like Haliburton who are bilking American taxpayers to the tune of billions of dollars.

[michellem99-2009]

I am appalled. And I do mean appalled at the shape of their quarters..I asked Vince about the barracks he was in. He said they were good. Today the troops live in rundown quarters? That is wrong..I saw this on the news..I am appelled..

[cdfoxtrot]

This is the #1 story in the whole world, according to the (tabloid) editors of CBS???

[aciescott]

"Typical liberal thinking in posts here. Apparently they think each president runs the country like a dictatorship. Get a grip people. This is typical bureaucratic BS speaking as someone who served in the military and reserves. If there is anyone to blame, it is first the base commander and it is the congress that approves the pentagon budget."
on_alert247
Blame the base commander of Fort Stewart when it happened there in the early years of this war. blame the base commander of Fort Benning when it happened there. Blame the base commander of Walter Reed when it happened there. Have you noticed that any high level general that doesn''t agree with this administration is summarily fired IE. Tommy Franks Adm. William J. Fallon Gen Colin Powell and many more. I have to wonder when this administration will be held accountable for the crimes they have committed or will they just ride of into the Texas sunset with the billions of dollars they have personally made from this war. I am by no means a liberal I was a Reagan republican, and have served 11 years in the military but these people have destroyed everything that was once great about our country for personal gain and i wonder if our country can ever recover. Just the Humble opinion of an Army Staff Sergeant that has seen more than enough to convict this administration if asked to be on the their war crimes jury.

[macusweil]

"If there is anyone to blame, it is first the base commander and it is the congress that approves the pentagon budget."

First its not just one base it''s systemic which means commander in chief is responsible, if it were a Dem you neo.con nut jobs would be all over it. Second it''s also the at the VA hospitals, anywhere GOP insiders can''t make a fast buck.

Keep in mind too that Congress approved a budget which is half a trillion dollars, figure they could afford a plunger or three!! Not so much with 256 billion in cost over runs which is 10 times greater than all the pork projects combined.

The right wing spin machine complains about pork simply as a smoke screen to hide the real graft coming from enormous leakage in US defense spending.

[firststate]

From the top down the dicknbush administration thinks supporting the troops means buying a $5 yellow ribbon magnet, made in China that says "Support the Troops." This is probably just another isolated incident like Walter Reed, stop-loss orders, and multiple deployments without the equipment the troops need, but they have their magnets.

[ianlou]

I thought I heard Haliburton was awarded a billion dollar contract years ago to take care of this.