Well, I keep saying nothing will shock me anymore, and then, damned if I'm not shocked and outraged anew...
Carla Hitz has been sending care packages to Iraq ever since her son deployed in February. But when U.S. soldiers starting writing home asking for water, she decided to take action.
As part of 'Operation We Love Our Soldiers,' Hitz started building a supply of water to send over to thirsty service men.
Carla Hitz: "Every contribution, whether it's big, whether it comes from a corporation or whether it comes from an individual who brings what they can afford from their heart, it will impact the life of a soldier."
Officials from the Utah National Guard say the shortage is because the U.S. government never expected one hundred and fifty thousand troops to still be in Iraq during the hot summer months.
Some soldiers report that heat indexes have reached one hundred and forty degrees. Many of the service men are only getting one or two bottles of water to drink each day.
I am shocked that the one billion dollars per week, currently being spent on the war in Iraq, isn't enough to provide all the bottles of drinking water that our service men and women want and need. I know that the military has lost billions of dollars of equipment, but the failure to provide such a basic necessity for our troops boogles the mind about poor planning and pentagon incompetence.
