Of Battle Tanks and Bath Towels

I really debated renaming this posting with something shorter and catchier, namely:

WTF?

By way of the blogsite No More Mister Nice Guy, I came across a posting at DefenseLink.mil, a military website blabbering about a karaoke fundraiser hosted at the American Legion Post 364:

WOODBRIDGE, Va., April 9, 2006 -- The Landstuhl Hospital Care Project added $4,400 to its coffers April 7 to buy items needed by wounded, injured and sick servicemembers at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, and hospitals in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to Karen Grimord, the project's coordinator.The money was raised during the "Hook & C's Karaoke" 2nd annual benefit, held here this year at American Legion Post 364....This marked the fourth benefit held by the Landstuhl Hospital Care Project since Grimord and her husband Brian founded it in November 2004. "We try to provide mostly clothing items, but we've also extended to hospitals in Iraq and Afghanistan that need supplies, including bed sheets," Grimord said. "The project started supporting three hospitals In Iraq in 2005 and one in Afghanistan this year."... the hospital in Afghanistan asked for bed sheets and pillows to use on litters....

But wait, there's more:

We have a distributor that DONATED 250 towels to military hospitals in Iraq a few months back. They are giving us a break on the towels we need this time. If I have the Euro figured out right and shipping they should cost us about $5.25 a towel. If you are interested in purchasing any part of the 20-25 towels needed for [the CSH [combat support hospital] in Iraq please send the check to Riverchase Church of Christ in Birmingham, Alabama] and let me know by private email.

Holy crap, call me cynical, but since when was the US military so ground down that we need donations from Bed, Bath & Beyond to support the war machine?
Oh. That's right. We're fighting wars in two countries (soon to be three).

Okay, I'll pick up some bed-sheets and pillows for the troops. But I couldn't find any in Desert Camouflage. At least the design I did find is so bright and sunny.

Have a Battle-lish Day! Buh-bye!