Is Bush using active duty military for political purposes?

Josh Marshall has the story, which would not be the first time we witnessed such activities by the White House. I recall something like this back during the GOP convention as well. The military sure are gluttons for punishment, supporting Bush at every opportunity despite being rushed into war unprepared, under-staffed and under-protected, not to mention the financial cuts for vets under Bush. Bizarre, isn't it?

Having just spent a week in the US, I noticed a lot fewer yellow ribbons on cars. The lemming attitude of a year ago seems to be shifting, fortunately. A year ago I listened to people droning on about how necessary the war was but those gung-ho, pro-war types seem to be less vocal now. I suppose people can only take so many failures and the hype just can't hold up over time when the realities are thrown in your face day after day.