Veterans Day is some ol' bullshit

This guy Chance Keesling, a halfrican American fellow, did a tour in Iraq, went batshit, contemplated suicide, but made it back safe. Whew!

The military offered him a $27,000 bonus to go back, but he was like, fuck that shit! So they sent him back anyway, without a bonus, using stop loss, a policy where, if you were dumb enough to join the military in the first place, they can call you back, even if you already fulfilled your obligation. I think they also tried to pull that shit on that terrorist who shot up Fort Hood.

Anyway, as you might suspect, this kid Chance killed himself in Iraq during his second tour of duty. His parents (black mom, whited died, fyi) tried to get Obama to issue an official letter of condolences, but Obama wouldn't do it, because the military has a policy against sending a letter of condolences to the parents of soldiers who commit suicide. No, really.

Chance's parents got a letter from the government, the other day. They opened and read it. They thought it might be a letter of condolences from Barack Obama, but come to find out it was a form letter about adjusting to life once you get back from Iraq. Someone must have forgotten to update his file. Damn. It's no wonder the military didn't realize it had a terrorist in its ranks.

After the jump is a segment from today's special Veterans Day episode of Democracy Now! with Chance Keesling's father, Gregg Keesling.