[ via Electrolite ] You never think of it, but someone has to look after fido and fluffy while their humans are off campaigning in foreign lands.
During the previous Gulf War, around Fort Hood and other large US military bases, pets that were abandoned-in-place when their owners had to jump on a transport to Saudi Arabia. And the shelters around those bases had to destroy most of them, a terrible thing.
So, read up on a project to foster the pets of active duty soliders — because after going on whatever fool’s errand Bush has in mind for them, those folks deserve to come back home to their cats and dogs.