What's with these people?

Really. What's up with this 'love the war, hate the veteran' attitude the Republicans have adopted? As far as I can tell, it's simply inexplicable, but the evidence is undeniable. They just hate us...

Amid the chaos of war, Sgt. Roberto Orozco and about 35 other members of the Florida National Guard sent to Iraq relied on what they knew for certain: their military training, the love of their families and their government jobs back home.

Then one day in the combat zone, the men got a letter. When they returned home, the letter read, their jobs as full-time members of the Guard assigned to a federal drug interdiction program would be gone.

"We got shafted," said Orozco, 43, a Miami father of three. "We come home from war, and this is what we get."

Sorry, Sarge. Didn't they mention that they hate you? Of course, there is a way they'll bail you out of a jam...

Now, Orozco and several other Florida National Guard soldiers out of work since the death of Operation Guardian six months ago are considering drastic steps just to get jobs: Volunteering for active duty and a return to combat.

Hey, they love the war.

These guys slipped through a crack in the job protection offered by the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act because they were federal employees. Yes, that federal. The one with the Executive and Legislative branches both firmly in Republican control.

The Republicans fired these soldiers because the Republicans haven't fixed the law that exempts their government from the obligations of other employers.

It's a Republican problem. Republicans can fix it. But they won't.

Because it's obvious. Republicans hate veterans.