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4. Disgust
In case you haven't by some chance come across either these original stories, or commentary about them somewhere else, here's a couple of lovely items from The Washington Post on the way our wounded servicemen are being treated by our "SUPPORT THE TROOPS" government when they come home, in PARTS ONE and TWO. Please read them if you don't already know what they're about. I'd say more, but I start to see red and boil over. The articles are disgusting enough and speak for themselves.
My brother David comes home to Maine from the Army this week (day after tomorrow, I believe). He's very lucky that his injury (broken leg) is not something chronic or permanently disabling, given what they're writing about here. Of course he, and all the other soldiers who have been injured in Iraq in "non-combat" ways (he fell through a flight of stairs while on patrol) have not been included in any budget projections in what the VA will need to take care of Iraq/Afghanistan veterans, so the Administration can keep the apparent cost of the War down.
Berit and I will be spending next week up in Maine ourselves, so we'll be able to see him then. Good.
And with some additional commentary, here's Mr. Randy Newman with A Few Words in Defense of Our Country.
In case you haven't by some chance come across either these original stories, or commentary about them somewhere else, here's a couple of lovely items from The Washington Post on the way our wounded servicemen are being treated by our "SUPPORT THE TROOPS" government when they come home, in PARTS ONE and TWO. Please read them if you don't already know what they're about. I'd say more, but I start to see red and boil over. The articles are disgusting enough and speak for themselves.
My brother David comes home to Maine from the Army this week (day after tomorrow, I believe). He's very lucky that his injury (broken leg) is not something chronic or permanently disabling, given what they're writing about here. Of course he, and all the other soldiers who have been injured in Iraq in "non-combat" ways (he fell through a flight of stairs while on patrol) have not been included in any budget projections in what the VA will need to take care of Iraq/Afghanistan veterans, so the Administration can keep the apparent cost of the War down.
Berit and I will be spending next week up in Maine ourselves, so we'll be able to see him then. Good.
And with some additional commentary, here's Mr. Randy Newman with A Few Words in Defense of Our Country.
