Say Anything Blog

I am very angry. Recently I saw a story of a family that has all three (3) sons serving in Iraq. These are all the children the parents have.These brave, unselfish young men really believe in their hearts that they are doing the right thing in service to this country. The parents have to deal with the fact that one, if not all, may not come back alive.Later, I saw a story about vets returning from the war with serious, debilitating injuries having to fight an incredible beauracracy for compensation and medical care. Why? The VA is seriously underfunded. Yet we can spend hundreds of billions of dollars on a space shuttle that may, or may not, benefit us in the future. We can come up with the money to fund this ridiculous war. We can spend $700 billion on a fence to keep illegal immigrants out. The list goes on and on. Why isn't the VA given more funding immediately to care for our vets? Especially as far as compensation is concerned. Some of these injuries are devasting families physically, emotionally and financially. Yet Congress lacks the will to institute fast-track compensation and assistance to the vets and their families.
Shame on you, George.And your administration. For eight years of screwing up America, George gets a healthy presidential pension. For those who answered his call to duty, they have to run the gauntlet to get their just deserts. And many will have to live with their injuries for the rest of their lives. I am a veteran. I say to those who can do something about this, but will not, the only way a member of my family will go to war for you is over my dead body.