I may be a Vietnam era protester, but I am also the son of veterans all the way to the Revolution and I have never forgotten for an instant what that means. Some obviously have, and they’ve earned our contempt.

Some of us learned to treat vets and troops with more respect as a result of Vietnam.

I admit to being wrong in my attitude toward the military then. This time we are trying to take care of the troops while getting them out of the shooting gallery that is Iraq.

My particular concern is mental health treatment for those who need it when they get back from the war. There is a lot to improve, and people are hurting.

I think you are right about the VA hospitals losing funding, I think that was because of a decline in the number of World War II vets. Policy makers thought we didn’t need as many hospital beds because there were a lot fewer people to treat.

I appreciate that you are willing to go back. I thank you for your service to our country. Even though we disagree, I still think what you are doing over there is on our behalf.

Great post Redd! How I wish that some Dems had the insight (or balls?) to use your arguments in a speech on the floor of Congress. Alas, with the possible execption of Russ in the Senate, it will never happen.

This is the comment I meant to quote….
No one in the Senate wants to end up like Paul Wellstone……

…to which I would add, if there’s an oilier, more unctuous slime in the DC establishment press than Brit Hume, I’d be hard pressed to name him.

No one in the Senate wants to end up like Paul Wellstone……

Awesome piece of journalism. 10pgs. THE COST OF WAR

Short recap.

Burgoyne washes car. Finds kids tooth.
Tries to kill himself. Goes to hospital
Dr. Koroll recognises PTSD, signs release to german hospital.
Koroll out ranked, Burgoyne shipped home.
Burgoyne goes to VA. 5 min phone conversation with doc.
sent home, come back if worse.
Burgoyne Stabs “friend” 32 times.
burns the body.”thats how we did [it] in Iraq.”
two months pass. turns himself in.
Gets 20 years.
Koroll gets dishonorable Discharge.

Thankyou Christy for this post.

I am stunned [almost] speechless by the Brit Humes of the country. Such blind, self-serving arrogance. And what of any note has this lame excuse for a news-person ever offered the world?

He reminds me of a mean-spirited version of Ted Baxter, from the old Mary Tyler Moore show. What a nasty, hollow shell of a person!

-but, don’t get me started *g*

Addie I have a word for the likes of them but I wouldn’t use it here. It is one of the words that got that gaggy donohue riled up and Edward’s bloggers to resign. He doesn’t deserve to have his name start with a capital letter because he is definitely lower case.