Update: No respect for vets and one VA staffer who got caught and Vets for Common Sense Blast VA
The Bush administration just does not believe in focusing the assets of the American government on most of its citizens. You have be part of a select few, and veterans do not count unless they work for Blackwater.
Sarah Stillman has a piece in The New Republic worth reading:
The director of the National Institute of Mental Health says that more Iraq and Afghanistan veterans may die from suicide than from combat. So why isn't the Pentagon protecting our soldiers off the battlefield?
... (A)mong the nearly 1.7 million who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan, some 300,000 veterans suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) or major depression, with nearly half of all cases going untreated. The study also highlighted a less widely-covered trend: Some 320,000 troops returning from both wars are plagued by traumatic brain injuries--again, with only half seeking treatment.
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