Matt Wuerker for October 06, 2014
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The Armchair General are Bill O'Reilley, Charles Krauthammer, William Kristol, Dick Cheney, Liz Cheney, and Chris Hume. All call for mercenaries, bombs, and boots on the ground in Iraq. Veteran: ...and they wonder why the actual military struggles with mental health issues...
Over the weekend, the memorial for “Veterans Permanently Disabled in War” was dedicated in D. C.. To little note in the news actually. Maybe I’m sensitive because both my son and I are recognized by that memorial, as well as many, many of our friends.
The chickenhawks on the wall in the ‘toon of course have never served, or taken any chances by serving the nation. The REAL cost of their support for wars by Bush (Dad and Jr) is not only going to run into the multiple trillions of dollars, but lifetimes of disability for millions of vets, many with “hidden disabilities” that can’t be noted by a wheelchair or prosthetic device.
Which as a member and supporter of DAV, I often have problems with the positions taken by the VFW even though they do serve well many veterans, like with transportation for instance. The “American Legion” however is another matter, their membership, based on postions, seems to be made up largely of chickenhawks who indeed may have been in the military, but never in harm’s way, and it shows.