Our Veterans Deserve Better
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The money problems are evident to most of us reading the DFA blog and even to those who visit VA clinics and medical facilities. Clinics across America are closing, appointments are delayed, veterans are being charged more for their care, and they are being denied coverage of non-combat related injuries and medical conditions.
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We must end Bush's hollow promise to our troops and provide them with the excellent health care they so deserve.
(Via Blog for America.)
Excuse me? This was happening before Bush took office. The erosion of military benefits was in full swing under the Democrats and Clinton as well. I remember it well. I was there. I remember the benefits my parents and brother lost year after year. I remember all the things my father was promised when he signed up, and that he now has to pay for.
The real truth is that both Democrats and Republicans are in the business of breaking promises. Instead of worrying about their health benefits and how well we treat them when they are wounded, how about not putting them in a position to get wounded? How about not spending the lives of our soldiers to get votes?
The purpose of American soldiers is to defend the country. They should not be sent out to other countries in order to extend or maintain an American empire. If we try to create an empire we will end up being twisted into something we shouldn't become.