Pretty much everyone I know is furious and aghast when folks dis the troops we have fighting oversees. Most people, even those against the war, are supportive of the men and women putting their lives on the line in the conflict.
Which kind of makes you wonder why Congress is so eager to cut veterans benefits alongside cuts in taxes …
Jerks.
(via Adam)
Hey, they have to pay for the tax cuts somehow. The rich are hurtin’, man!
This is the government that had recruiters promise lifetime heathcare for those who served in WWI and Korea and then spent years trying to deny that the had actuelly meant it. The governemt has just recently been found deficient in not paying disabled veterans complete retirement and disability payments. They had been subtracting one from the other and paying only the difference.
Today’s “soon to be war veterans” deserve better.
For it’s Tommy this, an’ Tommy that, an’ “Chuck him out, the brute!”
But it’s “Saviour of ‘is country,” when the guns begin to shoot;
An’ it’s Tommy this, an’ Tommy that, an’ anything you please;
But Tommy ain’t a bloomin’ fool – you bet that Tommy sees!