The first step to actually destroying the Veterans’ system is to dilute membership and make it meaningless. Then, when you dismantle it, no one will care. Why not make Veterans of our citizens (or any resident) who can claim membership in the militia?
I am a Vietnam-era veteran. Didn’t serve there. For all intents and purposes I am a Vietnam Vet. Anyone dropping off supplies in Saigon and flying out the same day is a Vietnam vet. Remember: after a ‘semester’ in Viet Nam John Kerry ‘earned 3 Purple Hearts.