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"Veterans are scorned, both by society and by government. Government budgets for caring for wounded and disabled Veterans is always limited, but budgets for the needs of other, civilian ethnics always seem to be limitless."

Great line but only somewhat true. We are the heroes of the moment when Japs sink ships in Pearl Harbor without warning or Arabs run airplanes into buildings. But after the hubbub dies away and our blood is spent on some foreign soil we are just another handout group; used by liberal lapdogs and vilified as welfare cases by the right.

4 posted on 09/06/2006 5:28:59 PM PDT by samm1148

I have never, EVER seen conservatives vilify veterans are welfare cases.

5 posted on 09/06/2006 5:34:52 PM PDT by Coop (...one of the best things we can do for the troops is to boot Cut'n'run Murtha!! -- JimRob)

"..vilified as welfare cases by the right."

I don't agree with your statement at all and it makes me question your POV.

15 posted on 09/06/2006 8:52:34 PM PDT by Rembrandt (We would have won Viet Nam w/o Dim interference.)

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