You don’t buy into the report?
I invite you to walk the halls of a VA hospital treating GI’s injured in Afgahnistan and Iraq.
Just because we don’t like it- doesn’t mean it’s not real.
It’s real, and disdain for the media doesn’t diminish the FACT that thousands of injured GI’s are permanently damaged.
It’s a hell of a price. Is it worth it? Yes. I know this because I’ve talked with many of them- and THEY say it’s worth it. I let them have the last word on the subject and I believe them because it is THEY that are paying- not me and not you.
So you walk up to the troops you visit and ask them what their diagnosis is? Really? That wouldn’t be my tac, but perhaps you do have some insight on this.
Tell me, is there an epidemic? This whole report wreaks of disinformation to me.
I haven’t seen a report out of AP or Newsday for years that was favorable to our troops. But now, this is has to be.
IMO, this is just playing to the leberals who are looking for anything to point to, in order to force a pull out now.
I do respect our troops. I do value their service and I do value their losses. But I’ll be darned if I’m going to allow them to be fodder for the left, unless there’s irrefutable proof that the malady does exist, and there is an epidemic (huge ammount of injuries) across the board, as inimated in this article.
If it’s real, report it. If it’s not, then report it accurately at least. That’s all I ask.
My oldest brother is a hospital administrator and would back you up 100%. Several of his staff, including his best friend who is a trauma surgeon, are in the Reserves and have been to Iraq.
Many men that would have died in past wars due to brain trauma now live. MANY troops are coming home with horrible injuries and it is our duty to care for them.
To believe any other way is to have your head in the sand!
hear hear.