Posted on 04/21/2009 5:12:27 AM PDT by PurpleMan
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), lifelong wounds, external and internal, are all real. Thousands of veterans have returned severely wounded and will need daily support for the rest of their lives. It is our country’s duty to care for them and provide them the very best.
But, in addition to supplying them the best medical benefits possible, we owe it to these veterans to portray them as the heroes they are and ensure they are honored and accepted -- not feared or scorned -- when they return from the battlefield.
These men and women -- wounded or not -- are the best our country has to offer, willing to put their lives on the line for their country and sacrifice for ideals larger than themselves. While their peers chase paychecks and pop-stars, veterans chase insurgents and terrorists for small paychecks and no fame. Veterans love their country, and most want nothing but respect, honor, and recognition of the successes and victories they have earned.
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Thank you, USMCWife6869, for your post and for your service, and for your husbands service. The two of you are worth about a thousand times more than all the lousy leftist creeps that try to bring you down with their cruel and baseless words.
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