I’m a Vietnam veteran. Learned a long time ago that our people talk a good game about “honoring our vets” but the truth is and always was that nobody actually cares about us but us and our families.
It used to be that able-bodied men signed up to serve their countries but that has morphed to be just a few men and some ladies carry all the brunt of the dangers and difficulty of service. I am proud of those few but really sick of those parasites who posture about patriotism yet leave the pain to “other people’s children”. Now most of our representatives are service avoiders and - big surprise - couldn’t wait to make veteran’s hard-earned retirements the first and only thing cut.
Hope Paul Ryan and his democrat friends get voted out of office but I don’t have any hope that next people elected will be any better.
How much slack is Congress going to give us Vets when we make up less than 7% of the total population?
Think about that.