WE should be treating our returning from iraq and afghanistan men and women like KINGS AND QUEENS NOT like welfare-hotel residents. they put their lives on the line for their country. they came back not whole. we owe them. we owe them BIG
(i don't believe the post attacked any part of the inpatient hospital progam at all. they focused on the outpatient programs some of which included facilities that housed wounded troops and their families )
stop being defensive and start FIXING THE PROBLEMS NOW
Walter Reed Stories Factual But Unfair, Medical Chief Says
By Steve Vogel
Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, February 23, 2007; Page A03
The Army's surgeon general yesterday criticized stories in The Washington Post disclosing problems at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, saying the series unfairly characterized the living conditions and care for soldiers recuperating from wounds at the hospital's facilities.
"I'm not sure it was an accurate representation," Lt. Gen. Kevin C. Kiley, chief of the Army Medical Command, told reporters during a news conference..........
.........While acknowledging "pretty distressing" conditions in some rooms at Building 18, Kiley said the problems were neither widespread nor symptoms of a system that allows soldiers to languish. The building is not "emblematic of a process of Walter Reed that has abandoned soldiers and their families," said Kiley, who was commander at the hospital before becoming surgeon general in 2004........
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a lot of homeless people are ex-military too
Hey Rose,
How much evidence is necessary before more people conclude that the "support the troops" mantra is a purposeful deception? These young people are cannon fodder for corporate profits and geopolitical gain. They have been deceived into fighting a war and others have been deceived into thinking that leaders of the political right are actually sincere in their assertions about war and the troops. People who tout so-called Christian values while beating the drums of war either can't discern good from evil or are actively being deceptive.
War is evil, pure and simple. The only humane way to "support the troops" is by ending all wars and seeking true and just solutions to human needs.
Here is Wisdom !!
hi mr the tub! i'm glad you stopped by.
yes on my connecticut blog i posted a story about a homeless vet. it had a happy ending. people all pulled together and found him an aparatment. he had a dog and wouldn't live anywhere that wouldn't accept his dog too!
hope all is well with you
seven, i can see you have wisdom and certainly are articulate. i'm not quite sure where your blog is going though.
there was an article in today's nyt (i think it was the times. i am going to re-find it and post it tomorrow) about how this war is effecting the families of those who have been on MULTIPLE tours of the middle east.
it's immoral what is going on.
Thank you for the very nice comments about my GAAA!
you're welcome lv2, it IS beautiful and striking
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