this is SO wrong in SO many ways

the tip of the iceberg is right. we haven't even seen a TENTH or a TWENTIETH of the problems that are going to happen to the veterans of this UNJUST IMMORAL ILLEGAL war.

we're not equipped to deal with the casualties of the VIETNAM war much less this one. i am sure the va hospitals are OVERWHELMED by the influx of new patients.

all blame must trickle up to king george and his court. ALL of it. for the abuse of our war wounded (both MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY) at our own hands to the destruction of an entire country (iraq) who did us NO HARM at the time we INVADED THEIR country (to line the pockets of many an ol' already rich white boy)

five overdose deaths in a california va hosptial and they ONLY took action when they found out friends and family of those who died were going to go public.

a man, dmitris rentzis, who works on 'king of the hill' befriended one of those overdose victims. when mr rentzis found out about the death of his friend, HE gathered evidence of at least SEVENTEEN times the staff at the va hospital was warned mr bailey was abusing his prescriptions. the staff (allegedly. i HATE to say allegedly but one must) ignored all warnings and mr bailey, VETERAN, is now dead

to the friends and family of marine lance corporal justin bailey, my thoughts and prayers are with you as they are with all of the friends and families of ALL of the men and women who have served and not come back whole

A Fatal Dose

A rash of drug overdoses at a Veterans Administration hospital in California raises new questions about the quality of military health care.

By Jonathan Alter
Newsweek
Updated: 5:58 p.m. ET March 20, 2007
March 20, 2007 - The poor conditions uncovered at Walter Reed Army Hospital may be only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to sub-standard treatment of veterans. At the Veterans Administration hospital in West Los Angeles, hospital administrators confirmed to NEWSWEEK and NBC News last week that five veterans there died of overdoses of illegal and prescription drugs in less than three months this winter. After learning that family and friends of a dead Iraq War veteran were about to go public, VA administrators ordered major policy changes at the 660-bed facility.............