Under the Hussein administration, yes and we ain't seen nothing yet if he thinks he can get away with more.
By John W. Whitehead
Just
in time for Memorial Day, we're being treated to a generous serving of
praise and grandstanding by politicians, corporations and others with
similarly self-serving motives eager to go on record as being
pro-military. Patriotic platitudes aside, however, America has done a
deplorable job of caring for her veterans. We erect monuments for those
who die while serving in the military, yet for those who return home,
there's little honor to be found.
Despite the fact that the U.S. boasts more than 23 million veterans who have served in World War II through Korea, Vietnam, the Gulf War, Iraq and Afghanistan, the plight of veterans today, while often overlooked, is common knowledge: impoverished, unemployed, lacking any decent health benefits, homeless, traumatized mentally and physically, struggling with depression, thoughts of suicide, marital stress.
Making matters worse, thanks to Operation Vigilant Eagle, a program launched by the Department of Homeland Security in 2009, military veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are also being characterized as extremists and potential domestic terrorist threats because they may be "disgruntled, disillusioned or suffering from the psychological effects of war." As a result, these servicemen and women - many of whom are decorated - are finding themselves under surveillance, threatened with incarceration or involuntary commitment, or arrested, all for daring to voice their concerns about the alarming state of our union and the erosion of our freedoms.
Despite the fact that the U.S. boasts more than 23 million veterans who have served in World War II through Korea, Vietnam, the Gulf War, Iraq and Afghanistan, the plight of veterans today, while often overlooked, is common knowledge: impoverished, unemployed, lacking any decent health benefits, homeless, traumatized mentally and physically, struggling with depression, thoughts of suicide, marital stress.
Making matters worse, thanks to Operation Vigilant Eagle, a program launched by the Department of Homeland Security in 2009, military veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are also being characterized as extremists and potential domestic terrorist threats because they may be "disgruntled, disillusioned or suffering from the psychological effects of war." As a result, these servicemen and women - many of whom are decorated - are finding themselves under surveillance, threatened with incarceration or involuntary commitment, or arrested, all for daring to voice their concerns about the alarming state of our union and the erosion of our freedoms.
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Only saw a few minutes of Huckabee on Fox last night, but he said that 22 returning service people a day commit suicide. Not sure if it was returning or all veterans but I am appalled. Our church is having its all-out Memorial Day tribute to living (not dead) veterans today. I quit going to Sunday Morning service because of it three years ago, after which service a good friend, career Marine, had the police called on him for getting upset over a kid keeping his sideways baseball cap on during the national anthem, and stomping out of the service. E-many (seven maybe) Bob Conley and I agree on Iraq and Afghanistan and he had spent quite some time in the Mid-East. We say, "Bring them all home.
ReplyDeleteYup. It's way past time the world took care of itself or degenerate into chaos.
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