OK, political soapbox time.
Remember Saving Private Ryan? Imagine if Private Ryan had returned home, only to find that the GI Bill didn't apply to him, since he didn't finish the war in combat.
How pissed would you be--not as Private Ryan, but as a private CITIZEN?
I'm pretty damned pissed because this IS happening.
First, I read this in my local paper:
Then I did a little searching:
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, my friends, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
How in the name of everything AMERICAN could the Army be treating our soldiers this way? After what they've done for us, in the name of our country, and for the cause of democracy, THEY GET THIS SORT OF TREATMENT? These guys are surviving wounds that would have made them KIAs in Vietnam, and are returning home wounded and devastated. They're committing suicide at a higher rate than the general public and more than ever before in military history. Some are fighting a war that even they don't believe in. And they return home to THIS?
This laughable, scraped-off-the-bottom-of-the-barrel, illegitimate administration of "dubya" should be ashamed of itself.
But there looks to be hope:
Call/write/email your Representative and Senators... and call on them to support the Hubbard Act. Here's how:
If this administration is so far gone to do anything about this, let the legislative branch do its job (hopefully that gutless fuck won't gut the act with another one of his damned signing statements).
More to the point, I hope whoever takes over for that imbecile will DO WHAT'S RIGHT.
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