Well said. We absolutely need to make darn sure that if we send people to fight for us, that the very best of medical care is available for those who come home needing healing of mind and/or body. Cuts in the VA cannot possibly be justified. Folks who would have previously died on the field are thses days getting home very often, but getting home absent limbs in numbers that are out of proportion with previous wars. We better make darn sure we continue to properly fund the VA as these vets need continuing care, replacement limbs (they should get the best available), etc.
While I do not think that a president needs to have served in the military, I think having a better understanding of what it takes to go to war would not be a bad thing for the current administration (hawkish on war now, not so much when they were of an age to do the fighting).
An interesting quote from a Republican Senator about questioning government policies:
"The Bush administration must understand that each American has a right to question our policies in Iraq and should not be demonized for disagreeing with them.... To question your government is not unpatriotic - to not question your government is unpatriotic."
- Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.), responding to the president's suggestion earlier this week that critics of the war in Iraq are "sending mixed signals to our troops and the enemy."
Source: The Washington Post
While I do not think that a president needs to have served in the military, I think having a better understanding of what it takes to go to war would not be a bad thing for the current administration (hawkish on war now, not so much when they were of an age to do the fighting).
An interesting quote from a Republican Senator about questioning government policies:
"The Bush administration must understand that each American has a right to question our policies in Iraq and should not be demonized for disagreeing with them.... To question your government is not unpatriotic - to not question your government is unpatriotic."
- Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.), responding to the president's suggestion earlier this week that critics of the war in Iraq are "sending mixed signals to our troops and the enemy."
Source: The Washington Post
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