Everyone should be upset by the reports concerning Walter Reed, but I don't think this is exactly a new story -- or one that can simply be blamed on the Bush administration. I can't remember a time when the VA wasn't underfunded and when military medical care was where it needs to be (I served in the Navy in the '70s and have many friends and famly members who are veterans). Providind proper medical care, housing, even pay has never seemed as important to the people who put together and administer the massive military budget as spending on exotic, expensive and sometimes unneeded weapons systems. I can remember people getting upset about the conditions Vietnam vets were brought back to, as well.
Unfortunately, the outrage never lasts. It's easier to foget about the men and women who fought the fight and bear the scars.

Posted at February 23, 2007 11:52 AM in response to Walter Reed: Is The Worst Yet to Come?