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Title: Was it worth it? Post by: DejaVu on June 24, 2011, 06:40:59 pm Epidemic: Over 400,000 Traumatic Brain Injuries for Vets Coming from Iraq and Afghanistan
America faces a huge challenge in caring for the shocking number or traumatized war vets. June 21, 2011 | "We are facing a massive mental health problem as a result of our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. As a country we have not responded adequately to the problem. Unless we act urgently and wisely, we will be dealing with an epidemic of service related psychological wounds for years to come." -- Bobby Muller, President Veterans for America Story here: http://www.alternet.org/world/151376/epidemic%3A_over_400%2C000_traumatic_brain_injuries_for_vets_coming_from_iraq_and_afghanistan/?page=entire <snip>Defense Secretary Robert Gates has already made it clear that he intends to cut the military's $50 billion annual health budget. No matter how effective CRT is, it's not likely to get past the brass, who would rather spend the money on weapon systems than on healing the men and women who they so casually put in harm's way. These same military elite helped Bush lie us into wars that didn't need to be...and look what they intend to do to brain damaged survivors....they could care less Title: Re: Was it worth it? Post by: Pretender on June 26, 2011, 06:38:20 pm Greed and Power seems to make sacrifices of others trivial.
Title: Re: Was it worth it? Post by: DejaVu on June 27, 2011, 02:32:58 pm You got that right Bob! |