We the people who served in the military forces of the United States of America need not only to fix the VA but also our elected officials in the Senate and Congress. I have illnesses that I know are from serving in Vietnam( October 1966 - Oct 1967 ) and also during the first Gulf War( Desert Storm/Desert Shield ). Have been filing claims for years but so far all have been canceled. I served in Nam with the Air Force 554th Redhorse Squadron and in Iraq with the 2/18th Field Artillary.
The hippsters of today have changed compared to the hipsters of yesterunpopular war. They blame the leadership rather than the troops themselfs for what's gone down with our country that attacked a nation that had nothing to do with the single most deadly terrorist attack on native soil. No one can really sell the concept that the troops are baby killers when it's blatanly obvious that they're fighting to bring people who've killed Americans to justice. Today they blame the amoral politicians responisible for igniting an unpopular war (one that wasn't Afgahnistan) more than that of the grunts.
I guess my point here is, Liberals have gotten smarter and less ignorant since the past 40 years. And just because they don't (or I suppose right now, didn't) support the war in Iraq, doesn't mean they don't support the troops. It's over-zealous and over-enthusiastic to think that you can only support both and not one. Have a nice day!
