thir,

I agree with you about the injured veterans and how the government doesn't treat them as well as they should. A friend of mine returned from her tour in Iraq with mental health problems resulting from what she saw over there. She was medically discharged and sent home, and then she was told that she would have to wait 2 years to get her full medical help and would have to make do with the minimal care she got from the VA hospital. That is just not right!

She isn't even the first person I've heard about this kind of treatment from, another friend of mine came back with part of his leg gone. Now every time he has to go to the doctor he has to play the wait and see game on how much of the visit will be paid for by the government coverage he has.

This kind of treatment of the people that risk their lives defending our country is inexcusable. The government should not treat our veterans like this. Admittedly, I have seen other veterans that were well taken care of by the VA, but something must be done so that all of them receive the care they need without any slipping through the cracks in the system to be uncared for.

I'm not sure what needs to be done to fix this but I do know that all of the people that make the decisions to keep this war going need to make sure that they are not abandoning those that fight it for them.

To all of the veterans and solders out there, thank you.