The Ground Truth

I watched the anti-war documentary, The Ground Truth a few weeks ago. In the documentary, Iraq war veterans tell of the difficulty of getting out-patient care. I tended to believe them. I had no reason not to. I was not surprised at all when the recent stories of the poor care returnees have been receiving hit the news. We have let these men and women down and I am deeply sorry for it. For all they have done for us, they deserve much better than to be treated like this. The idea of some poor soldier with brain damage having to take his papers to many different depts, over many weeks and months, struggling to get the rightful care due him, just makes me furious. We on the right have been defending and enabling this war without being aware of how badly the people who are fighting it have been neglected by people who should know better. It is our duty to stand up and say that this is not acceptable.