Misslizard wrote:
I've never liked us being involved.And if we can't take care of our vets when they return home then we have no reason to ask them to risk their lives serving.
My former brother in law has to have his whole ear removed becuse of cancer.The VA delayed treatment.It took them six months to schedule removing a mole.A mole that spread quickly.
The protesting is much more strident whenever a republican is on office. When it's a democrat it's only token resistance at best.
Of course the VA is F'ed up, it's a government agency. If they'd scrape off some of those layers of bureaucracy the vets would get better and more timely care.
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