Comments on: America’s War

By: ajacksonian

ajacksonian — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 21:06:12 +0000

And who pays for the upkeep of WRAMC? Congress.
Who insures that money is outlaid for it? Congress.
Who has oversight on such outlays? Congress.

The money is handed to DoD by Congress to do what Congress directs. Congress directs billions of dollars of Pork into the budget. Why does Congress keep to its responsibilities and look after the care of those wounded and those in the VA? The Executive can only do so much, and if Congress doesn’t want to fund it, it does not get funded.

Oversight of the Executive is done by Congress.
Outlays and budgets are done by Congress.
Priorities are set by Congress.

Complaints? Direct them to Congress.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 05:39:31 +0000

“As a matter of fact Walter Reed is going to close and a new facility is being incorporated into Bethesda Medical since Walter Reed no longer serves our soldiers in the manner becoming to our veterans.

Get with the times woman!”

Yes, Walter Reed is going to close — by 2011!! We are now in the year 2007 in case you didn’t know. Are you for real? Walter Reed will not be closing for ANOTHER FIVE YEARS! And how many years after that will it be before any new facility is even ready? You are telling me you think it’s acceptable for our veterans to be living with mice and cockroaches and black mold, left to fend for themselves with no one to help them, having to PROVE they were in Iraq before they can get help, when they’re walking around with SKULL injuries?

That is disgusting.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 05:29:43 +0000

By “America” I meant the government, not individual Americans. You would have been able to figure that out if you had read the WaPo article. And the government — this government, this administration — IS treating veterans abominably. Again, as you would know if you had read the article.

By: syn

syn — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 02:34:41 +0000

Kathy.
I’m an American who has often been to Walter Reed to visit those soldiers, try it out sometime and maybe you will find that Americans do not treat their veterans with abomination. Perhaps you do but I and the rest of America does not.

As a matter of fact Walter Reed is going to close and a new facility is being incorporated into Bethesda Medical since Walter Reed no longer serves our soldiers in the manner becoming to our veterans.

Get with the times woman!

By: Kathy

Kathy — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 20:30:12 +0000

Gaius, I can’t help but notice that you have said nothing so far about the WaPo article that reveals the horrifying conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. The article mentions soldiers with brain injuries left to find their way from building to building themselves; 19-year-olds dying of alcohol poisoning because alcohol is sold to under 21-year-olds on site; wounded vets being housed in rooms infested with mice and cockroaches, with the walls covered in black mold, etc., etc.

You have written so much about irresponsible press leaks of sensitive information that could harm our national security. Don’t you think that articles like this are going to result in more of our soldiers getting killed in Iraq, because our press is signaling to the insurgents and terrorists about how abominably America treats its own veterans?

By: Wake up America

Wake up America — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 19:25:52 +0000

Why Are Democrats Scared of a Full Debate on Iraq?…

The American people want a full debate and we should be insisting on it…Come on Mr. Reid, lets get to it, stop running, stop hiding and do your job you worthless sniveling little coward….we are ready….are you?…

By: jpe

jpe — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 18:58:02 +0000

Pure silliness. American never wanted a war that wasn’t short and cheap. Before the war, they said they wouldn’t support a war that went on for a few years, and now they’re not. Their lack of support has nothing to do with the media and everything to do with the fact that they never would’ve supported a war that dragged on as long as this one.