20 February 2007

Why Does George Hate Our Troops?

John over at AmericaBlog is on a roll this week, outlining incident after heart-wrenching incident of poor veteran care at V.A. hospitals around the country. One example:
A year ago on Thanksgiving morning, in the corrugated metal pole barn that housed his family’s electrical business, Timothy Bowman put a handgun to his head and pulled the trigger. The bullet only grazed his forehead. So he put the gun in his mouth and pulled the trigger again.

He had been home from the Iraq war for eight months. Once a fun-loving, life-ofthe-party type, Bowman had slipped into an abyss, tormented by things he’d been ordered to do in war...
Vets are denied treatment because "beds are full" or their benefits don't cover mental health care. In some areas V.A. hospitals are having a tough time finding doctors to join their staffs.

And now there is news that the Pentagon is misrepresnting the number of Americans injured in Iraq.

George W. Bush and his Pentagon: Not giving a rats ass when American troops are mamed or mentally destroyed.

Say it with me...The. Worst. President. Ever.