My brother is an Iraq vet and I got to spend a day with him in our local VA Hospital a bit ago. What a fucking joke. Thank you, US Military, for fucking up the third generation of males in my family and treating them with substandard healthcare.
It's not just the Republicans, either. The Democrats have always supported wars in the end and no one has ever stepped up to the plate to address the needs of returning combat veterans. This is a problem not just with the republicans, the democrats, the rich, the poor, whatever. This is a problem that permeates our society.
I mean really, now that gas is $3.15 a gallon, property values are going down, and getting that home equity loan to buy a plasma screen TV and sound system is almost impossible, who gives a shit that there are people dying in the desert fighting for and objective that's never been clear from the first?