Kings, fuhrers and presidents have, throughout history, sent people off to die in misguided wars. I don't know much about the effects of such an experience for soldiers of the Roman Empire or Attila's Huns, but in America in the 21st century we all know that men and women return home with a great deal of physical and emotional difficulties as a result of being in battle.
It's unconscionable, then, that our government should not be prepared to offer the necessary services that our military people need and deserve when they come home, but that is what often happens and there is a Boston Globe story today about the sad result for one young man.
It seems like a tax cut for the well off is more important to George W. Bush than taking care of the people that he put in harm's way.
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