That is sad, because the New Zealand Government last year finally decided to compensate our Vietnam veterans for damages done to them from Agent Orange, as they were serving under the Queen’s Command at the time they were injured.
It had been a long and difficult struggle for our Veterans, as successive governments had denied liability, and were very creative about dodging their responsibilities.
I can only hope that the US Veterans have better luck, and suggest that they contact their New Zealand counterparts to see if there are any strategies that worked over here that might work in their case over there.
If nothing else, a precident was set for awarding damages for Agent Orange in New Zealand...
(They would want to contact the Returned Services Association Head Offices in Wellington NZ)
“It had been a long and difficult struggle for our Veterans, as successive governments had denied liability, and were very creative about dodging their responsibilities.”
If you have any of the illnesses caused by Agent Orange you can make a claim with the Veterans Administration and get disability pay for life. I know of two Veterans with the specific diabetes related to Agent Orange who are both getting about 60% disability payments from the VA.
And they spat on us, called us murderers, treated us like criminals, even fought against building a Wall in memory of over 58,000 of our fallen brothers.
Then they said, “We Will Never Forget”... but they did.
Yet even today, they continue to fight against the support of our brave Troops in harms way. Even the politicians have called our Troops murderers, “in cold blood”.
The traitors within our own country, have caused the War on Terror to last longer than it needed to, get more of our Troops killed, and attempted to undermine their mission on a daily basis.
Now, some shout, “We will remember your sacrifice”. Will they really remember? NO... they will not.
Our Troops then, and our Troops now, have fought and died for an Ungrateful Nation. Eventually, the cowards of our country are going to have to pay dearly for what they have done.. if it happens while I am still alive, I will laugh at their blood curdling screams.
I have a brother, a sibling, that slowly and painfully died resulting from that crap. He was a Ranger with the 101st, Airborne, Screaming Eagles, and he served 2 tours in that hellhole.
He was rewarded with decades of suffering and he finnaly lost the fight about 5 years ago. He has a surviving daughter that serves in our military today. She won’t be remembered either. The gutless and corrupt leaders will now give lip service, but I don’t for a single second think they are grateful.
I Will Never Forget, their service and sacrifice, and I will likewise never forget the two-faced cowards of this country.
Sorry for the rant... I am done with this.