"The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional to how they perceive veterans of early wars were treated and appreciated by our nation." - George Washington
For goodness sake...
Gee, who was president in 1995???????
Did Thomas write a column about this then?
I am a military retiree. I am not complaining about my health care. DoD takes care of me when I ask them to. Thomas can get stuffed!
Helen Thomas should really know better than to use the term "welsh" in this context. Would it be acceptable to call them "Indian givers"? Why pick on the Welsh?
"The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional to how they perceive veterans of early wars were treated and appreciated by our nation." - George Washington
Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., who has announced he is seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, said after the court ruling that "it is extraordinary to me that you give your entire career in defense of this country and then have to go to court to make the government keep its promise."[emphasis added]
Senator, please tell us what you said back in 1995 when the Clinton administration implemented this policy.
Also from the article -
The court noted that the government conceded that the military recruiters did indeed make the promises. But in a 9-4 decision, it said the Defense Department was correct in arguing that the assurances were not valid because Congress never passed a law backing them up.
Senator Kerry, please tell us the bill number of your legislation to fund this promise.
While I can see the merit in a technical defense of not enshrining every recruiter's promise into reality, the Bush administration would be well served to address the specific issue through legislation. If they really want to help the veterans and their families, they will propose vouchers for private insurance - anything but the VA!
Is National Review, The Nation, or any other ideologically slanted mag allowed reporters in there?
Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think Thomas files straight-up news stories anymore, only this toxic column of hers.
The Bush Administration is under fire for not pushing legislation to change the law that makes a disabled military retiree forfeit a dollar of military retired pay for every dollar of Veterans Administration disability compensation he receives.
He pushes old people in wheelchairs down slopes for fun. I saw that on TV too.
He wants to poison the environment, because he has these rich oil buddies who are, well, evil. Don't ask me how I know, I saw it on TV. So there.
He doesn't like minorities either, because TV said so. He practically helped drag James Byrd to death in case you haven't noticed. They said so on TV.