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Gee! I wonder if the 15 Billion Bush threw down the toilet by sending it to Africa could have been the same 15 Billion which could have paid for VETERAN HEALTH CARE and made "A promise made is a promise kept" moment for GWB.

Bush signs 15B African AIDS Bill

We're ever eager to send them in to win the day, but too soon we forget their sacrifices. Long after the bugles of victory stop sounding, years after the troops have come home broken and sick from the scourges of war, that's when they need us the most.

Where are we for them now?

This is dedicated to my second uncle who is dying of cancer after training a generation of pilots to fly in WW2. And to my third uncle, who was captured on Wake island and is also dying of cancer. And to my father, who manages with a frost-bitten arm that he nearly lost to 88mm AAA over Rumania.

My family is doing fine with the benefits allocated for them, which is supplemented by their own civilian retirement funds. Is everyone else? That should be the question: who needs our help, and is there anything more we can do?

We need to ask this question about our Vietnam and Gulf War vets as well.

I'm retired from the military.

This is far older than the time of George W. Bush. They've been reneging on promises to veterans in all varieties of administrations: DemRat, Pubbie, Conserv, Lib, Moderate, wartime, peacetime. You name it.

And don't let them kid you, they made those promises to vets in general; not just WWII and Korean War era vets.

I signed up in 1970, and they were making them then.

As someone pointed out, this money comes out of the services' budgets. Congress can fix all of this by divorcing vet budgets from defense budgets.

Gov't Civilians from any walk .... military, State Dept, Interior, etc.... all should be one retirement funding.

Retirees are covered by Tri-Care until the age of 65 when they are converted to Medicare. If they have Medicare Part B, they are also covered by Tri-Care for Life which picks up all the costs that Medicare does not. Tri-Care for Life also covers the costs of prescriptions with a small co-pay of normally $2.00 - $12.00.

A Marine

Seems to me like the Supreme Court dropped the ball.. ALONG WITH CONGRESS!!!

The way I'm reading it.. is UNTIL CONGRESS says it is law.. it won't fly.

These Vets are OWED this much. If they were promised.. AND WE ALL KNOW THEY WERE, then they should be compensated before they are all dead and gone!!

When we joined we were both told that if you were injured you were taken care of.. if you served over 20 years then you got lifetime medical and dental and retirement pay (the pay increased by the amount of years after 20 in five year increments). They renegged on the FREE part of the MEDICAL AND DENTAL..and now Vets of our era are having to pay premiums for health care. Sure, it still beats what some people get.. but it is STILL a broken promise!!!!

We would both like to see the different Vets groups go to bat for these men and women by petitioning Congress. It is EXACTLY this type of thing that dues are paid to the different organizations like American Legions, VFW's, Disabled Vets etc, .. so there can be representation for Vets! If they don't collect dues.. they should start a FUND DRIVE to send people to DC to knock on doors with the signatures of thousands of Vets. I don't see any petitions in front of any grocery stores!!

This is heartbreaking news for our WWII and Korean Vets. Just sickening.