Been a decade plus of No Sacrifice by those served nor demand they should, DeJa-Vu all over again, added to the previous decades and wars of. Easier to ignore, PTS, Agent Orange, Gulf War Syndrome, Burn Pit Contamination, to name but a few. Then to pay for the decades to come results of our wars. This past decade plus neither war has yet to be paid for, rubber stamped costs for and deficit rapid rising started Before 9/11.

–*From the Costs of War Project:*– “Because the Iraq war appropriations for FY2003 – FY2013 were not funded with new taxes, but by borrowing, it is important to keep in mind the interest costs already paid, and future interest costs. Iraq War appropriations for DOD and State were 54 percent of the interest costs. If one were to include Iraq’s share of cumulative interest through 2053, those costs could be more than $3.9 trillion.”–

“Why in 2009 were we still using paper?” VA Assistant Secretary Tommy Sowers “When we came in, there was no plan to change that; we’ve been operating on a six month wait for over a decade.” 27 March 2013

Prior too this present Executive and Veterans administrations:

Oct 16, 2008 – VA claims found in piles to be shredded

October 24, 2008 – House panel will target VA shredding

February 11, 2009 – Veterans’ Claims Found in Shredder Bins

And more disturbing in relation to even before and through the early years of these two wars and occupations, this:

Lost to History: Missing War Records Complicate Benefit Claims by Iraq, Afghanistan Veterans
“DeLara’s case is part of a much larger problem that has plagued the U.S. military since the 1990 Gulf War: a failure to create and maintain the types of field records that have documented American conflicts since the Revolutionary War.”

“We are dealing with veterans, not procedure; with their problems, not ours.” General Omar Bradley, First Administrator of the Veterans Administration

“You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.” – Abraham Lincoln {but the country does after each modern war, since Korea, and no sacrifice as to Afghanistan and Iraq!}
It’s extremely easy to join the attacks against the long underfunded, and with wars adding to the peoples responsibility they ignore, Veterans Administration by those charged to fully fund as they do the wars, the peoples representatives be they Federal or State, kept underfunded as they seek to privatize for profit not reponsible support for those who serve the nation.

Military and Vets On FLOTUS and SLOTUS, Administration and it’s Cabinet, “Best – Ever”: “We haven’t had this kind of visibility from the White House—ever.” Joyce Raezer – Dec. 30, 2011″, and plenty more of similar since Joyce spoke and also will continue, as will the obstruction as the tepubs continue seeking to privatize the Veterans Administration, the peoples responsibility to those that serve them!

USN All Shore ’67-’71 GMG3 Vietnam In Country ’70-’71