Unfortunately this kind of crap is nothing new, governments (not just the US for that matter, many countries are guilty of stuff like this including my own) have a very long history of using up then spitting out their troops, including poor medical (especially psychological) support on return, cheating them out of pensions, refusing to pay their widows, offering VA hospitals with poor conditions, and generally dicking them around.
It fills me with such disgust and utter rage when I think about what they have done to people like my grandfather (who has spent well over half his life fighting for veterans affairs against the Canadian government), who fought for this country.
Oh and this crap isn't limited to one political faction, they are all guilty of it, be they republican or democrat, liberal or conservative. All political factions have been equally tarnished by such behavior.
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