watchman's Blog

First of all I hope that every military person and veteran is receiving the care and attention that they need and deserve.
Former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld showed that he did not really care about those in the military. Fact, he sent troops into combat not fully equipped. Fact, he visited the troops but as far as I am concerned it was a case of show and tell for his own gratification. Fact, he fired or got rid of those who did not do his will. Fact, he used a facimile signature on letters of condolence sent to the families of those who were killed in combat. With the recent disclosures of Walter Reed and what is happening to those wounded in combat, he would have made some dumb statement to the press (my opinion) just like the one that a soldier had to go to war with the equipment given to him or her. Bush wants to send 21,000 more troops to Iraq, in harms way, yet has presented a budget which cuts funding for vets in the future. I just hope that the Army and veterans administration get it together, get on the same page and quit politicking, because lives are at stake. Its too bad, Rumsfeld couldn't be called before the Senate and fired again. He has not been the best sect. of defense that served. He was just another political hack. Someone should have given him a rifle and had him go on patrol in Bagdad when he was there on his photo op.
I am a veteran.