Veterans Care - The Hidden Story

The Iraq war, horrible as it is, now appears to be even worse than reported. Thanks to Bob Woodruff of ABC News, we are just now finding out that as many as 205,000 soldiers have had war related injuries that are overwelming the capability of the Pentagon and Veterans Affairs to properly care for them. Because of the tremendous advances in our capability to rapidly treat our wounded military, many more are surviving that would have died in previous wars. The downside to this is that many more of the wounded suffer from head injuries that require extensive care and rehabilitation that can take years. This has put a tremendous strain on our military hospitals and rehabilitation services. It is now obvious that the Bush Administration has chosen to keep this situation quiet and the media did not pick up on this until Bob Woodruff recovered from his severe Iraq war wounds and started looking into how others were faring with wounds similar to his. We owe a debt of gratitude to Bob for bringing this important issue to the attention of the public. This is one issue that we cannot allow to be put on the back burner if we are to truly say we support the troops.