Wounded Soldiers Face Neglect at Walter Reed Medical Center - The common perception of Walter Reed is of a surgical hospital that shines as the crown jewel of military medicine. But 5 1/2 years of sustained combat have transformed the venerable 113-acre institution into something else entirely -- a holding ground for physically and psychologically damaged outpatients. But while the hospital is a place of scrubbed-down order and daily miracles, with medical advances saving more soldiers than ever, the outpatients in the Other Walter Reed encounter a messy bureaucratic battlefield nearly as chaotic as the real battlefields they faced overseas. [Catholic Media Report]

I commented on our old site, here, that one of our Presidential Candidates, Senator Sam Brownback, had voted multiple times in the Senate against increasing funding for healthcare for returning war veterans. I am certain others voted against increased funding as well. They should be held accountable for that as they pursue future political office; whether the White House or a return to their current elective office

This is a travesty, though, that cannot wait until the next election to be righted. It has to be addressed now. First, it is a grave injustice to send our young people off to war, while so many others make no sacrifices to support this war; and while some (*cough* Halliburton *cough*, for example) even profit greatly off this war we're making our young citizens fight. Then, when they return, we do not provide them with the medical and psychological resources they need to minimize the impact of the war on them and return them, as much as possible, to a normal life.