Lost inside the labyrinthine bureaucracy of VA red tape they all too often receive substandard, inadequate medical care and post discharge VA benefits which would help them to readjust to civilian life. 

While the show of hands and welling of tears by the Pentagon desk jockeys is a nice gesture on an institutional level these heroes have been pretty much cold shouldered by the Bush administration if not the country for their service and sacrifice which has changed their lives not for the better forever.

Peace and love,

Flakey