Brent Budowsky: Our troops have been treated disgracefully at Walter Reed

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http://thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/Comment/OpEd/022807_troops.html

Our troops have been treated disgracefully at Walter Reed
By Brent Budowsky

In the case of American troops killed in action in what the Marine Corps pathologist calls preventable casualties, our government is charged with the moral equivalent of negligent homicide.

In the case of wounded American troops who are disrespected, abused or mistreated in military hospitals our government is charged with the moral equivalent of criminal negligence. On this count I take responsibility and plead guilty for not knowing about this and acting to stop it. Shame on me.

In the case of politicians who let these wrongs persist while accusing opponents of not supporting our troops, you are charged with the moral equivalent of perjury.

In the case of politicians who walk by homeless veterans living on grates and hungry with pain, and don’t wage a historic battle to end this harvest of shame, you are charged with ignoring the Golden Rule, Sermon on the Mount and our national anthem.

For government that increases our troops in Iraq while allowing some to continue to be killed by preventable deaths, you are charged with the moral equivalent of murder.

For those who claim this is “over the top” you might consider this:

When the Marine Corps pathologist said up to 70 percent of American casualties in Iraq were preventable, this means they were not killed or wounded only by enemy attack, but by negligence in Washington that could have prevented these wounds and deaths, but did not.

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