President Bush is constantly bragging about how he and his administration always put the needs of our troops first and foremost in their considerations. Money is no object when it comes to supporting our troops says our president. And now we learn from both the Washington Post and the LA Times that inpatients and outpatients and Walter Reed Army Hospital, the number one military hospital in the country if not the world, does not have the funds to hire enough help to keep track of our soldiers when they are injured, or to keep the facilities in which they are treated and housed in livable condition. Our wounded heroes share their rooms with cockroaches, mice and rats, along with moldy wall paper and all around filth. This is a disgrace and I hope the next time the president holds a news conference and brags about supporting the troops again, the press on hand will confront him with this disgraceful information and demand clear and honest answers from him.

I never understood the phrase "support your troops" in the context of sending them to fight a war for no good reason except for oil and money interests.

Well, the press may confront him but you can bet it won't hit the airwaves.
Peace....................

Good clip!
The VA appears to be top-heavy in administrators and clearly lacking in service providers.

Guess once they are "discharged", they are no longer "troops" and need no support. How sad.

This isn't about the VA as a whole, just Walter Reed. The VA as a whole does a pretty good job for a government agency. It has it's problems, but it is better than most other government agencies. I would much rather go to the VA than have to go to the DMV or SS office. And the VA has done well under Bush. It's budget grew more during Bush's first term than it did during Clinton's entire presidency (and we are talking percentages, not just raw dollars).