Colonel, Former aide to General, 3 grad degrees, can't "even find work as a janitor", now homeless

[freshwest]

38. I'm starting to feel this is part of the GOP pit the military versus the UE. That was described in a

DU article this past week, but I can't find the link. It said that the GOP was playing a game to get concessions.

That is to say, they refused to pay for some retired veterans AND the folks on UE right now. They want the Democrats to pick one of the other to get screwed.

And while I was shopping today, I heard the radio in the background at the store, and an announce was just carrying on about 'our veterans are heroes and they deserve...'

I don't remember what the whole phrase, but it was in that fulsome tone of voice that sounded like he was discusssing saints. Some of these veterans are contractors, not soldiers. I know some and they did not make the lousy pay or risk their lives doing their jobs, either. They made big money, like Blackwater.

I think a psychological push is at work to demonize the UE group. I already saw an article here that claims a huge amount of budget deficit for continuing to pay the UE; and then we have this story and a few others.

I don't want to take away anything from the veterans, certainly not the elder or the disabled. I know from reading some publications that some of the returning veterans with mental disorders aren't able to get work. This is not their fault.

This guy worked with McChrystal (sic?) and some under his command in Afghanistan have been charged with corruption. Not the kind of soldiers that people think of when they talk about the elderly veteran who was committed to saving the world in WW2.

There may be nothing to what I am suspecting. It just seems like a photo op to me. Anyway, hope whatever is wrong with him, if something is, he gets some help. And I acknowledge his divorce may have had a lot to with his financical situation. Too bad he's not living at home with his wife and or family if there were kids.