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KT2000

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2. check out the most recent New Yorker

Reply to bananas (Original post)

Thu Apr 2, 2015, 03:58 PM

Apr 2015

because it has a story about a woman whose lost most hippocampus function to encephalitis. She was a brilliant woman who is now cared for by others. No short term memory etc. Terrible.

This is exactly why the defense budget is separate from the VA budget - keep the true cost of war away from the "patriotism" of war. Lies ensue to denigrate the damaged people so they will not get the care they need.

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U.S. Nerve Gas Hit Our Own Troops in Iraq (Gulf War I) [View all] bananas Apr 2015 OP

yet another way the warmongers supports the troops yurbud Apr 2015 #1

check out the most recent New Yorker KT2000 Apr 2015 #2

VA spending should be tied to defense spending and rise commensurately yurbud Apr 2015 #3

Absolutely! KT2000 Apr 2015 #4