Treatment of veterans what do you think?  

My father was a World War II veteran and there's nothing much we could say about it, compensation wise. He used to be a high ranking officer then and headed the veterans organization in Mindanao, Philippines. He did not get the compensation due him because it was quite unclear how to go about it. He died in 1986 without having tasted at all the fruits due to a veteran. All of us, surviving 6 children, feels that the US is not really honest as regards compensating the war veterans because if they are, they should have organized a method wherein the war veterans will surely get their due.

While I haven't had any personal experiences with it, I'm in the age group where almost all of my male classmates did their time in Viet Nam. I agree that they were treated terribly for being in a war that they didn't have any choice over. My Dad was in WWII and Korea. While there was public rejoicing when they came home, it wasn't until after they were home that I believe they were treated somewhat as second class citizens; with the Nam era veterans, there wasn't even public rejoicing at their return! Also, I always thought that the places they worked for before going off to the service were supposed to hire them back, it's sad that that wasn't true. I can only hope those who have gone to fight nowadays are not treated as poorly as in times past.

I think the current war veterans will be treated okay by US citizens but not by the Bush Administration and the Veterans dept. He uses them and then throws them away. It is terrible. They are being subjected to health hazards and then the current administration doesn't want to accept responsibility. George Bush is a war criminal.

I don't think any veterans of any war have been treated as well as they deserve when they come home after a war is finished .. no matter who has 'won' !!

Realistically we send all these men (and women too nowadays) .. off to other countries to kill and maim others .. and be killed and maimed in return .. they get good training to go and do this .. but rarely if ever do they get retrained 'not to kill' when they end their days as a service person ...

I have never been in the forces .. so I have never had to contemplate the awful thought of having to kill or be killed .. so I simply can't even begin to understand the difficulties that some folks who have seen very active service must be going through when they become a civilian again ..

One of my jobs was as a quality auditor .. I haven't worked for 14 years now .. but I STILL find myself assessing quality of products, services just as I would have done when I was working .. so for folks in the forces it must be the same thing .. part of their forces life is always carried with them wherever they go .. how do you readjust to civilian life without a lot of help from the various government agencies ..

But how do we help these folks to readjust .. is a parade the answer ?? Probably not as surely we shouldn't really be lauding folks who have been killing others day in and day out, but shouldn't we at least be able to thank them in some way for putting their lives on the line to save our lifestyles ...

No matter how you look at it I feel it will be the wrong thing to do .. because in any war there is at least two sides .. and the last thing anyone wants is to feel in anyway they are whooping it up while some other countries men folks are returning in 'defeat' .. but we just can't have winners without losers can we .. and sadly it's usually the 'ordinary folks' who are the losers ... whatever side they were on ..

Our treatment of veterans is shameful. These men and women risked life and limb for us and we are quick to forget their sacrifice. Congress is no better since they control the purse strings only give lip service to the veterans. They are quick to stand next to a vet when they are running for election but not in funding benefits for him. Bush is even worse since he cut funding for veterans. At least the vets after WWII got the G.I. bill. The latest veterans get very little and have to fight for what they can get. It is shameful!!

Everything is changing, world is a materialistic place. We- people-forget our values and adopted new world. Everybody right from their views. Moral values are important. we have to ask ourself why? of course is not easy to find answer, everybody knows nobady knows