Friday, February 23, 2007

Where Are The Old-Line Vet Organizations?

Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall February 23, 2007 01:01 PM: "Paul Rieckhoff, head of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, at TPMCafe:

I am extremely pissed off about the recent news out of Walter Reed Hospital. And you should be too. Turn off the non-stop coverage of Anna Nicole Smith and let's have a little talk about how we treat our returning heroes.

Read Rieckhoff's opening thoughts and jump into the thread. He'll be with us all day for the discussion. "

Contrast the IAVA with the reaction from the American Legion and the VFW. Thunderous silence. Next time those two veterans organizations start wondering about their recruitment issues maybe they need to start thinking about not being the veterans propaganda arm of the GOP and start thinking about who actually calls for and then does work for increasing veteran benefits.

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