To Iraq & Back

Have you heard the story of ABC reporter Bob Woodruff's injury in Iraq? He did a fantastic hour long report on his experience with a roadside bomb and his subsequent recovery. Perhaps the big story though is the gap that he exposes in the necessary long term care veteran's receive after their initial treatment. Perhaps it's unrealistic to expect that all local VA hospitals can deal with the larger than expected numbers of new veterans, but if we're willing to risk their lives for an ambiguous mission, we have a responsibility to do everything possible to take care of them. This clip is an edited version of the first 1/3 of his report; click here to watch the full video. You may also be interested in the important reporting done by Anne Hull and Dana Priest of the Washington Post in uncovering huge deficiencies at Walter Reed, a hospital for veterans in the DC area. Their articles have set off a firestorm of criticism and public bewilderment. I am personally so upset at George W. Bush for dragging our country into a war on weak premises, doing a poor job of managing it, feeding us spin instead of truth and then not doing enough to ensure our brave men and women receive top notch medical care. I am pleased he is establishing a commission led by former Republican Senator Bob Dole (his wife is a current Senator from North Carolina) to explore this issue and am equally pleased the Democratically controlled congress is holding hearings on this.