Not an idle statement but one vetted from personal observation.
From FoxNews.com:
by J.D. Gordon
By now most American have heard about the VA’s infamous patient “secret wait lists” which reportedly contributed to the deaths of up to 40 veterans in the Phoenix area alone. Those patriots were American heroes who served our country proudly. Yet they were left to die waiting to see a doctor.
Here’s another secret the White House doesn’t want you to know about the VA. Al Qaeda detainees get better medical treatment than our veterans.
Say what?
Yes, it’s true. I know because I served as a Pentagon spokesman from 2005-2009 and visited Guantanamo Bay Naval Base over 30 times during those years.
Despite the fact that Al Qaeda terrorists carried out the Sept. 11 terror attacks, killing 3,000 people in America, the admitted co-conspirators and their roughly 150 fellow jihadists at Gitmo have approximately 100 doctors, nurses and health care personnel assigned to them.
Doctors and medical personnel are at their beck and call. Got a cold, a fever, a toothache, a tumor, chest or back pain, mental health issues, PTSD? No problem, come right on in. Military doctors are waiting to see you.
The VA and Gitmo eligible patient-to-health care provider ratios speak volumes.
While the Gitmo ratio is 1.5 to 1, for America’s 9 million veterans receiving VA health care and 267,930 VA employees, the ratio is 35 to 1.
Surprising at all? Not to me.
And, on the cusp of Memorial Day, is this truly the way we should be honoring our veterans — by treating those who kill our citizens better and more readily than we treat those who defend our shores?
BZ
So are prisoners in Supermax, or any other prison… sigh
Glad you covered this, too. The comments on mine are very interesting if you want to take a look.
This is quite a situation, isn’t it? Of course, there are no Harvard lawyers standing up for our Vets as they are for the detainees at Gitmo, right? 🙂
This is the way Obama wants it to be. Nothing like having a president who hates us and loves our enemies.
Simple for me to understand. Why???
Easy,,,,Muslims love Muslims, and nobody else.
All others to be used and dis-carded.
They get treated with kid gloves because if not, some bleeding heart liberal would be screaming about injustice, rights infringements, inhumane treatment, etc. and the press would be crying about the cruelty of it all.. Come to think of it, why hasn’t this been talked about before by the media? Or is it only news worthy now because of the VA scandal?