I can't even wrap my mind around the disgust, rage and absolute shame I feel to even consider myself a citizen of a nation which would willingly permit such negligence. One thing is clear, however, Daniel Cooper is a clear example of everything that is wrong with America.
For years, I've been chastised for not supporting this illegal and unjust war in Iraq. I've been scolded by cave-dwelling, uneducated, pseudo-patriotic, troglodytes who've taken my lack of support for Bush's mad Iraqi crusade as a confused example that I somehow don't support our nation's troops. It's as if to them, the war and our troops are somehow one in the same. And, it is wildly irrational and erroneous to connect the two. It's as if, in their tiny, dysfunctional minds, if you dislike meatloaf, you are also somehow anti-fork and knife. And, it is damn frustrating swatting these pestilent little insects away as I try to voice my outrage at a war which everyone knew was built upon false pretenses.
In other words, getting beyond that immense wall of stupid to address the reality of it all is a chore in and upon itself.
However, to accuse me of not supporting the troops is criminal. I support the troops enough to want to see them brought home safely. Today! Daniel Cooper, the undersecretary for benefits at the Department of Veterans' Affairs does not. And, he clearly can not be bothered to either care for or support, in any way, the growing number of broken bodies returning to our nation from this horribly unjust and illegal war.
Cooper says of his Bible study, "it's not really about carving out time, it really is a matter of saying what is important. And since that's more important than doing the job -- the job's going to be there, whether I'm there or not."Under Cooper, the numbers have become staggering:
Since Cooper was appointed the head of the Veterans Benefits Administration, the number of veterans waiting on their disability claims has increased dramatically, from 325,000 in 2002 to 600,000 today.Yes. That's right. This delusional bastard is too busy scouring his Bible, proselytizing and trying recruit people into his irrelevant religion to actually do his job. Our soldiers' needs remain neglected while this irrational fool hides in his Bible. He should be shot for this sort of treason in my opinion.
On average, a U.S. war veteran must wait six months for an answer to their application. If a vet decides to appeal a denial, the process often drags on as long as three years.
In addition, Veterans Administration hospitals, clinics and counseling centres report that more than 52,000 Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans were diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). But under Cooper's leadership, only 19,000 of those veterans were approved for service-connected disability compensation for PTSD, a significant discrepancy.
Now --and I'm certain I'll get the email for this--, serving your nation is the highest form of patriotism. However, in light of Daniel Cooper's glaring neglect of our troops, the end of a soldier's tour of duty is met with such incompetence that I am simply left to wonder why in the hell would anyone want to serve in the first place? What kind of so-called "Christian" would willingly neglect the pain and suffering of these broken soldiers in favor of his pathetic Bible study?
These morons call this a Christian nation. They've rewritten our nation's history to accommodate such. And now, reality be damned, the feeble pandering to a worthless figment has driven Daniel Cooper to commit perhaps the greatest crime imaginable --apathy toward our nation's heroes. Our children. Our citizens who have fought to protect us.
Keep that in mind the next time a recruiter calls and begs for you to join.
Now, the abridged version for the mushy-headed delusion nitwits out there who can't understand this, please allow me to present the following hypothetical to demonstrate the hazards presented here:
Your children are starving. However, rather than getting a job, you remain at home reading your Bible. Do your children survive?-DP
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Posted By Dan to The Wisdom of a Distracted Mind at 9/08/2007 05:21:00 AM
