We support the troops...(until they reach the VA)

I know this has been posted elsewhere but I thought it was important to comment on it.

I know that the GOP prides itself on supporting the troops and the Military overwhelming rewards them for this perceived support with their votes, but I'm really beginning to wonder why. The VA has always been given lackluster support, regardless of which party has been in possession of the White House, but it boggles my mind that in the midst of the worst war in decades to face this country, with the highest numbers of wounded returning home since Vietnam, the Administration is actually cutting back the money being spent on VA care facilities. We can spend billions on the war, but apparently the millions that are needed for the VA and care of returning wounded soldiers and sailors is too much for the Administration.

The conditions at Walter Reed and other facilities look to be truly appalling. The only excuse I can think of why they were not changed at Walter Reed specifically is because the facility is due for closure under the current budget and Bethesda Naval taking up its patients. Still, if the facility is still housing soldiers and sailors, it falls on the administration to provide for their care. And in the mean time, the Democrats need to take steps to address this and show that they do indeed care for the health and welfare of our servicemen, not just on the battlefield, but at home as well.

As for the Administration, their response strikes me as being somewhere between a yawn and annoyance at the situation, with Tony Snow promptly dumping responsibility back on Defense and the Department of the Army for not doing its job even though the Administration had been informed of the problems before. Guess someone has to die before this Administration takes notice, but then again that didn't hold true during Katrina or Iraq, so why would it here...