This is the item from the news:
"A staggering 45 percent of the 1.6 million veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are now seeking compensation for injuries they say are service-related. That is more than double the estimate of 21 percent who filed such claims after the Gulf War in the early 1990s, top government officials told The Associated Press. "
Many of the veterans are claiming 8 to 10 ailments while Viet Nam vets average four and those who served in WWII and Korea, just two.
I think the reasons are that this war is being waged in a far different way than the first two. And, it is hard for me to comprehend that given what our troops were subjected to in VietNam that the claims are only four.
Nevertheless, it is difficult for not only the veterans, but their families and friends, too.
As General MacArthur said, "War is hell." And, it doesn't get any easier the more advanced our weapons.
I think America is tired of waging war, at least I hope so.
Let us remember our fallen, those serving and all the families and loved ones of our service people today.
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