I have been seething with anger over the whole mess at Walter Reed; it's a total national disgrace. Anyone who has a "Bush-Cheney" bumper sticker and a yellow ribbon magnet on their car ought to be so ashamed of themselves that they ought to not come out of their houses until, oh, 2025 or so.

It hardly gets better when the Undersecretary for Defense Lunacy and Bean-Counting, some kind of a doctor (PhD economist apparently) makes this statement:

Congress, pressured by veterans groups, has in recent years boosted military pensions, health insurance and benefits for widows of retirees. Internal Pentagon documents forecast that the lawmakers' generosity since 1999 will force the federal government to find about $100 billion over the next six years to cover the new benefits.

"The amounts have gotten to the point where they are hurtful. They are taking away from the nation's ability to defend itself," says David Chu, the Pentagon's undersecretary for personnel and readiness. (my emphasis)