{"id":27721,"date":"2011-11-30T07:37:34","date_gmt":"2011-11-30T11:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=27721"},"modified":"2011-11-30T07:37:34","modified_gmt":"2011-11-30T11:37:34","slug":"ivaw-faults-their-ignorance-for-their-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=27721","title":{"rendered":"IVAW faults their ignorance for their problems"},"content":{"rendered":"

Huffington Post <\/a>writes that IVAW is struggling for veterans by participating in the Occupy movement. <\/p>\n

[Dottie Guy,] The former military policewoman is just one of about 2,000 disgruntled veterans who say they’ve risked their lives and well-being only to come home to a country that profits from their sacrifices.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, I’m sure there are 2000 active veteran members of the IVAW. Despte the flight from the organization over the last two years. But Guy blames her own ignorance for her financial straits;<\/p>\n

When she came home from Iraq in 2003 with an injured ankle and severe anxiety, Guy was not aware of the military health services that were available to her. She relied on her job’s health insurance to cover her surgery.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, who knew that a veteran could go to the Department of Veteran Affairs for help? That’s news to me. <\/p>\n

But now that she knows she can go to the VA, she doesn’t like it;<\/p>\n

“The VA services are abysmal,” Guy said. “But yet the corporations who are making all this money from these wars are living high off the hog.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, you should have seen the VA before the year 2000, Dottie.<\/p>\n

Another veteran, Scott Kimball, says that he didn’t want to go to the VA;<\/p>\n

When Kimball returned from Iraq and was battling PTSD, he couldn’t bear confronting it.<\/p>\n

“I was scared to go to the VA,” Kimball said. “I didn’t want to be a messed up veteran.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yet somehow, it’s the DVA fault he didn’t get treatment.<\/p>\n

I’m glad that the IVAW has finally discovered that there are actually veterans who need healthcare, but their message needs to be a little less erratic and more focused so we don’t appear to be a bunch of whiney brats.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Daniel for the link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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