Walter Reed and Beyond

Walter Reed - The Wounded Warrior At Home

A Washington Post Investigation - In Depth Backround

A number of reports that follow the WP's Investigation into what was happening at Reed.

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Soldier Recounts Abuse at Walter Reed

Man Who Pleaded Guilty to Molesting Iraq Veteran Had Conviction for Fondling Police Officer

"The Army always tells you all the way from basic training that we're a family, and if you do the right thing, we'll take care of you," Burgess said. "You believe that. You want to believe that, but then you find out they don't."

"I can't believe the Army doesn't do a better job of researching its employees and contractors," Matthew Burgess said.
When Burgess was abused, Echeverri was employed by Dale M. Carafa, a medical industry contractor. Carafa, of Sterling, said she had no comment. The sleep center no longer uses Carafa's service, Kristo said.
Walter Reed contractors are required to perform background checks and urinalysis for all new hires, but officials could not say whether that policy was in effect in 2002, when Echeverri began working at Walter Reed. "The case certainly indicates the need for a background check," Kristo said.

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"Like a normal outdoor market in Indiana in the summertime,"

Baghdad in the Midwest cornfields
What an outing to a market in Indiana would look like if a congressman's observations were correct.

The delegation arrived at the market [in Baghdad], which is called Shorja, on Sunday with more than 100 soldiers in armored Humvees … and attack helicopters…. Sharpshooters were posted on the roofs. The congressmen wore bulletproof vests…. At a news conference shortly after their outing, Mr. McCain … and his three congressional colleagues described Shorja as a safe, bustling place full of hopeful and warmly welcoming Iraqis — "like a normal outdoor market in Indiana in the summertime," offered Mike Pence, an Indiana Republican. — New York Times

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THE FEW. THE PROUD. THE DISILLUSIONED.

Proud Active Duty Troops Speaking Out Against Iraq War

Conflict in Iraq: Some active duty troops, while proud to serve, are speaking out and signing a petition against the war

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Swastika Stars

By Dennis Serdel, Vietnam 1967-68 (one tour) Light Infantry, Americal Div. 11th Brigade, purple heart, Veterans For Peace 50 Michigan, Vietnam Veterans Against The War, United Auto Workers GM Retiree.

Swastika Stars

Bush still will not budge
he is surging straight ahead
he has his Fox TV, talk radio
propaganda war machine
spinning at full speed too.
All the Democrats do
is just follow with one arm
saluting like a canon to the sky
Americans now know
how the German people felt
when Hitler rose to power
he is out of control by anyone
Just replace the SS
with Blackwater like mercenaries
they will kill anybody for money
Replace the Jews with Muslims
so ironic
But Bush is just like Hitler
he will not listen to his Generals
when they tell him
we are losing the war
His face turns red, he grits his teeth
he snarls that losing is not an option
with a swastika tattooed between his eyes
like Charles Manson
He does not care how many Soldiers die
or how many wounded
we must fight this war until we win
He scrapes his fingernails
across a map of Iraq
and throws Afghanistan on the floor
The flag has swastikas
where there used to be stars
on the red white and blue
His Nazis want to grab all the oil
grab the whole wide world
in their hands and shake it real hard
tell all the countries big and small
that America is the Empire now

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Those who take some sort of relief in the "We are fighting them over there so we won't be fighting them here!", Better Rethink their Future, or rather their Childrens Future!!

The Failed Policies will Haunt Us and the World for Decades!!