Walter Reed

Read Pat Lang's post on the Walter Reed story. Excerpt:

"There is a major general of the Army Medical Service who commands [Walter Reed Army Medical Center]. He is a doctor. Like all Army officers he is responsible for all that his command does or fails to do. Don't bother to tell me that this is an unreasonable standard. The Army is not a "reasonable" calling, and it should not be."

Btw, I know the Marine vet who appeared on the NewsHour this evening in the Judy Woodruff report. He lost his left leg, and his right leg was badly damaged, to an RPG in Fallujah in 2004. He's a fine young man, and he (and all his fellow disabled vets) deserve better. But the government is not really supporting the troops, I guess.