By: Gerald Loeffers

Hello everyone! It’s been a long time since I have been here but, there hasn’t been anything recently that’s been worth writing about, until now that is. This past month, with the VA death panel scandal, the Sgt. Tahmooressi Mexican imprisonment, the 5 Taliban swap for a more than likely Army deserter and possible traitor, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl… all are newsworthy and some of these items have been going on a long time — well before Obama was in office and others have broken the very laws they themselves put on the books, while others have broken with long standing security doctrine. Today, I will also cover a short compilation of our government’s historical treatment of its vets over the years.

GARBAGE IN, GARBAGE OUT

I live in Idaho, so I have heard of Bergdahl’s disappearance and the search for him. This was 5 years ago and then the Taliban PSA videos with Bergdahl started to show up here and there. This was cause to question whether he lagged behind a patrol, or was something else going on? So, as this prisoner swap happened, weird and strange things started to occur. Other soldiers who had trained and worked with Bergdahl before, started speaking out and saying he had walked off the base, AWOL and had made anti-American statements where he was telling anyone that would listen how much he hated America. Now, Obama’s excuse for this (he always has one) was that after 5 years, Bergdahl’s life was in danger all of the sudden. And that we needed to release the very 5 worst Taliban pieces of garbage out the door to fight and kill our men again. We should also be looking at the father of this possibly dirty cat, who was tweeting support for Jihadists and speaking to his son in Arabic, proclaiming the grace of Allah. Me thinks we should look to the father as the probable source of Bergdahl’s possibly traitorous actions. We should also conduct the very needed investigation into his anti-American sentiments. I can’t imagine what the soldiers that know this guy are thinking right now. Whatever it is, let’s keep looking into this hellish chain of events. I want more information before I jump the gun. And yes… I know part of the reason for the swap was to bump the VA scandal off the front page.

WRONG TURN: MEXICO

A brave Marine, Sgt. Tahmooressi, who had gotten back from the theater of war and was getting PTSD treatment in San Diego, and who was spending time with friends having good food and was considering changing his mind about staying overnight in Mexico, walked over and got into his truck, which he was living out of. Everything he owned, including his 3 guns which he has a right to own, was in the truck. He started driving, intending to go back to San Diego, but he made a wrong turn and drove over the Mexican border. Mexican border cops stopped him for inspection and he told them he hadn’t intended to be in Mexico. That he wanted to turn around and go back, but couldn’t because of the lane he was in. He told them about his guns as well. Long story short, the cops called in a Mexican military team and they in turn tried to scare him into bribing them and signing Spanish printed paperwork. He refused and was arrested for “gun running.” I thought you had to be Eric Holder to do that? He was then put in the worst prison around that is run by the drug cartels and was thrown in a cell with 25 murderers, rapists and drug dealers who threatened to rape, torture and kill him. He phoned his mother, telling her he might not make it through the night. He escaped, but was captured and then put in a “safer” part of the prison, where he was cuffed to his bed for 30 days naked. He also attempted to kill himself, but the nicer inmates heard the crashing of glass and saved his life by getting him to a hospital. It’s been 64 days now. Where is the STATE DEPT? WHERE’S THE SEC. OF DEFENSE? Why hasn’t the president even mentioned Tahmooressi’s name or plight? That’s an easy one… it doesn’t fit the political narrative they want us to hear or believe, period. The president boasted about having a pen and a phone. What went wrong? Did he lose them in the laundry?

SEE THE OBAMACARE FUTURE WITH THE VA PRESENT

Separate books, secret lists… sounds like a back door gambling operation from the 1960’s Vegas Mob hay days. Nope… it’s the present VA death panel scandal and the future of your beloved Obamacare system that is already in effect. Hundreds of hard working deserving veterans have DIED because they weren’t deemed worthy of any care or were written off the “COMPUTER” and put into separate books. They were put on hold for 30 days or more, or until they died and some even committed suicide. What the hell is wrong with you ASSHOLES at the VA? What the HELL??? Even Montel Williams, a guy I wouldn’t normally agree with on curtain subjects and a known veteran of the NAVY, has been so impassioned these last few days over this problem, that I will stand by him on this. Let’s be honest… the VA problems have been around for way too long. Look at the decrepit VA hospitals we have had for years — as far back as the Vietnam War. I see Mr. Williams’ idea of a VA SURGE, as a great start to solving the problem. Another thing I think would work is to fire everyone in the VA offices and hospitals that are not experienced vets. The VA system should be run by the vets, for the vets. What a novel idea! They understand the pain, the recovery and they can better deal with the PTSD involved with warfare service. All politicians should be ashamed of the VA conditions that they have ignored for far too long.

LEFT BEHIND

SEAL TEAM 6, the hard core 1% of the SEAL teams, who are great guys that don’t talk about the work they do and shouldn’t, were tasked with either capturing or killing Osama bin Laden. An order handed down from Obama that stated that if things went wrong and you are in trouble, don’t call me for help or for back up. You are on your own. After the operation, Obama decides to talk about it in detail. He blabs about the men involved in the operation. Remember, SEAL TEAM 6 at one time was jokingly referred to as SEAL TEAM SHHHHHH, because of their security clearance and the secret nature of the work they did. DUH. Then a few days later, parts of SEAL TEAM 6 were killed in an RPG attack on their chopper. Then we have Benghazi and the SEALS lost in that ignored bloody mess.

A COLD, ICY WIND BLOWS

Let’s talk WEST POINT… one of the most honored military schools in American history. 20,000 people shoved into the football field, with everyone shoulder to shoulder, music blaring as Obama comes to the platform and just when his crappy speech goes for the clap line, only 30 people applaud and the rest are putting forth that cold and icy cricket silence. The only thing missing was the loud BOOOOs that were needed… DARN.

FDR “BONUS” PLAN OF 1932

So, for those of you who think the military won’t open fire on Americans or the vets, let’s review. If they push and shove on issues or protest anything, they will be opened up on. Think about it… it has happened before. The vets of World War I were in Washington D.C. to call on the government to give them the money promised to them for years. They had built shanty towns around the mall and were occupying the area while protesting and calling on FDR to do something. This was called THE BONUS ARMY PROTEST and FDR did respond, but not the way they would have liked. He called up the military and they came in on horse back with rifles and tear gas and proceeded to fire on the crowds and to clear out the mall. They burned down and cleared out the shanty towns. I don’t know if these vets ever got their money that was owed to them, but I do know our government, with a few exceptions, has been pretty crappy to the very men they call on to go to war for them.

THE CLOSING ARGUMENT

We, as a people, need to come together to help out our vets and I don’t care what your political opinion of the current war is. We help the vets all we can. We have to look into maybe privatizing or better yet, Veteranizing, all of the veteran services and I do mean all of them. We need to hire vets of shared experiences. The government, for its part, has fully FAILED period. The government is run by losers and bureaucrats who know nothing and care nothing for the needs of vets. The cost of war to people in general is not real to them. To the vets reading this article, I know nothing of what you have gone through. I know nothing of war. I’ve never been in one, but I do talk to some of you and I hear what you are saying. I have learned more from you than from a bunch of worthless punk bureaucrats.