Letter: Support our troops - start with the wounded

Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2007 | 7:04 a.m.

I was practically brought to tears in reading Ann McFeatter's disturbing column, "Who is protecting and serving our wounded soldiers?" published Feb. 25 in the Las Vegas Sun.

"Support our troops" is a popular slogan concerning our fighting men in Iraq and Afghanistan, but where is the support for our wounded and ill veterans at Walter Reed Hospital? McFeatters noted that The Washington Post reported that "soldiers are housed in conditions of mold, mice infestations, disrepair and inadequate facilities for amputees. Depression and post-traumatic stress syndrome are often overlooked. Nightmarish paperwork stymies even the most aggressive."

When McFeatters writes, "Walter Reed's bureaucratic morass is unbelievable," where is the support?

When she further reports, "the point is that crumbling infrastructure, inhuman bureaucracy and inadequate treatment for mental disorders have been known about for years and have been permitted to continue," where is the support?

When she also states that she "found a soldier without his legs sent in four different directions for four forms over the course of the day," where is the support?

Of those claiming, "Support our troops," where is the support?

Leopold A. Potsiadlo, Las Vegas

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