Former-Pentagon Spokesman: Al Qaeda Terrorists At Gitmo Treated Better Than Veterans (Commentary)

Detainees at Navy Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, receive the same high-quality medical care available to U.S. servicemembers, the detention facility commander said, including surgery in this operating room at the detainee hospital. Photo by Staff Sgt. Stephen Lewald, USA

Al Qaeda Terrorists At Guantanamo Treated Better Than Our Vets -- FOX News

President Obama finally addressed the nation Wednesday about the growing scandal at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. After meeting with VA Secretary Eric Shinseki he pledged to hold folks accountable.

Thanks, Mr. President.

By now most American have heard about the VA’s infamous patient “secret wait lists” which reportedly contributed to the deaths of up to 40 veterans in the Phoenix area alone. Those patriots were American heroes who served our country proudly. Yet they were left to die waiting to see a doctor.

Here’s another secret the White House doesn’t want you to know about the VA. Al Qaeda detainees get better medical treatment than our veterans.

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My Comment: The VA's treatment of our veterans goes back years .... even before President Obama. The problem has always been Washington and what it believes is it's priorities and the media that promotes it's own agenda .... and in this case veterans are on the back seat.

To address this crisis the first thing that President Obama should do is fire Shinseki and his senior staff .... the second thing that should then be done is to instill within the VA a system of accountability and incentives that are more in lined with how the private sector operates than how the government operates. I know that this is a problem that will take a long time to solve .... if ever .... but a start has to be done somewhere .... making people accountable for their actions (or in-actions) is the first step that should be done.