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BACKGROUND:
SINCE THE BEGINNINGS OF OUR NATION, THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA HAVE PLACED GREAT CONFIDENCE IN THAT INTERPRETATION OF THE
UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION THAT PERMITS OUR GOVERNMENT TO CONSCRIPT OR
SEDUCE OUR CITIZENS TO BE KILLED, DISABLED AND TORTURED IN MILITARY SERVICE,
FOR THE SECURITY AND PROSPERITY OF THE TOTAL POPULATION.
COMPLICIT IN THAT INTERPRETATION, HAS BEEN THE PRESUMPTION THAT OUR
NATION, THRU ITS GOVERNMENT, WOULD PROVIDE REHABILITATION FOR THE SERVICE
DISABLED VETERAN (SDV) SURVIVORS OF THE RESULTING CONSEQUENCES.
HOWEVER, ACTIONS OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT THAT REFLECT THE MINDSET OF
THE AMERICAN POPULACE, HAVE INDICATED THAT THERE IS NO WILL TO TREAT
INDIVIDUALS DISABLED AND TORTURED FOR THE SECURITY AND PROSPERITY OF
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, IN A FAIR AND EQUITABLE MANNER.
FOR OVER FORTY YEARS THE U.S. GOVERNMENT HAS SPENT BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
ON PROGRAMS THAT HAVE FAILED TO ALLEVIATE THE EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING
NEEDS OF VETERANS AND NOW SUBSIDIZES SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS (SIGs) AND
MAJOR CORPORATIONS THAT SUBVERT ATTEMPTS BY DISABLED VETERANS TO MAINTAIN
THEIR REHABILITATION THRU SELF-EMPLOYMENT AND ENTREPRENEURIAL STRATEGIES
AND POLICIES.
A REVIEW OF THE
CONSTANT LEGISLATIVE CONFLICT BETWEEN REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NATION’S
26 MILLION VETERANS AND SEVERAL OF THE U.S. CONGRESS COMMITTEES CHARGED
WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE NEEDS OF THESE VETERANS, INDICATES A DISINTEREST
AND DISRESPECT FOR VETERAN NEEDS.
CONSEQUENTLY, IT
IS INCUMBENT ON THOSE AT RISK AND THAT HAVE DEMONSTRATED SACRIFICE
FOR OUR NATION’S
SECURITY AND PROSPERITY, TO SEEK LEGISLATION AND POLICIES THAT WILL
PREVENT CONTINUED VICTIMIZATION OF THE DISABLED VETERAN BY AN UNCONCERNED
GOVERNMENT.
PROPOSED:
IT IS REQUESTED THAT THE U.S. CONGRESS ENACT AN AMENDMENT TO THE ARMED
SERVICES ACT WHICH PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING:
- THAT AN ACTIVE DUTY SERVICEPERSON (ADS) BE ALLOWED TO SPECIFY FROM
ONE (1) TO THREE (3) ASSIGNMENTS WHEREIN THE ADS BELIEVES THAT THE
ASSIGNMENT WILL RESULT IN DEATH, DISABLEMENT OR TORTURE TO THE BENEFIT
OR ON DIRECT BEHALF OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT ADVERSLY COMPLICATE OR PREVENT
THE ABILITY OF THE ADS TO RECOVER OR BE REHABILITATED FROM A RESULTING
DISABLEMENT.
- AN ADS WOULD BE ALLOWED TO SPECIFY ONE (1) TO THREE (3) SUCH ASSIGNMENTS
DURING ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE IN THE MILITARY AND BE EXCUSED FROM SUCH
DUTY WITHOUT PREJUDICE OR NEGATIVE RECORD. IF IN THE OPINION OF THE
UNIT COMMANDING OFFICER THERE IS NO IMMEDIATE DANGER TO THE STATUS
OF THE ASSIGNMENT AND SUCH AN ACTION CAN BE IMPLEMENTED WITHOUT CLEAR
AND PRESENT DANGER TO THE MISSION.
- THE INDIVIDUAL OR ORGANIZATION SPECIFIC TO THE CHALLENGED ASSIGNMENTS
CAN BE ORIGINAL TO THE ADS OR RECORDED IN ELECTRONIC DATABASES MAINTAINED
BY STAKEHOLDER CIVILIAN VETERAN ORGANIZATIONS DEDICATED TO PROTECTING
THE FUTURE OF ADS DISABLED IN SERVICE TO THE NATION.
THERE IS ALWAYS A PERSISTENT QUESTION ASKED BY VETERANS NATIONWIDE. “WHY
SHOULD SERVICE PERSONS RISK DEATH, DISABILITY AND TORTURE TO INSURE
THE SECURITY AND PROSPERITY OF INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATONS THAT ARE
COMMITTED TO THE ABUSE OF THE DISABLED VETERAN”?
OUR NATION HAS DEVELOPED A CULTURE OF ENTITLEMENT THAT HAS PRESUMED
TO INCLUDE THE EXPECTATION THAT MILITARY SERVICEPERSON(S) ARE TO BE READILY
KILLED AND DISABLED FOR THE SECURITY AND PROSPERITY OF THE INTERESTS,
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC, OF ANY RESIDENT CIVILIAN INDIVIDUAL OR ORGANIZATION.
SUMMARY:
HUMAN LIFE AND WELL-BEING ARE THE MOST PRECIOUS ELEMENTS OF ANY SOCIETY.
THE REFUSAL OF OUR NATION TO SUPPORT THE REHABILITATION OF THOSE HUMAN
LIVES THAT INVESTED IN OUR NATIONAL SECURITY AND PROSPERITY IS AN OUTRAGE.
A LEGAL, LEGISLATED POLICY TO PERMIT THE MILITARY AND VETERAN COMMUNITY
TO EXPRESS THEIR SPECIFIC DISSATISFACTION WITH THE CONTINUED EXTORTION
AND ENDANGERING OF THEIR LIFE AND WELL-BEING, IS A TOKEN RECOGNITION OF
THE HYPOCRISY THAT SURROUNDS THEIR SACRIFICE.
© 2007-2008; Excerpt
from ("Wasted Sacrifice - America's Service Disabled Veterans")
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