The Iraq war’s ‘most severely wounded soldier.’
The Iraq war’s ‘most severely wounded soldier.’
“He lies flat, unseeing eyes fixed on the ceiling, tubes and machines feeding him, breathing for him, keeping him alive. He cannot walk or talk, but he can grimace and cry. And he is fully aware of what has happened to him.”
Four years ago almost to this day, Joseph Briseno Jr. was shot in the back of the head at point-blank range in a Baghdad marketplace. His spinal cord was shattered, and cardiac arrests stole his vision and damaged his brain.
The 24-year-old is one of the most severely injured soldiers — some think the most injured soldier — to survive. [...]
He can respond to questions by grunting or grimacing, and occasionally can say “mom” or “go,” but not consistently. He often opens his mouth.
“We believe he is very frustrated because he wants to say something. Those are the hardest times for us, especially when he’s sick or not feeling well. He just lays there. We don’t know what’s wrong with him,” Joseph Briseno said.
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June 24th, 2007 at 5:06 pmHave Jake tell these poor parents that their son is just one of those collateral damages of attacking a sovereign nation that never posed a threat to our country…
Compassionate Conservatives my ass!
June 24th, 2007 at 5:06 pmTwo questions:
Has the president visited this soldier yet and looked him in the face?
And why isn’t our government covering every single penny of his medical care?
June 24th, 2007 at 5:06 pmWonder if Dubya and Cheney want to do a photo op with him and award his Purple Heart?
NAWWWW, might bring attention to all that nasty stuff that Prozac Laura and Babbs Bush don’t want to be bothered with.
Is this a great country with great leadership or what???
June 24th, 2007 at 5:07 pmJoseph, my prayers are lifted to our Father. May his arms fold themselves around you and family and give all comfort.
June 24th, 2007 at 5:10 pmthank you fur yur service soldier….yur family must be proud……next
June 24th, 2007 at 5:10 pmI just hope this soldier eventually recovers. Blessings for his family and friends.
June 24th, 2007 at 5:12 pmIt is a damn shame that his sacrifice is for nothing.
Has the president visited this soldier yet and looked him in the face?
Comment by Wayne A. Schneider — June 24, 2007 @ 5:06 pm
Wouldn’t impact his frigid heart anyway. He has already demostrated his level of compassion for these poor soldiers:
“As you can possibly see, I have an injury myself — not here at the hospital, but in combat with a cedar. I eventually won. The cedar gave me a little scratch. As a matter of fact, the Colonel asked if I needed first aid when she first saw me. I was able to avoid any major surgical operations here, but thanks for your compassion, Colonel.”
–George W. Bush, after visiting with wounded veterans from the Amputee Care Center of Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 1, 2006
June 24th, 2007 at 5:12 pmOld men start wars. Young men fight them. Families relive them…day in and day out.
June 24th, 2007 at 5:12 pm#7 It is a damn shame that his sacrifice is for nothing.
Comment by RUCerious
June 24th, 2007 at 5:15 pmMay his sacrifice teach us a lesson to never be duped again. The next duping could be nuclear. God love him so. We all must weep for all the injured and fallen. May we become more discerning, more alert to lies, and more punishing of those who do.
leftcoast, well spake.
June 24th, 2007 at 5:16 pmThis poor man sounds just like the soldier in Johnny Got His Gun…one of the best anti-war novels I’ve ever read
June 24th, 2007 at 5:18 pmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Got_His_Gun
The army will probably deny his disability and classify his situation as a pre-existing condition, i.e., NO disability….. on orders from the White House to hold down costs. Rush Limpdick will claim that he is faking it. Them motherf*ckers!
June 24th, 2007 at 5:19 pmUncle Ho- better still; the PDRL Board will find that he stepped into the bullet.
June 24th, 2007 at 5:22 pmI worked with Medical Boards for half of my military career. It’s a battle to get these guys what they need!
June 24th, 2007 at 5:23 pm#9 LC; sadly true, and vets can’t forget either. I went to a parade with my then wife some years back, the local national guard had a humvee, and shooting blanks from their M-16s. Every shot made me jump & wince.
June 24th, 2007 at 5:31 pmProudly sponsored by the Bush oil-nazi crime family: spreading torture, treason and tyranny in Afghanistan, Iraq and the US of A…
June 24th, 2007 at 5:40 pmNotice, his family is going broke covering medical costs they should not have to pay…….
The army will probably deny his disability and classify his situation as a pre-existing condition, i.e., NO disability….. comment by Uncle Ho
Like they did with my sis. Denying her medical now because her diabetes , they claim, is not because she lost most her pancreas to schrapnel. She is still appealing. Meanwhile my Bro-in-Law had to reinlist to cover her medical.
These threads really get to me, especially since one of my sons and Bro-in-law are still in Iraq.
June 24th, 2007 at 5:53 pmWayne, that’s truly horrible, I don’t know what to say. You and your family will be in my thoughts.
June 24th, 2007 at 5:58 pmI worked with Medical Boards for half of my military career. It’s a battle to get these guys what they need!
Comment by leftcoast
Most the review boards the last 6 years seem to battle to DENY them what they need. Just saying….
June 24th, 2007 at 5:59 pmWayne; I’m sorry about your sis, it’s just that I’ve read recently that there is a wholesale move by the military to deny disablilty to vets by taking the position that claims are “from pre-existing conditions” to save money. I can’t but help being verrrry cynical. I pray for your son & in-law.
June 24th, 2007 at 6:01 pmWayne, the same goes for me. I hope everything works out in the long run (preferably the short run). It insults me when I hear the Bush people, especially Bush himself, claim that they “support the troops.” That is an absolute lie, and their actions (or inactions) prove it.
Best wishes to you and yours, and your family in combat.
June 24th, 2007 at 6:02 pmMy heart goes out to you, Wayne, and all the families of the people serving our country. While I don’t agree with this war and never have, yours and families like yours live with this day in and day out and I will support each one of them now and when they return. They should have EVERYTHING they need and not have to fight for it. They should never have to fight again.
Godspeed to your son and BIL.
June 24th, 2007 at 6:02 pmIf this were a noble effort, it would still be heartbreaking to learn of this young man and his family.
June 24th, 2007 at 6:06 pmTo realize that this war was begun on deception, for reasons of greed, by immoral and corrupt individuals in power, aided and abetted by their numerous minions and with the assistance of the press, makes this an intolerable, unacceptable and unforgiveable crime.
Add to that, the frustrating future of incessant red tape involved in obtaining what medical care he may need is not only insulting and immoral, it is unconscionable.
But, the lying cowardly, Bush, will thank him for his service were he ever to face the young soldier, and then go out to ride his bike.
Yes, if the Decider paid him a visit, he might change his stance on Stem-Cell Research and give the poor guy some hope. However, I suppose that would be out of the question. Can’t be havin no hope round here.
June 24th, 2007 at 6:07 pmWayne, you and yours are in my thoughts too.
June 24th, 2007 at 6:07 pmComment by Jane E. Schneider
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Thanks, all of you. ( and any I missed )
June 24th, 2007 at 6:12 pmWayne, my thoughts are with you and your family too.
June 24th, 2007 at 6:33 pmJust as an aside, do you ever get the urge to frag?
It insults me when I hear the Bush people, especially Bush himself, claim that they “support the troops.†That is an absolute lie, and their actions (or inactions) prove it.
Comment by Wayne A. Schneider
I agree.
I have been active in veteran protests, since I am a veteran ( and war protests )
Anyone who supports Bush and the neocons do NOT support the troops. We are all but cannon fodder to them, to be discarded when no longer of use.
June 24th, 2007 at 6:33 pmJust as an aside, do you ever get the urge to frag?
Comment by RUCerious
I am a veteran Ranger (82nd Airborne) and they are real close to getting me that pissed off.
June 24th, 2007 at 6:36 pmWow. It’s the live-action version of “Johnny Got His Gun”.
How horrible.
It makes Tony Snow’s bullshit about Bush “Being on the front lines, right there with the troops” all that much more bile-generating.
June 24th, 2007 at 6:36 pmEver read “Johnny Got His Gun” by Dalton Trumbo? This is that book, come to life.
No doubt the Deciderer sleeps well at night.
June 24th, 2007 at 6:41 pmThat post brought tears to my eyes. I can’t imagine what these injured soldiers and their families are going through. I take for granted the fact that my husband and son are home safe with me. I pray for our soldiers every day.
June 24th, 2007 at 6:48 pmThe Dubya quote in #8 turned my stomach. What a bastard.
How odd, not a single troll here, talking that psuedo-toughguy crap they love so much. They’re as big a bunch of cowards as their beloved Nitwit-In-Chief.
June 24th, 2007 at 7:01 pm?????? what’s worse, having your child, husband, wife bro, sis, dying in iraq or comming home as a vegetable, either way this war suck’s, and no family should have too suffer for the lie’s of men who dont have to worry about their kid’s being killed in iraq.
June 24th, 2007 at 7:03 pmGov’t struggles to cope with wounded GIs
More than 800 of them have lost an arm, a leg, fingers or toes. More than 100 are blind. Dozens need tubes and machines to keep them alive. Hundreds are disfigured by burns, and thousands have brain injuries and mangled minds.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070623/ap_on_he_me/coming_home_wounded;_ylt=AiWG4AFeZCFwRFjdvdXJcRKs0NUE
June 24th, 2007 at 7:04 pmIf you didn’t do so in high school, go read “Johnny Got His Gun”. Although old, it is very powerful, and reflects what this poor man must be going through.
PEACE
June 24th, 2007 at 7:06 pmEvery 9.62 days, there is an equivalent amount of casualties in Iraq & Afghanistan as September 11th.
http://www.prosebeforehos.com/government_employee/06/22/
June 24th, 2007 at 7:18 pmI have been active in veteran protests, since I am a veteran ( and war protests )
Comment by Wayne — June 24, 2007 @ 6:33 pm
Our local Democrats organized a peace march through the village earlier this month. Jane and I, though registered unaffiliated, marched with them. They plan to do this every month until the troops are home, and we intend to be there with them. (Neither of us is visible in any of the pictures they posted.)
Keep exercising your constitutional right to free speech, to free assemby, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances, or it won’t mean anything to any of us.
June 24th, 2007 at 7:23 pmThe Decider Guy sleeps well at night, his mama can’t let her “beautiful mind” be discouraged by sights of body bags, his wife is confused about the number of bombings that happen on a daily basis, his Veep is slowly distroying our country, his daughters party wherever they so please……..and his daddy weeps in public.
June 24th, 2007 at 8:03 pmAnd he sacrificed his life—-for what?
June 24th, 2007 at 8:12 pmThe misery and isolation that this young man has suffered is unfathomable. For everyday he suffers darkness and alone, anyone who ever lied to get us into this occupation should spend 10 just like it; in a hole in darkness, naked with just enough food to stay alive. Impeachment and execution is not enough. They must be made to suffer as they have made others suffer. Only then will the new Pharohs of this Mammon Age think twice before doing this again.
June 24th, 2007 at 8:18 pmWe should burn the homes of the war profiteers as well as every glass and steel cathedral they built with the profits of death. They should be dragged into the streets and blinded and branded with a $ upon their foreheads, for that is the sign of their true God. Their assets should be seized and given to all who have suffered from this tragedy. They must be left penniless on the streets; for that is their ultimate hell. Left to beg and understand what mercy is and to feel the denial of that mercy.
Only then can we remind them that we are not to be used. We are not to be lied to. And our will shall never again be underestimated. Nor our wrath. We shall great their 30k Blackwater troops with 3 million of our own. We will take back what is ours; our respect and humanity. And God forgive any who stand in our way.
#39 Comment by Wayne A. Schneider — June 24, 2007 @ 7:23 pm
Was there supposed to be a link on the word “Democrats”?
Because if there was, it did not work.
June 24th, 2007 at 8:22 pmMay his arms fold themselves around you and family and give all comfort.
Comment by leftcoast
Where was “He” when Iraqi children were bombed? Where was “He” when this kid was shot? Where was “He” when men decided to bomb civilians with WP, OA, DU or Napalm? Every three seconds a person die of starvation in this planet. Im not trying to hijack the thread, Im just pissed.
Sorry, but it is really hard to convince others that God exist when we have this.
June 24th, 2007 at 8:39 pmGod is the ideal of decency and the persistance of hope when there is nothing else.
At least that is what I think about it.
God has also been and will always be, until his presence is no longer required, a call to arms and a reason for revolt.
All things to all men.
June 24th, 2007 at 8:52 pmSorry, but it is really hard to convince others that God exist when we have this.
Comment by Juan C — June 24, 2007 @ 8:39 pm
I’m with ya Juan. It’s the unnecessary suffering that makes any form of a benevolent god utterly impossible for me as well.
People use their gods as an excuse too often to do nothing, because they believe that he will instead. Frustrating as hell.
June 24th, 2007 at 9:15 pmGod is the ideal of decency and the persistance of hope when there is nothing else.
I’m not being antagonistic, but here’s my issue with that. We blame all the bad things on humans, and then give all the good stuff away to gods. Is it then any wonder that we think so little of ourselves or our fellow human beings? Is it then any wonder that we go around killing so many innocent people in the name of these gods?
If we are good, then in times of need, we have ourselves and one another – not silent deities that do nothing. Personally, I don’t get why anyone wouldn’t choose good humans instead…
God has also been and will always be, until his presence is no longer required, a call to arms and a reason for revolt.
Comment by churchdog — June 24, 2007 @ 8:52 pm
I think it’s the opposite – that “his presence” is why people fight in the first place.
June 24th, 2007 at 9:20 pm“I’m looking for God, I’m looking for God.
Have you seen Him?
Is He hiding from us like a child?”
- The Madman
June 24th, 2007 at 9:24 pmStop calling Iraq a “war”. It’s an OCCUPATION!!! As long as you continue to refer to Iraq as a war, you give it legitimacy as part of the GWOT. IT”S NOT!
June 24th, 2007 at 9:33 pm“He lies flat, unseeing eyes fixed on the ceiling, tubes and machines feeding him, breathing for him, keeping him alive. He cannot walk or talk, but he can grimace and cry. And he is fully aware of what has happened to him.â€
Oh my f*cking god, this poor child is fully aware of everything he is going through.
I don’t even have the words…..
June 24th, 2007 at 9:54 pmI think it’s the opposite – that “his presence†is why people fight in the first place.
Comment by unbelievable — June 24, 2007 @ 9:20 pm
I can’t figure out the italics.
call to arms? thats what I am saying. Until he is no longer needed? Hopefully we will outgrow the need to teach our children that the universe was “created” for one religous sect or the other.
I agree with you, unbelievable. However, If I could convince 3 million christians or jews or muslims or whatever, to march on this White House, I would become a true believer in a flash.
All things to all men. Especially tyrants. Like me.
June 24th, 2007 at 9:54 pmIn December 2003, he went home, to Manassas Park, Virginia, where his parents, Joseph Sr. and Eva, quit their jobs to care for him.
“All our savings, all our money, was just emptied … the 401(k)s, everything,” said Joseph Briseno, who took a new job a year and a half ago to make ends meet.
June 24th, 2007 at 10:11 pmThis is Bush’s war on us.
I can’t figure out the italics.
If you type (without the spaces I’ve added so that it appears) at the beginning of what you want to be in italics, and at the end of the text, it will put everything in between in italics.
call to arms? thats what I am saying. Until he is no longer needed? Hopefully we will outgrow the need to teach our children that the universe was “created†for one religous sect or the other.
I wonder if it’s about evolving that part of our brains beyond the ability to believe in non-realities , since that would be an improvement… :D
I agree with you, unbelievable.
Sorry, I misunderstood…
However, If I could convince 3 million christians or jews or muslims or whatever, to march on this White House, I would become a true believer in a flash.
Don’t hold your breath…
All things to all men. Especially tyrants. Like me.
Comment by churchdog — June 24, 2007 @ 9:54 pm
I agree until those men try to force their things on others….
June 24th, 2007 at 10:18 pmMy italics formats disappeared… Ugh…
Just click on the linking word ‘tags’ directly above the comment box, and it will give you all the codes for italics and other formatting methods…
June 24th, 2007 at 10:20 pmMaybe there’s information about other methods of communication at this link.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/319702_noangel17.html?source=mypi
How did Helen Keller learn to communicate?
June 24th, 2007 at 10:22 pm“Johnny Got His Gun” written in 1938 is this soldier’s story. A truly moving story of a man who lost his face and his limbs. Blind, deaf, and dumb, he was going mad with a desire to comunicate with the hands that touched him and bathed him. All who visited him believed him mad as he tried again and again in vain to communicate.
A fasinating expose’ on the horrors of war and the tragic trail of broken lives left behind.
This book was widely read during the Viet Nam Confilict (it wasn’t allowed to be called a war, because Congress hadn’t authorized a war).
I have been surprised not to hear that the newest “War Generation” had not encountered this classic anti-war story written by Dalton Trumbo. Brilliantly timeless, ever poignant.
June 24th, 2007 at 10:47 pm(I thank you)
Did that work?
June 24th, 2007 at 10:54 pmI am an idiot
June 24th, 2007 at 10:55 pmAPRIL 25, 2007: Laura Bush: “No one suffers more than their President and I do.†[NBC, 4/25/2007]
June 24th, 2007 at 11:18 pmJohnny Got His Gun (1971)
June 25th, 2007 at 12:37 am[or one by metallica if u prefer]
 â€Why should we hear about body bags and deaths,” Barbara Bush said on ABC’s “Good Morning America” on March 18, 2003. “Oh, I mean, it’s not relevant. So why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that?”
http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0429-11.htm
June 25th, 2007 at 12:39 amâ€Why should we hear about body bags and deaths,†Barbara Bush said on ABC’s “Good Morning America†on March 18, 2003. “Oh, I mean, it’s not relevant. So why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that?â€
Ah, yes, the woman who thought the Katrina victims taking shelter in the Astrodome had it pretty good. Is it any wonder she raised such a twisted son? I recommend “Bush on the Couch” for anyone who can’t understand how Bush could be so cold-hearted.
June 25th, 2007 at 12:42 amStil not a single troll on this thread. Not onlly will they not go fight in the war they love so dearly, they don’t even have the balls the good Lord gave a gopher to go take a good look at the aftermath.
Anyone know what the title “Naked Lunch” means?
William Burroughs got it from Jack Kerouac. Jack said it was his way of describing the way people want their steaks, but they don’t want to go to the slaughterhouse to see the steak being made. They want justice, but they don’t want to see the criminal being fried.
It’s what’s on the end of your fork that you really don’t want to take a good, close look at.
June 25th, 2007 at 12:50 amThey want justice, but they don’t want to see the criminal being fried.
I believe that if more people actually witnessed an execution, there would less support for its use. They won’t totally eliminate it, because there will always be those who “break the record” for the most heinous crime in history. But they wouldn’t clamor for it so much.
Just my opinion.
June 25th, 2007 at 12:58 amJust my opinion.
Comment by Wayne A. Schneider
You know how you really, really stop wars?
Make “leaders” and generals fight, hand to hand, and make eat what they kill.
June 25th, 2007 at 1:36 amReading about this soldier; his absolute, no hope, devastating inuries and what his family endures, and their loss, makes me want to puke. This soldier took a effing bullet to the back of his head in Bagdhad for what? For this administration’s lies? Where the phouck is his care? Right, his care is at the loss of his parents’ belongings, that’s where. Yeah, support the troops, Bushie.
Oh, I get it. It’s a pre-existing condition; he was like this when he went in and passed the exam. That’s how they sleep at night.
The baby killers are running the show and vetoeing any stem cell research chance the injured might have.
June 25th, 2007 at 3:24 amWe can blame Dubyah, as well we should, but who voted for him? This is also on America, we LET THIS HAPPEN. And by not doing anything, WE ARE LETTING THIS CONTINUE.
June 25th, 2007 at 8:09 amThis country is sick and I am amazed at how easily we give up, and have given up our young people. The president pointed a finger at the big bad boogey-man and said “Boo!”…and America didn’t ask any questions, no one asked why, it just laid down and said, “Take our rights, take our children, just protect us”.
It’s almost 6 years later and we still don’t know exactly why or for what reason this poor young man gave his life.
We should ALL feel ashamed.
#12 ~ Johnny Got his Gun – it was required reading in high school. A fearless book, one you don’t forget.
June 25th, 2007 at 8:44 amSome of the anger here is directed at God and people who believe in God.
Though I will make no claim to know or understand God intimately, I have for my part attempted intimacy through prayer, meditation, and reflection. I think the anger here is misplaced. I often read posts where all the faults with our nation at laid at the feet of God. It is not God but men who drop bombs on innocent Iraqis. It is not God but man who exploits and suppresses. Sometimes man does these things in the name of God, but that simply is a cover to justify irrational actions, and often times these men do not really believe in God at all. God is not the cause of the wars, the exploitation, the hate, or the suffering. Man has always manipulated religious or spiritual beliefs to suppress and control. Since the beginning of history “religious” leaders have derived wealth and power from their position. Yet, their actions don’t prove that there is no God, though they do cast doubt of his/her/its existence, justifiably so. The problem with religion is that men claim to fully understand the heart, mind, and the essence of God. Religion tries to pin him down and to impose certain boundaries of what he/she/it is or isn’t, can or can’t do, and then these men seek to impose their particular brand of beliefs on others, in my opinion, for control and profit. Religion has not allowed our understanding of God to evolve. Dogma established centuries and even millennia ago still shape man’s understanding of God today.
For my part, I chose to believe in God, and when I commune with him, I do so as a son to his father, though I also believe that he is a force in the universe that can’t be defined by gender. Yet because of my Catholic upbringing, I choose to view God through that prism for my personal spirituality. I believe that Jesus was perhaps Godly, though I doubt he was God incarnate, and I choose to believe that Jesus is real because in my darkest moments, now long passed, I hit rock bottom, and I broke down crying. On my knees I begged for strength, for guidance, for salvation from Jesus. From that moment on, I have made better decisions in my life, overcome many character flaws, and found some semblance of internal peace. It’s possible that my brain tricked me into experiencing that spiritual moment, and it may well be that I turned my life around all by myself, but it all coincides with my desperation and plea for help and so I choose to believe in a merciful, though imperfect, fallible, mysterious God.
June 25th, 2007 at 11:20 amFor the record, it’s my belief that no religion can save a man. I believe that the mystery of the universe which I call God is for all people and all life forms for that matter, and that the only litmus tests for his love his embrace is to not harm others. I don’t know that there is an after life, so I live life to the fullest. Yet I try to live a decent and moral life, not out of fear, not because the bible, which I don’t believe is the literal truth, demands it, and certainly not because any religion or religious figure asks it of me. I believe that I know what is right and what is wrong, so I live my life by the golden rule, whether there is a heaven or not.
As for the soldier who suffers so grievously, and for all who suffer, I say only that it deeply pains me to know of your suffering. It pains me more that your suffering is caused by injustice, greed, deceit, and evil. It infuriates me that the people responsible for your suffering are free men, able to enjoy their bodies, their health, and their families without so much as giving your suffering a second thought. My heart goes out to you and your families.
For the rest of us, when the fuck are we going to do what is necessary to bring about real change? Blogging here is a good start, but we need to do much more than that.
June 25th, 2007 at 11:20 amIf it was me, the first thing I would try to communicate is “please put a pillow over my face”. How can anyone suppose that this poor young man will ever have anything like a real life again?
June 25th, 2007 at 12:18 pmIt is one thing to be disabled in this extreme if you are born that way, but to go from normal to that has to be a hideous experience.
Even if the stem cell research was legal (gee, thanks George), there are no guarantees he would ever get back any mobility or senses.
This is a living hell.
I recently heard: “God provides minimal protection and maximum support.” Hope that helps someone.
June 25th, 2007 at 1:04 pmTo Missymarple
I have that book in my personal library. I bought a copy of it for my oldest grandson. It broke my heart. So many years ago, so many wars and still it goes on. If people would read this book it might help them stand up and speak out against this travesty that Bush et al have given us.
June 25th, 2007 at 1:28 pmSo where’s Bill Kristol and Joe Lieberwhore? Why aren’t they there praying for this guy and helping the family at least deal with the financial problems caused by this vet’s injuries? No doubt they’re stashing their consultant money in the Caymans because god forbid Hadassah’s BigPharma whore money should be taxed and god forbid Bill Kristol’s War Profiteer money should go anybody but himself. This guy is in Florida – where are Mel Martinez and war enabler Bill Nelson?How come they’re not running to help this guy? How come they’re not next to him for photo ops. Ooops I forgot a mute blind vent dependent quadraplegic wouldn’t make for a very good cheerleading photo op for the war now would it?
June 25th, 2007 at 4:25 pmWe need to keep talking about the shabby way our troops and veterans are still being treated by bushco. Read some of the heartbreaking posts on Military Week Forums online and Epluribus Media has a series on the unbelievably cold way troops are being denied the benefits and medical care they earned. Epluribus also has a page of very good information on help for these soldiers and their families.
June 26th, 2007 at 8:13 amIt is a crying shame our soldiers are being treated this way. Why is it that this family is having to pay for this young man’s care?. They have already sacrificed enough. This young man has no quality of life anymore nor does his family. At the very least he should receive 24 hour nursing without his family going broke. First Walter Reed and now this. Where does it end?
June 26th, 2007 at 10:17 pmHey guys, i just wanted to know what nationality Joseph Briseno is? He looks like a spik, but im not sure. Thanks!
June 30th, 2007 at 10:39 pm