Hi Mary:
I don't doubt that. However, when I am sitting with Bobby on the street corner, talking with the guys who came back broken, I don't see many of them. Closest I came, was on last Sunday's monthly vigil. We Quakers have had a vigil for peace, every first sunday for oh about 30 years. This past sunday some guys passing by shouted, why don't you idiots do something for the homeless, do some good for a change. I said, we do help the homeless, do you? His responce was, I do it for a living, asshole... Well, there we are most of we Quakers on the line, do it for free. Now, I am sure that there are lots of folks helping homeless vets - especially in small towns where there may be less folks for peace, but here in New York, I just have not seen them. I know this is not a scientific study, but, that has been my experience. I also have heard lots of pro war songs like the song of the green berets, but that crowd see the MIAs as being held in some secret camps in Veit Nam today, not on our streets. The songs about the abandoned vets seem to support my contention that when the toy soldiers get broken, those who play war throw them away.
Please, I know I don't have to tell you, your heart often comes through in your posts, but please ask others who support the war to support the vets. Insist that the cost is not taken from their benefits and that folks who support the war, give a homeless vet thermal underwear this winter if not a place to sleep.
God bless
Larry