In 2008, Robyn Carr wrote a novel entitled VIRGIN RIVER CHRISTMAS. In it, she portrayed a vet from the second Iraq war begun during the G. W. Bush administration. The description of the isolation and lack of services for most of the vets returned home was appalling.
That reminded me of how the VA had been cut by the GOP Congress and no provisions had been made for casualties and returning vets with PTSD and other hidden maladies. Whan Defense Secretary Rumsfeld was asked about the lousy equipment our troops had in Iraq, he said, “We go to war with what we have.”
I wrote a novel at the time that also challenged the war and the way it was being waged. I’d be glad to send you an e-copy by email if you care to go back to those old days that MAGA remembers as “good.”
