Memorial Day Message To Veterans: Government Considers You the Enemy

Memorial Day Message To Veterans: Government Considers You the Enemy

by Kurt Nimmo | Infowars.com | May 26, 2014

Veterans are props to be rolled out on Memorial Day as homage is paid to the state and its endless wars Earlier today, Obama appeared at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery for a photo op. From The Washington Post: Obama, aided by a soldier in uniform, rested the large wreath on a stand a few minutes after 11 a.m.

Monday. The president adjusted the wreath, stepped back and bowed his head in silence for a few moments. Afterward, an Army bugler played taps.

Later he appeared at the cemetery’s Memorial Amphitheater to read from a script. “We’re in a pivotal moment. Our troops are coming home. By the end of this year, our war in Afghanistan will finally come to an end,” he recited.

“These Americans have done their duty. They ask nothing more than that our country does ours, for now and the decades to come,” Obama said.

But, as the VA scandal and countless other examples reveal, the government considers veterans as little more than third class citizens, props to be rolled out on Memorial Day as homage is ritually paid to the state and its endless wars.

The booboisie, as H. L. Mencken described the forever gullible and easily bamboozled American public, were practically knocking down the gates to get in to witness this annual worship of state violence:

Before the ceremony, a large number of people were turned away from the cemetery’s entrances by security personnel who said that the event was at capacity.

When the government is not praising veterans for their “service” in foreign wars of conquest and other illegal activity driven primarily by the financial elite – see Smedley Butler, below – it spends a lot of time demonizing veterans as enemies of the state:

War is a Racket by Smedley Butler VIDEO BELOW http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3_EXqJ8f-0

The Va Scandal Is Just The Tip Of The Military Abuse Iceberg

by Ron Paul | Infowars.com | May 26, 2014

Has anyone in the Administration or Congress ever considered that interventionism itself might be the real problem?

President Obama held a press conference last week to express his outrage over reports that the Veterans Administration was routinely delaying treatment to veterans, with some veterans even dying while on alleged secret waiting lists. The president said that, “if these allegations prove to be true, it is dishonorable, it is disgraceful, and I will not tolerate it, period.” He vowed that, together with Congress, he would “make sure we’re doing right by our veterans across the board.”

The president is right to be upset over the mistreatment of US military veterans, especially those who return home with so many physical and mental injuries. Veterans should not be abused when they seek the treatment promised them when they enlisted. But his outrage over military abuse is selective. He ignores the most egregious abuse of the US armed forces: sending them off to fight, become maimed, and die in endless conflicts overseas that have no connection to US national security.

It is ironic that the same week the president condemned the alleged mistreatment of veterans by the VA, he announced that he was sending 80 armed troops to Chad to help look for a group of girls kidnapped by the Nigerian Islamist organization Boko Haram. Is there any mistreatment worse than sending the US military into a violent and unstable part of the world to conduct a search operation that is in no way connected to the defense of the United States?

As Judge Andrew Napolitano said last week, “Feeling sorry for somebody is not a sufficient basis for sending American men and women into harm’s way.”

We are naturally upset over reports that Nigerian girls have been kidnapped by this armed Islamist organization. Unfortunately, cruel and unjust acts are committed worldwide on a regular basis. What the media is not reporting about this terrible situation, however, is that it was US interventionism itself that strengthened Boko Haram, and inadvertently may have even helped the kidnappers commit their crime.

Back in early 2012, just months after the US-led attack on Libya overthrew Gaddafi and plunged the country into chaos, the UN issued a report warning about the proliferation of weapons from that bombed out country. UN investigators found — eight months before the attack that killed the US ambassador in Benghazi — that, “Some of the weapons … could be sold to terrorist groups like al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, Boko Haram or other criminal organizations.”

The US, NATO, and the UN are guilty of creating the unrest currently engulfing much of northern Africa, as they all pushed lies to promote an attack on Libya that destabilized the region. Now the president is launching an intervention in Chad and Nigeria to solve the problems created by his own intervention in Libya. This pattern is the same in places like Ukraine, where the US-backed coup in February has led to chaos and unrest that leads to even more intervention, including NATO’s saberrattling on the Russian border. Has anyone in the Administration or Congress ever considered that interventionism itself might be the real problem?

As Americans celebrate the Memorial Day holiday, we should remember that though the VA’s alleged abuse and neglect of US veterans is scandalous, the worse abuse comes from a president and a compliant Congress that send the US military to cause harm and be harmed overseas in undeclared, unnecessary, and illegal interventions. The best way to honor the US military is to honor the Constitution, and to keep in mind the wise advice of our Founding Fathers to avoid all foreign interventionism.

War is a Racket by Smedley Butler VIDEO BELOW http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3_EXqJ8f-0

VA Cuts D-Day Veteran’s Benefits To $6 A Month

by Fox News May 26, 2014 On this Memorial Day weekend, World War II veteran Joseph Teson is thinking about his fallen comrades – and his personal finances.

Teson, a D-Day survivor, told NewsChannel 13 the federal government has reduced his veterans benefits to just $6 per month in order to recoup an overpayment.

"I don't know how they did it, but they did it," Teson, 89, said Saturday. "I didn't say nothing. I just let it go. Everybody else complained but me."

Teson said he used to receive about $300.00 per month in veterans benefits, about a third of which he donated to a number of veterans groups.

Then, in 2013, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) notified Teson by mail that his "entitlement to compensation and pension benefits had changed," resulting in an overpayment to him of $3,090.

"Since you are currently receiving VA benefits, we plan to withhold those benefits until the amount you were overpaid is recouped," the VA said in a letter dated June 9, 2013.

Teson’s daughter, Tami, called the toll-free number listed on the letter. She said no one was able to explain how -- or for how long -- the overpayment occurred. And she said her father never noticed it.

Teson said the VA eventually reduced his monthly benefits to $6. He showed NewsChannel 13 several 2014 bank statements showing the single-digit deposits.

"They're taking money from my father, and he deserves (the money)," said Teson’s son, Michael. "He fought in the war for it. They're giving him $6 per month. He can't live on that."

Reached on Saturday evening, VA spokeswoman Meagan Lutz said the department wants to ensure that all veterans are receiving the benefits to which they are legally entitled.

"We are presently looking into the specifics of Mr. Teson’s case and will be reaching out to him to

clarify the details of his changes in benefits," Lutz said. "Thank you for bringing this issue to our attention."

Lutz added that she is not aware of any widespread system error that would have caused a change in Teson’s benefits, or the overpayment on his account.

For now, Teson and his wife of 67 years, Rose, are getting by on pension and social security benefits, and help from their children. Teson is also selling his coin collection to make up the shortfall.

"What can I do?" he asked, referencing the VA. "They’re bigger than me, so I’ve got to go along with them."

VETERAN PROFILE: JOSEPH TESON Joseph Teson was born on February 11, 1925. Better known as Bob (his middle name) or "Teso," he enlisted in the U.S. Navy at the age of 17 and served in World War II. During the D-Day invasion of June 6, 1944, Teson served aboard a landing craft transporting ammunition, tanks, and troops to Omaha Beach and Utah Beach under heavy fire.

"It was no picnic," Teson said, recalling the barrage of German gunfire. He spent the next four years in Europe, supporting Allied operations.

After returning home from the war, Teson worked at a block factory, a bakery, a radiator plant, and a car dealership before starting a 22-year career at the Watervliet Arsenal.

Teson worked from midnight to 8:00 a.m. at the Arsenal, then "daylighted" as a maintenance custodian at St. Brigid’s Church in Watervliet.

Teson also owned and operated two auto body shops. One of them, Schuyler Auto Body, is still in the family today. His son owns the business now.

He and Rose have seven children, 19 grandchildren, and 18 great-grandchildren. One grandson, Jay, served in the Navy. A great-grandson, Nicholas, is currently serving in the Navy.

Teson’s uncle, Pat Simmons, was a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox during the 1928 and 1929 baseball seasons. During that time, Simmons introduced young Teson to Yankee great Babe Ruth.

Teson, no more than 5 years old, didn’t believe he was meeting the real Sultan of Swat. "I looked at him and said, 'You’re not Babe Ruth, you son of a bitch,'" he recalled. Ruth doubled over with laughter.

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