Putting war above the health of troops
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Re “Treating war’s ‘silent injury,’ ” April 11
While President Bush ponders vetoing the recently passed multibillion-dollar war funding bill, young veterans such as Marine Lance Cpl. Brian Vargas, 20, and Lance Cpl. Keene Sherburne, 20, are being treated for brain trauma because of injuries suffered in Iraq.
Now, two-thirds out of 31 of their fellow Marines being treated for the same injury have been declared fit to return to active duty.
I ask Bush and other members of his administration the following question: Is it in the interest of the United States to risk losing a generation to the debilitating effects of brain trauma for the sake of a misguided vision of global democracy and freedom? Sadly, I fear that I already have my answer.
JETHRO SINGER
Santa Monica
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