How they want the American People to finance the relocation of Afghan nationals while an average of 40,000 American veterans are homeless
I’ll start by saying, I am a service-connected disabled veteran who, for decades, fought the Department of Veterans Affairs to get the rating I earned due to injuries received while serving in the United States Army.
I have no respect or lost love for VA, and I would never allow them to touch me. They are a failed bureaucracy and no better than a bad socialized medicine experiment.
On September 8th, 2021, I received an email from VA asking if I wanted to support the resettlement of so-called Afghan allies and other “vulnerable” Afghan refugees. They got my attention.
I read the blog entry written by an individual name Andy Martinez. This individual identifies him or herself, as the Partnerships and Agreements advisor for VA’s Veterans Experience Office. Never heard of it.
After reading their Mission Statement, this is nothing more than federalized community organizing and has nothing to do with veteran’s care. I was actually surprised to see the Disabled American Veterans (DAV) organization, among others, listed as a resource.
I am a Life Member of the DAV, and while I was fighting the VA, they never helped me during my appeal process, but here they are offering their services to Afghans.
The VA is completely disconnected from reality. We have a daily average of 40,000 homeless veterans in the United States, but they are concerned about unvetted Afghan refugees. You can’t not make this stuff up because they are putting in out in writing.
The VA, instead of helping our own homeless veterans, they want you and me to finance the relocation of Afghan citizens. These people are insane.
I am thankful to the Afghan people who helped our troops defend “their” country. After all, it is their country, not ours. It was their responsibility to build their own nation while it was our responsibility to take out the perpetrators and masterminds of September 11th.
We don’t owe them a thing. It is up to them to rebuild their country and to establish a viable government. Unfortunately, the Biden Administration botched our withdrawal and the orderly transfer of power.
The Afghan president left the country with millions of dollars, the ones he could hand carry, and the terrorist organization known as the Taliban took over the country, again.
Still, and despite the ugly realities of war, we don’t need to bring to the United States people we don’t know anything about while our own are sleeping on the streets. It is impossible for the United States government to know all these individuals and anything to the contrary is just a flat out lie.
I will like to ask the VA Secretary the following. Why other Muslim countries in the region are not stepping in to take these refugees? They share the same cultural and religious values, so it would be a much easier transition.
For the VA to be asking me to assist in the relocation of Afghans while an estimated 40,000 American veterans go homeless on daily basis, it is an insult to those of us who served this country.
The Department of Veterans Affairs is a disgraced and they should be ashamed for even suggesting such nonsense.
Sources:
https://policyadvice.net/insurance/insights/homeless-veterans-statistics/