US Census data: 420,000 Gulf War I troops on
Disability, not
150,000 as cited
The fact of the troop shortage is that over half the Desert Storm army
is on disability--Papa Bush and Rumsfeld armed Saddam.
Colin Powell gave orders for our troop to ignore their field alarms and
sweat it out without protective gear. The DoD has simply lied and denied
to avoid accountability, while our Vets suffer and die.
http://www.gulfwarvetlawsuit.com/gpitts.html
http://www.disabilityworld.org/04-05_04/resources/census.shtml
US Census Facts for Features on Disability Serving Our Nation
2.4 million:
Number of veterans who receive compensation for service-related
disabilities. Of these vets 419,000 served in the Persian Gulf.
See Table 531 at:
http://www.census.gov/prod/www/statistical-abstract-03.html .
http://www.va.gov/vetdata/ProgramStatics
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