HALF A TRILLION IS NOT ENOUGH

Togo West, Army Sec. and Veteran advisor
under Clinton, chaired a "review" of our
veteran out-patient facilities. (e.g. Walter
Reed). Conclusion: there are more Walter
Reeds in the Military Medical Corps. The
blame: Not enough money going to the
Pentagon.

Novel consequence, eh? When haven't we
seen or read the troubles within our army
can be bettered by more gelt? Well they
muscled their way to almost 1/2 trillion
now and that doesn't include the " sup-
plementals" foe Iraq and Afghanistan.How
much is enough for what Eisenhower told
us to be wary of: The Military Industrial
Complex. That's 1/2 trillion a year.

Perhaps we can get a Commander in Chief
who will tell the Pentagon to stop funding
the Star Wars project which doesn't work
and has eaten up hundreds of billions. Or
someone with active gonads can tell them
close a few hundred military basis around
the world. We have 600 or so outside the
the continental U.S. That may help keep
facilities habitable for our wounded.