Todays diary is a fictional "chat" with Rummy and Dr Chu of the DOD and their feelings towards veterans.  I can only imagine this is their responses after seeing them "chat" with the troops, and testifying to the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Veterans Affairs Committee.

They need the military to accomplish their missions to form the world into their eyes and minds way of looking at it. Which is my firm belief that it as twisted of some of their other authorized programs from the days gone by.

Military forces are supposed to be used to deter the need for combat, they should be used as a last resort, not as the first choice. If you send men and women into harm's way, then you owe their families the decency of signing the condolence letters by hand and not a machine. And the wounded and injured veterans deserve all their benefits, not be told they are to expensive and a detriment to America's ability to fight future conflicts. If you can't afford the cost of a war, don't throw one. Injured and dead veterans have costs attached to them, besides emotional costs to the family.