The U.S.
government has been unfaithful to its veterans of war and fails to provide the
necessary services they need, according to John Heuer, president of the
Eisenhower Chapter in North Carolina.
“The treatment
of our veterans is a great betrayal by our military and government,” Heuer told
Press TV’s U.S. Desk on Monday.
Heuer said that
as veterans age and confronted with various mental and physical ailments, they
will require more services and assistance. He added that it’s “a great tragedy”
that veterans are not getting the care they need. “The government’s services are
quite limited and there are thousands of veterans that are not getting any
services at all.”
A staggering 45
percent of the 1.6 million veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are
now seeking compensation for injuries they say are service-related.
That is more
than double the estimate of 21 percent who filed such claims after the Persian
Gulf War in the early 1990s, top government officials told The Associated
Press.
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