they should have been reporting. i thought the washington post did a good job with dana priest. she won the pulitzer prize when she talked about problems at walter reed. they are they re looking for trouble for veterans. it s all happening. on i m not arguing that certain, and for instance, we re on the show talking about this, but you know, again, i think a lot of veterans feel these stories aren t being covered because this isn t a new issue. i m not saying it s, for instance, on this network or this show. but pop culture are the things people talk about. it s my generation. my generation of people who didn t serve who don t even know there s a war still going on in afghanistan. and there s a huge disconnect when we come back. because there s no surprise to people there are issues at the v.a. i will say this now since you have given me the opportunity. i think it s very important for people who cover politics for a living to think occasionally about the real stakes. there s someo
they should have been reporting. i thought the washington post did a good job with dana priest. she won the pulitzer prize when she talked about problems at walter reed. they re looking for trouble for veterans. i m not arguing that certain, and for instance, we re on the show talking about this, but you know, again, i think a lot of veterans feel these stories aren t being covered because this isn t a new issue. it s not this network or this show, but pop culture are the things people talk about. it s my generation. my generation of people who didn t serve who don t even know there s a war still going on in afghanistan. and there s a huge disconnect when we come back. because there s mow surprise to people there are issues a the v.a. i will say this now since you have given me the opportunity. i think it s very important for people who cover politics for a living to think occasionally
of what they did, but at a higher rate than the general population, iraq and afghanistan veterans say the wars were not worth fighting. iraq veterans are more against the iraq war than the general population is and they would still go back and do it again. for me, i sort of feel like as a civilian, as somebody who personally didn t serve, this is something that i need to have faith in, that i need to believe that this is the way you can understand the world, but i feel like there isn t any parallel to this in the civilian world, where people say it s not worth doing but i m willing to stand up to do it and i would do it again. i think part of this goes to the fact that when a lot of civilians go up to a member of the military a uniform and say thank you for your service, they re thinking to themselves boy, this person got a raw deal. they were sent away from home for a year. they had to go there and engage in this incredibly dangerous activity. well, indeed that was true, and that is
would you do it again, given the risk, the separation from family, the stress, 89% said they would do it all over again. this group of people who really believe in what they were doing, putting aside the broader national policy debates about were these wars and the way they were conducted in the best interest of america. they felt they had a job to do. they put their hand up to serve and descend the united states. when they were called to do it, they stepped and did it. not only are iraq and afghanistan veterans saying them do it again and they are proud of what they did, but at a higher rate than the general population, iraq and afghanistan veterans say the wars were not worth fighting. iraq veterans are more against the iraq war than the general population is and they would still go back and do it again. for me, i sort of feel like as a civilian, as somebody who personally didn t serve, this is something that i need to have faith in, that i need to believe
do it again and they are proud of what they did, but at a higher rate than the general population, iraq and afghanistan veterans say the wars were not worth fighting. iraq veterans are more against the iraq war than the general population is and they would still go back and do it again. for me, i sort of feel like as a civilian, as somebody who personally didn t serve, this is something that i need to have faith in, that i need to believe that this is the way you can understand the world, but i feel like there isn t any parallel to this in the civilian world, where people say it s not worth doing but i m willing to stand up to do it and i would do it again. i think part of this goes to the fact that when a lot of civilians go up to a member of the military a uniform and say thank you for your service, they re thinking to themselves