another View-Veterans Day

Another View-Veterans Day
Paula J. Caplan of public policy program at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government writes about listening to Veterans stories. Listening has to be to hear without judgment. “Every night, I hear the woman scream” as the first thought is shooting an innocent woman. Shooting before he knew the Iraq woman was wired with dynamite, she could have been innocent. Every war or conflict is the same. In the Vietnam Conflict I killed what appeared to be a 10-yr old VC to get my M-16 back and escape. I was about 17 at the time and looked about 10-yr-old. I was American Advisor on Convoys delivering supplies to friendly camps in the bush of Cambodia. US Citizens call me a baby killer each time but I still see the face every night of that child as the conflict rages from the pride I feel as a US Marine and the need to believe that I fit into this civilized society. I write about the mental and physical disabilities that I received during my MC tour. The editors censor my opinion and others label me a danger for what I have done. The NH government and the Veterans Administration are the leading accusers just behind the editors. It is not just to listen to one or two Veterans but also to hear what we are saying and not leave the ones that you do not like out. Public policy programs have to be based on every individual equally. Lets talk about the homeless veteran or the one that slipped through the cracks with mental or physical disabilities that do not show up for years after discharge. Lets talk about the VA red flag of harm and shame the VA uses to isolate and reject those in most need to be heard. Lets talk about the in conceivable stories told that the civilized society sees as in human act embellished to make the story line. Lets talk about the hardest part of waiting for the mission to start, as thinking about this is the last of life for me. WE have another view here but no one wants to hear for to censor protects the public from some one so dangerous.
NH Governor Lynch wants to honor veterans but he rejects this veteran with out cause. This governor charged me money to speak with him of government wrongs, took my money and never talked to me. I volunteered my time to help a family take a case to the NH Supreme Court. The NH SC refused to hear the case of a brother judge/attorney criminally violate the Constitution to intentionally harm US citizens. My freedom is taken and the VA stops my medical care for combat related disabilities. Public Policy Programs at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government must learn how to hear what they are listening to. My wife that has lived with me for over thirty years tells me “it has been so long forgetting what happen must have happen by now”. The truth is my flashbacks today are just as real as the day they happen. I just cannot talk about them for the harm public policy will do to me as they perceive the danger my life is to this civilized society.
Veterans Day is so civilized society can believe public policy programs are doing everything they can but they still do not hear as they listen.
Peter Macdonald Sgt USMC Semper fi