Thursday, November 11, 2010
Veterans day
Hi everyone. I just want to share with you guys some feelings that I have about Veterans day. In my country there is not a holiday like this. But when I first heard about it I thought that if people celebrate Veterans day in the US, veterans must have a especial treatment due to the sacrifices they made in wars. However, I've also heard that veterans don't have a good life today. For instance, they don't have access to a good medical plan or health insurance. I guess it must be so terrible because they need to visit doctors very often. Most of them have mutilations and mental disorders such as depression or hallucinations. It would be a shame that veterans would be threatened in this country. I hope that mistreat is not happening in the US and anywhere in the world.
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You're right, Paula. Veterans are not treated that well in the U.S. despite our honoring of them on Veteran's Day. Most of us don't even think of them then. We use the day to shop. I think the fact that recent U.S. wars have been unpopular has led to the lack of respect shown veterans.
ReplyDeleteSame as me Paula, in my country we dont have a holiday for veterans we dont even have veterans lol. I used to watch documentaries, movies i also study war in history and i see what soldiers have been going through. They risk their life just to serve their nation,everybody shoold of be proud of them.They deserve more than being neglected. In the US i know how they care about elderly people they should of have the same care for the heros wicth are the veterans. If more than half of the population think the way we think Paula,there will be many changes in veterans lives.
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