BUSH'S ONGOING WAR AGAINST VETERANS

This is the unforgiveable coverup by the Cheny/Bush administration who have not only refused to honor the dead but refuse to acknowledge the seriously sick and maimed  ~ especially by radio-active weapons ( code name Depleted Uranium )

The Post also writes " Given the magnitude of claims that emerged from the Gulf War and the longstanding refusal to acknowledge by the problem of illnesses caused by U.S. weapons themselves, especially depleted uranium, on the part of the U.S. government (as well as on the part of the U.S. mainstream media ) it is not difficult to foresee that a fiscal problem of truly gargantuan problems will soon be emerging." 

The Sunday herald reports that  an expert report warning that the long-term health of Iraq’s civilian population would be endangered by British and US depleted uranium (DU) weapons has been kept secret. The study by three leading radiation scientists cautioned that children and adults could contract cancer after breathing in dust containing DU, which is radioactive and chemically toxic. But it was blocked from publication by the World Health Organisation (WHO), which employed the main author, Dr Keith Baverstock, as a senior radiation advisor. He alleges that it was deliberately suppressed, though this is denied by WHO.

Once again, this is an unforgivable coverup which is finally making its way to the floor of Congress and the media.  

And the Post quotes Jerry Lewis, the Republican chairman of the House Appropriations Committee Chairman, as saying that the use of the bad budget numbers "borders on stupidity" -- or worse. " Somebody was hoping they could hide the ball for a while and talk about it later, and frankly in this arena you can't afford to do that," Lewis said.  

In that regard,  here is a short editorial from The Toledo Blade ~ deep in Bush country ~ which should make the White House extremely nervous.