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 Vallarta Living | Veteran Affairs | October 2006 
The Cost of This War
 David Lord - PVNN
| | If we measure this war on Terror in liters of blood, what is the cost of staying the coarse in Iraq? |
The War goes on, and as we watch from Puerto Vallarta, we Americans and Canadians are told that fighting over there is the way we stop from fighting within North America. The program of keeping the terrorist at bay is a folly.
I, like tens of thousands of Veterans, would like nothing more than to be able to fight the terrorist on American soil. The Terrorist and the Taliban are fighting for the entire Middle East region, which they consider to be Muslim Holy Ground, and that is where they will fight and die for their cause.
At twelve and thirteen years of age, young men and women are dreaming of the chance to fight the Infidel. To fight for a Religion is more important than to fight for a Country. It is an honor, a holy obligation to spill blood proudly against the Infidels and their supporters.
Do we spend the tax dollars thinking it is a sufficient substitute for the blood spent by the enemy? Let's be real for a moment (even if it is sickening) about the cost of this war...
Think of blood. If we measure this war on Terror in liters of blood, what is the cost of staying the coarse in Iraq? If we measure our success by the liters of blood spilled by all - the civilians that are tortured to death, the hundreds of Iraqi soldiers and police killed by the terrorist each week, our soldiers that are blown down and lying in pools of it?
Most of the bleeding is being done by the civilians and this is because the Terrorist are as savage today as they were in the middle ages from which they got their religion. Yet President Bush spirited the one-hundred and fifty members of the Ben Laden family off American soil within twenty-four hours of the 9/11 attack.
Today, after five years of efforts, we are still unable to capture this man. Ben Laden's relatives and loved ones were protected first and foremost by the President, no American was allowed to fly home to their loved ones, but he gave free passage to Ben Laden's family. Asking why this family was protected from interrogation may lead to some very disturbing answers.
Americans, as well as people from all over the world that had family that were blown up or crushed beneath the Towers, or who willingly rode the aircraft 93 into the ground, want to know WHY? Our soldiers and Marines want to know why, I want to know why, but especially YOU should ask why this Iraq War was started in the first place and why we continue to let it drag us down.
But enough of my cheery, uplifting War commentary, hey?
Our Nation has long recognized its great debt to those veterans and their families who have suffered physical or psychological injury because they answered their Nation's call. Yet our country's institutions too often fail to provide these veterans (or their widow) the help they have earned through their dedicated service.
When your benefits claim is denied and you do not agree with the VA, use this to file your notice of disagreement:
This is a notice of disagreement (NOD) to the VA letter(s) dated [insert date]. I disagree with all the adjudicative determinations mentioned in the above referenced VA letter(s) and any enclosures thereto, except for those, if any, that I specifically state here that I do not want to appeal.
Therefore, my notice of disagreement specifically covers all the determinations made by the regional office unless specifically excluded. I also disagree with the RO's failure to adjudicate issues and claims it was required to adjudicate.
I am specifically referring to issues that I may not have discussed but which were reasonably raised by the evidence in my VA claims file or in the VA's possession that should have been inferred by the regional office.
This appeal also includes adjudicative determinations that were mis characterized by the regional office. If this appeal is not resolved favorably, please send me a Statement of the Case so that I may appeal this decision to the Board of Veterans' Appeals.
 David Lord served in Vietnam as combat Marine for 1st Battalion 26th Marines, during which time he was severely wounded. He received the Purple Heart and the Presidential Unit Citation for his actions during the war in Vietnam. In Mexico, David now represents all veterans south of the U.S. border all the way to Panama, before the V.A. and the Board of Veterans Appeals. David Lord provides service to veterans at no fee. Veterans are welcome to drop in and discuss claims/benefits to which they are entitled by law at his office located at Bayside Properties, 160 Francisca Rodriguez, tel.: 223-4424, call him at home 299-5367, on his cell: 044 (322) 205-1323, or email him at mophmx@@yahoo.com or david.lord@yahoo.com.
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