Scott Horton Interviews Joshua Kors
September 23rd, 2008Joshua Kors, reporter for The Nation, discusses the unbelievable lengths to which the U.S. government will go in order to avoid and delay providing medical and disability benefits to the soldiers who fight their wars for them, the stories of Spc. Town and Sgt. Jimenez, the unbelievable numbers of men coming home Shell Shocked and committing suicide (17 per day on average, and already a greater number than those killed during the Iraq occupation), the methods by which the VA hides the true numbers, private, and local and state government attempts to fill the gap, serious attempts by some in congress to try to do close some of the VA’s loopholes and some of the various veterans groups working to help each other out.
MP3 here. (43:55)
Joshua Kors is an investigative reporter for The Nation, where he covers military and veterans’ issues. He is the winner of the National Magazine Award, George Polk Award, IRE Award, National Headliner Award, Casey Medal and the Mental Health Media Award. He was also a finalist for the Michael Kelly Award, Tom Renner Award, Harvard’s Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting, and the American Bar Association’s Silver Gavel Award.
September 24th, 2008 at 6:22 am
What’s this crap about a “hero” card ? Why should I pay to repair the injuries of a criminal who gets hurt during the commission of a crime?
September 24th, 2008 at 8:06 am
I agree with Mr. Jones. Supporting the troops is why the troops are STILL just following orders and committing atrocities. And beginning October 1 they’ll be pointing their guns at their fellow American citizens. This is one of the few times I don’t listen to the interview.
September 24th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
I started to listen to this interview, because Mr. Horten always does a good job until this idiot Mr. Kors, what a heroe card, they are not heroes they are murderers. They were not conscripted they were volunteers, they signed up to murder innoncent woman and children. I hope those bastasrds commit suicide or live the rest of their miserable lives out in misery.
September 25th, 2008 at 1:58 am
Here is an excerpt from a Kurt Vonnegut piece, “The Blood of Dresden”
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/book_extracts/article4038905.ece
“Men, up to now you’ve been good, clean, American boys with an American’s love for sportsmanship and fair play. We’re here to change that.
“Our job is to make you the meanest, dirtiest bunch of scrappers in the history of the world. From now on, you can forget the Marquess of Queensberry rules and every other set of rules. Anything and everything goes.
“Never hit a man above the belt when you can kick him below it. Make the bastard scream. Kill him any way you can. Kill, kill, kill – do you understand?”
It is the job of the US military to transform common, decent, people into murderers without compassion for their victims. All for the corporate and financial elite who seek to dominate the world for their gain. The US military are their enforcers…
AW.com is clueless in many respects as to who it really is that is causing war on the planet. If you are unable to identify your enemy then the batlle is lost before you start.
September 25th, 2008 at 11:26 am
By the way, former fed chairman Greenspan has said the country cannot afford McCain´s tax cuts for the super-wealthy.
Sarah Palin will make abortion illegal even in case of rape or incest.
She believes in the “end times” and has said she´s expecting Jesus to return in her lifetime. Science tells us The Earth could be twice as old, i.e. about 9 billion years.
And McCain wants to destroy Social Security and make more wars. Palin said, “We may need to go to war with Russia”. That´s NOT an obtion !
PS: Governor Sarah Palin cut funding for special needs children by 60 %.
September 28th, 2008 at 6:57 am
Thank you commentators. We need to bring all the troops home to the USA.
September 28th, 2008 at 9:10 am
Where’s the mystery over why neglect of veteran’s “isn’t a story” in the corporate media? Such a story would reflect badly in the military, ergo it does not exist.