ABC's Bob Woodruff's Long Road to Recovery

Daniel Trotta's piece on Reuters speaks of Bob Woodruff's struggles after the ABC newsman was injured in Iraq. Woordruff's story, along with the struggle of servicemembers, will be detailed on ABC tonight in a special named "To Iraq and Back". Woodruff, a husband and father, was in a coma for 36 days. I will definitely watch this tonight.

US Soldiers Aren't the Only Americans Dying

Thats right. Over 800 US civilians have died and more than 3,300 have been wounded in the Iraq War. They are just as important as the soldiers. They make it possible for us to send troops to train, fight, secure and police. Imagine if we had to send soldiers to cook, clean, guard and analyze intelligence as well. Respect them, love them, honor them too.

Skeletons in the Closet at Walter Reed

When someone puts their best foot forward, people forget that means something is wrong who the one left in the background. And boy is that ever the case with Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Their treatment of wounded soliders is a disgrace. But thats the Army way, pretend like everything is okay because heaven forbid a junior officer has to tell his superior he (read: his soldiers) need more help, more resources. That would be a reflection on his (or her) leadership abilities. And we wouldn't want that.