Along the Lines of your Point, -I Did a Few Weeks Ago See a Really Disturbing News Show Report, -About the Often Sorry State of Some of our VA Hospitals! Very Concerning, Disturbing, and Sad. "It's in the Enough to Make your Blood Boil!" Category as Well! Not just the Insulting Neglect! But the Corruption and it's Like in the System as Well! I Can Only Sadly Shake my Head!, -in Both Sadness and Anger!

Now Perhaps these News Shows somewhat Effectively Exaggerate Things! But if Even a Fraction of our VA Hospitals and Medical Facilities are Like That!, -Then How Very Sad! How Very Insulting to these Veterans! And How Truly "Angerative"!

This is Not to say that there may Not also be as Much as Exceptional, Outstanding, VA Facilities and Personnel as Well! But Sadly and Gallingly, -This Apparently Isn't Everywhere within this System!

So Back to your Point, -Yes we're to Remember Them and Honor Them in These Sorts of Ways Too! Beyond Only Memorials, -However Well Made and Thought Out. But Along with Such, -There Should be Such Memorials as Well. Of course Between the Two, -Your Priority Should perhaps Come First. If it Should Really Come Down to such a Choice Between the Two. But to the Extent we can Have Them, -the Appropriate Upstanding Memorials Shouldn't be Foregone either.

And while Some would Agree with you, -that in the Reasons you Give, -a "Standard Memorial" is a Lousy Memorial, -Others Will Not! Some Others, -Including some Active Serving and Veterans, -Would Differ with That, and be Offended by It! I at Least Somewhat Am. But I Understand the Reason you Gave, -and Where you are Coming From too. You Arrive at Such from a "Pro-Veteran" Standpoint, as Do I. But Just a Note of Caution on How Others may Feel towards your Use of the Term "Lousy", in This Matter and Context.

Some of this VA System Neglect and Abuse may be Occurring Anyway, -Even if there Weren't a 40 % Cutback as you Mention. [color:"black"] [/color] [email]Chris Kavanaugh[/email]