U.S. Shame 10-17-08

U.S. Shame 10-17-08
Peter Macdonald 465 Packersfalls rd Lee NH 03824 603-659-6217
Veterans, email, call and send letters to me about what they are going through since they came back from the Vietnam Conflict, Iraq and Afghanistan. The common words are emptiness, the feeling that they do not belong here, the survival instincts that a civilized society can not grasp the importance of, why did I not have the decency to die over there? This is our Veterans talking yet no one hears them. I have received well over 100 calls from WWII veterans that the demons of our U.S. military have never left. These demons are the memories of the acts we committed for the continued existence of the U.S. These are the men and women that lived in disgraceful conditions and survived horrifying situations. There is no one to talk to. The VA is made up of people that have never been there and if you do speak about it, people call you a wiener. The people sending me the questionable emails are the ones that never served that do not try to understand the confused mind of a Veteran. Our politicians, (most never served) are more worried about their pet projects than those that served. My volunteer help to this Madbury family has allowed me to understand the Shame full U.S. policy toward veterans. Veterans are a great tool for politicians to use during election time but are soon forgotten by those elected. The editor’s refuse to print my opinion does that not illustrate the point that this civilized society (U.S.) just does not want to understand the Veteran.
I remember walking down the street in Dover NH last summer and seeing a boy crying while mowing the lawn. My memory is limited because of one of my disabilities from my time in the Marine Corps. I remember talking with the boy for some time about his farther serving in our military. My last memory is leaving with never giving our names to each other but the boy’s words of thanks. He thank me for telling him of what it was like when I returned. How people treated me great but had no idea the memories that crept up over time. How most that come back are not the ones that left. We are still the same loving person just we have seen a side of live that on one should ever witness.
The Veterans administration stopped my medical care. I have four permanent life changing disabilities from my time in the Marine Corps. The news and our elected officials boycott me. I every day tell the world about how Judge Fauver criminally violated the Constitution to help the Madbury NH selectmen get revenge on local residents that the selectmen want out of Madbury NH. I do not worry about the consequences of the retribution from our government officials. I am concerned about the children we send of to become veterans “that what we did is not in vain”. I have the law and truth on my side. I continue to write these letters because more and more people across the U.S. are reading them. Most support my efforts to make the U.S. better for all. Some day the editors will wake up and smell the roses, understanding freedom is equal justice for all. The editors must relearn that the opinion of the people is what makes the U.S. a free country. I do not belong back here. Every day I question is this real. I have a strong urge to die each day. How can I die if I am dead over there and this is my punishment for being a U.S. Marine and what we do? I try to talk or answer most of the Veterans. I have no advice just a word that some one does care. These are Veterans from across the entire United States of America talking to me. Why does the U.S. not listen?
Peter Macdonald Sgt USMC Semper Fi