America’s wounded airlifted from medieval war in Iraq to primitive care back home

It’s bad enough that America sent brave soldiers in armor ill-suited to fight a medieval war in Iraq. That America was ill-prepared to tend their wounds when they returned home, however, is a national shame.

But this shame turned to universal shock and indignation recently – after the Washington Post published a series of investigative reports on the roach and rodent-infested Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington DC, which was reputed to be the premier caregiver for soldiers wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Walter Reed Medical Center