Supporting our troops, Bush style

Yesterday NPR did a terrific story on Walter Reed Hospital's rehab program for physical and mental trauma of Iraq War Veterans. The program is apparently really innovative and gets great results. However, NPR left out one crucial detail--Walter Reed Hospital is scheduled to be closed in this current round of military base closings.

Apparently the administration's idea of "supporting the troops" has nothing to do with devoting resources to alleviating the suffering of "him who shall have borne the battle" (much less his widow and his orphan.) No, all we're supposed to do is continually reassure them that their suffering is politically and morally "worth it." That's cheap, and the administration is gambling that it will be enough to assure us a "continual supply of heroes."