Artie:

The Paul Franz article DOES mention the 60% disability. Which article did not mention the disability?
I thought Paul actually does a nice job in the article. It does seem touching. Paul doesn't seem to mention the comments from the mothers, and Iraq Veterans Against the War calling for immediate withdrawal from Iraq and Afghanistan.
The reason that Bill is being called back to Iraq with a 60% disability is that the troops are completely exhausted. That doesn't seem to come out in the story.
The many horrific comments from winter Soldier are also not included.

I attended both the rally and the town hall meeting this past Saturday. To hear the stories of the family and the two soldiers were heartbreaking at best. This is what war does to people - those killed and those left behind to deal with the horrifying things they saw. What surprises me is that only the newspapers seem to care about any of this. Where was our local TV station? I find it very interesting that to see a news story on a local event as important as this, one needs to turn to a different station rather than our own local one. If anyone who spoke at this event is reading this, please know that you made a difference on Saturday. One of the soldiers said something like don't let your efforts end here, this family is one that will not. Thank you to all the speakers for being so strong to be able to stand up and tell your stories.