Wanted: A Good Job and Some Understanding
Afghanistan veteran Jonathan Rabb, writing on the NYT’s At War blog:
Both of my parents stared hard into their dinner plates. “Everybody wants to support the troops until they have to share in the hardship and sacrifice,” I said. “Then all of a sudden that bumper sticker or that flag pin doesn’t mean anything anymore.”
The rest of the piece quite excellent as well; it’s about the very real and often overlooked difficulties that veterans have reintegrating into civilian life.