Veterans? Meh

Sure, our men and women in uniform have been asked to sacrifice life and limb. Sometimes giving both. But what's really important?

If you said Baby Jeebus, then give yourself a pat on the back!

From DownWithTyranny!:

Meet Daniel Cooper, Department of Veterans Affairs Undersecretary for Benefits. Problem with Cooper is that the veterans weren't getting their benefits... lots of them. He wasn't plagiarizing; he was proselytizing... for his evangelical cult.

Cooper has been under fire for using his office to proselytize for evangelical Christianity ever since he appeared in a 2004 fundraising video for Christian Embassy, which carries out missionary work among the Washington elite as part of the Campus Crusade for Christ.

In the video, Cooper says of his Bible study, "It's not really about carving out time, it really is a matter of saying what is important. And since that's more important than doing the job-- the job's going to be there, whether I'm there or not."

Cooper's declaration inflamed veterans who saw the number of veterans waiting for the Veterans Administration (VA) to decide their disability claims balloon to 400,000 on his watch, with the average veteran waiting six months for a decision from the government.

..."Cooper was in charge of and responsible for massive injustice for hundreds of thousands of veterans who slipped through the cracks waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting for disability benefits," said Paul Sullivan, executive director of the group Veterans for Common Sense.

"He was fully aware that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were putting a burden on VA in 2004 and he did nothing," Sullivan added. "In 2005, he was told again. He did nothing. In 2006, he was told again. He did nothing. In 2007, when the Walter Reed scandal broke, all Cooper could do was say that he would make some marginal changes."

Cooper has resigned.

via DownWithTyranny!