so 20 years ago the US dropped troops into a former military base with ample warnings of chemical and radiation contamination legible in two languages. a sizeable number of them developed cancer. The VA subsequently ignored and marginalized these cases.

>“We were doing a great thing” at K2, said retired Air Force Tech Sgt. Jeff Frisby

two trillion dollars later, this proves to be patently false or at best, arguable. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21743782

The US went down this road in Iraq with the burn pit ailments, and again before that with the chemical weapons ailments. Prior to this, Vietnam soldiers and agent orange. at some point this has to stop for recruitment sake. the internet makes it far too easy for the average highschool student to spend 10 minutes catching up on exactly how forgotten a promise the government makes to soldiers after they've fought in service of their country.