DISABLED VET CALLED BACK UP TO GO TO IRAQ

The Bush administration and the mainstream media, especially FOX NEWS, keep lying to the American public that there are plenty of new recruits for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

This is not the case and this story is proof postitive the Bush administraton and news outfits like FOX NEWS are lying to the American public.

Injured Rochester, NY veteran is called back up to serve in the military

Jamie Raymond was injured in Afghanistan four years ago and now a local disabled veteran is being ordered to go back. But, he tells us he is not fully recovered. he will travel to Georgia next month for a physical and mental exam to see if he can be deployed to Iraq. Raymond was injured when a rocket hit him in 2004. He lost hearing in one ear, had knee surgery.

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Posted at: 04/14/2008 04:56:50 PMUpdated at: 04/14/2008 05:20:09 PM

By: Catherine Varnum

He was injured in Afghanistan four years ago and now a local disabled veteran is being ordered to go back. But, he tells us he is not fully recovered
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His name is Jamie Raymond and he will travel to Georgia next month for a physical and mental exam to see if he can be deployed to Iraq.

Raymond was injured when a rocket hit him in 2004. He lost hearing in one ear, had knee surgery and has moved on with his life and is close to graduating from college. But, now that may not happen.

He was shocked when he got the paperwork. Raymond said, “I thought it was a joke.” But it wasn't a joke. Raymond got a letter from the military saying he was being called back up to serve.

“I didn't know what to feel. I heard people called back up but never after four years being out of the military.”

Raymond was honorably discharged in 2004. He's been getting therapy ever since at the veterans hospital in Buffalo.

“The last couple months of my tour I spent at the hospital with the doctor trying to fix my knee and get my hearing corrected.” But even with a bad knee and no hearing in his left ear, he has to report to Georgia in May. “As long as I can carry a gun and walk 12 miles my butt is still going overseas.”

When Raymond got home he went to college, and started leading a normal life. He's due to graduate in December from the University at Buffalo. This has just added extra stress to upcoming finals. Finals that are scheduled the week he's due in Georgia.

“Making me run around and go to school and worry about the normal life I’ve been living for four years.”

The only explanation Raymond has been able to get for the letter is that the veterans’ computer system isn't matching up with the active soldiers system.

“You put trust into the military, serve your country and come back and almost like you didn't do enough go back in.”

If Raymond doesn't show up next month, the army will consider him dishonorably discharged from the military which will hurt him trying to get jobs in the future. That's why he says he will go and be the soldier he was trained to be.