frank i hear and believe i understand your anger, i think many of us here understand. my own experience with va employees runs the gamut much as it does with other industries, they include clueless, highly motivated, downright mean, extremely helpful, and all over the place. i don't believe it serves us as a group to lump all va employees into one rotten group, then we become like the folks who group all veterans into one group drug addicted, alcholic, worthless individuals. neither is correct.
i can look back and see both wonderful va folks and worthless va folks. it's a mix. take a breath and relax a bit let's not turn this thread into anger filled posts that go nowhere and just piss folks off.
personally i would not want to go into combat with a rapist or a killer. being led into battle by a homocidal manic seems counterproductive to my desire to stay alive and kill the other bastards before they kill us. but that's just me.