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To: Skywatcher who wrote (59630)	12/2/2002 10:29:24 PM
From: aladin	Respond to of 281500

Chris, 'the VA won't treat', 'Bush and Cheney's political war' Far reaching stuff. If you want to get 'political' the war (Gulf War) occurred under Bush's father, but the first reports of Gulf War Syndrome didn't appear until well into Clinton's administration. Why are you not throwing stones there? His guys denied status and benefits! My own father died from a military related cause - 9 months after retiring. The VA treated it as an unrelated case until it was proven (2 years of paperwork) - this is standard government policy in all administrations. New diseases/syndromes are much tougher and will always face a test. For the guys and their families its always terrible, but having lived through it - I don't see another way. There are credible researchers in and out of Government who see no link to a systemic problem. This doesn't mean its the creation of cranks either - its simply unproven - or at least not generally accepted by the medical community. John