The Headlines Read:

[Guest guest]

The Headlines Read:

" Gulf War veterans suffered brain damage after chemical exposure, study

says "

" Gulf War Illnesses `Real' "

" Brain scans indicate damage in veterans with Gulf War illness "

" Gulf War, Brain Damage Linked "

" Brain Damage in Gulf War Vets "

" The war over gulf war syndrome "

It is this observer's take, that once again, we are on the receiving end

of even more of government funded and well orchestrated " GWS

revelation du jour "

Before anybody jumps down my throat. No help needed there, as I can

manage

to get my own feet in there from time to time. I only wish to present

some thoughts

for us all to consider.

It is not my desire to infer that dangerous chemicals are to be ignored

nor that they

do not have gross negative impact on living things. Nor is it my position

that troops,

who were deployed during the Gulf War, could not be worse off as a result

of being

exposed to chemicals, during their deployment.

But it is my intent, to remind us all that nowhere, in all of this recent

flurry of " news " ,

does it account for those who never deployed, but yet they are ill with

GWS.

The recent stories talk of using state-of-the-art PET-SPECT MR

radiological

equipment to determine some GW Vets are suffering brain damage. The

recognition of some GW Era Vets (non-deployed & deployed) having brain

damage, some extremely severe, has been observed by multiple GWS

researchers for 3, 4 or more years, even without the PET-SPECT

technology.

There are also many GW Era Vets and family members who know of the brain

damage close-up and personal.

If there is a news story in this latest barrage, it is that newer

diagnostic technology

is useful in recognizing the extent of some of the long term effects of

GWS.

I am hopeful, for one of these days soon, when we will see;

The Headlines Read:

" Common Denominator Found In Deployed & Non-Deployed GWS ILL "

Maybe then, proper Diagnostics and Treatments will begin, for those still

surviving. Maybe then, government will stop playing with human life.

Maybe.

Sincerely,

Rick Shuster

Viet Nam Era Vet

Father of 3 GW Era Vets

Hope.......rgs