Prosthetic’s for Peace. The costs of Land Mines and War.

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Prosthetic’s for Peace. The costs of Land Mines and War.

December 13th, 2011

FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

by Ken Smith

The best idea that has come across my desk in a while went something like this:

A friend of mine called and said: We should try to find ways to advance ourselves with our allies and even our perceived enemies by sharing our knowledge of prosthetics. Why don’t we offer a program of “shared” technology training offering our slightly used or still in the package Prosthetic’s ? You should start up the “Harold Russell Foundation” and do what he did, only better.

When I asked him to explain what he meant, he said, you know, DOD and the VA have “HUGE” prosthetic and orthotic departments and excess inventories and I am sure, if they were asked nicely, they would have no problem with donating to a charity that would have to be set up (Like the Harold Russell Foundation) where used artificial arms and legs that are either out of service date but still usable, or were used by another disabled veteran but returned for reasons of fit, could be sent to our allies or even to our enemies hospitals.

Why don’t we take out of date or used devices, still good by the way, many still in their original boxes and start a program of teaching our friends and even our enemies how to equip their veterans that are in need of these kinds of devices allowing our “allies and enemies” the use of this obsolete but still serviceable gear?

I thought about my friendship with “Harold Russell”, a national veteran’s advocate for over 50 years, two-time academy award winner, double amputee and how he did just this during the 1950′s and 60′s, bringing used prosthetic’s to cold war countries. He told me stories walking on the beaches of Cape Cod of bringing gear to Romania and Poland, Albania and the Ukraine during times when those countries saw us as the enemy as they were then ruled by the Soviet Union. A veteran is a veteran is aveteran said Harold. He knew then just what we don’t know now. Veterans helping veterans is the best medicine for our allies and even for our enemies.

What would it take to have excess prosthetic and orthodic devices brought to Gaza? Or to Iran? Or to Pakistan? Or South Africa?

The issue of logistics and getting stuff from here to anywhere in the world seems like a problem, but then again, we are moving tons of equipment and gear through our Air Force, so getting little used or unused prosthetic gear into allied countries, or to a country that deals with one of our enemies doesn’t seem overwhelming.

Finding funding for a project like this (similar projects exist in the civilian world), seems to be a sticking point, said my friend. Who would want to sponsor a program like this I asked?

I can think of a half dozen. Maybe one of those Rothschild’s would take a shine to it, you know, since they all have watched the “Best Years of Our Lives”. Hmm, I am sure.

But really, could you imagine the good will we would generate by helping another veteran from other countries with our used prosthetic gear? Those who have lost an arm or a leg in fighting or an accident or a land mine and then were treated with an American artificial arm or leg? The return would be huge. We put no strings on it, just that it has to help another soldier.

Vets of other countries would be thankful, that vet’s immediate family would be thankful and his relatives would be thankful. It’s a start. It just makes too much sense, said my friend. Nobody in our State Department, USAID or DOD would even think it could be done, or they would find a way to “Study” it for so long, it wouldn’t be worth it in the end. What is missing my friend said is good ole American “common sense” and that seems to be the real sticking point. After WWII ended, MacArthur fit Japanese soldiers with prosthetic devices made in America against the advice of his staff, but he did the right thing then and we need to do the right thing now.

If you think we should provide used or excess prosthetics and orthotic devices to any of the following countries, let me know.

Pakistan
Iran
North Korea
Libya
Tunisia
Yemen
Somalia
South Africa

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My friend said that working to help alleviate the suffering of disabled veterans worldwide would go a long way in making more friends and fewer enemies for the US.

I agree