Current Events > Alt Right Joe Rogan talks with Alt Right Jon Stewart

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https://youtu.be/SXOUCRLW2UI

Jon Stewart is trying to help Iraq/Afghanistan war veteran affected by toxic exposure to burn pits, so that they dont have to keep begging to Congress for help the same way 9/11 first responders & Vietnam veterans have had to.

Quite frankly, this is not just about burn pits its about the way we go to war as a country, Stewart said. We always have money to make war. We need to always have money to take care of what happens to people who are selfless enough, patriotic enough, to wage those wars on our behalf.

Since troops have returned from deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, thousands have developed chronic illnesses such as cancer, skin diseases, and respiratory illnesses believed to be related to burn pit exposure. A 2019 report from the Wounded Warrior Project said about 70% of 134,000 veterans surveyed reported exposure to hazardous chemicals or substances. Some servicemembers and their families have also gotten sick from exposure to water and chemical contamination on military bases.

The most important piece in all this [is] the people on the ground who go through it, and those who have to advocate for them the families, the caregivers, said Stewart, whose father was a veteran of the Korean War. Their voices get lost in a lot of this legislative process. My goal with this is to make sure their voices are the ones that are amplified, because they are going to be the voices that are most effective. No one can tell your stories like you can.

https://www.moaa.org/content/publications-and-media/news-articles/2020-news-articles/jon-stewart-vows-to-help-veterans-affected-by-burn-pit-exposure/

I believe that in the way that oil and gas companies have to kick a 10 percent contingency on spills, I believe that war profiteers should kick in a 10 percent contingency plan so that Dereck and the VSOs and the frontline workers and veterans don't have to always come hat in hand begging for money because their brothers and sisters are still dying from the things that they saw and faced in downrange war zones, Stewart said.

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/2020/06/16/make-them-pay-jon-stewart-wants-war-profiteers-to-pay-for-burn-pit-exposures/

Burn Pits
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burn_pit


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