Originally Posted by ptquilts

I think the Quilts for Kids and Quilts for Soldiers are great, but I have to confess my head wants to explode when I see film of soldiers in the Army hospitals with the same kind of injuries soldiers were getting during the Civil War - limbs missing etc. I want to go to DC and knock some politicians heads together and say "Haven't we learned anything in the last 150 years? Isn't there a better way than sacrificing our young people?"