Accept or alienate our vets?

The majority of soldiers who have been killed in Iraq are in their twenties.
Those who survive have to deal with debilitating injures such as Post Traumatic Stress disorder, loss of limb, deformities, depression, other permamanent physical injuries, and permanent mental injuries. When the soldiers returned from Vietnam they were dealt the same blows. Will we welcome our vets this time around and will we simply cuss them out when they beg for money on the streets?
We all know the federal government is being run by incompetents, but that is the way it has always been and will continue to be....
It is up to us to take care of our own and hopefully remind others who wish to join the military.
Memorials like the one picture here are a stark reminder and should be permanent.