Death of Thomas Vincent Young

From Wikipedia - In March 2013, Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges published an interview with Young about his worldview and circumstances.[1] Young was in hospice care at the time of the interview, which was conducted at his home in Kansas City. Although he has contemplated suicide on various occasions, he decided "to go on hospice care, to stop feeding and fade away. This way, instead of committing the conventional suicide and I am out of the picture, people have a way to stop by or call and say their goodbyes."[1] He later changed his mind, saying "I want to spend as much time as possible with my wife, and no decent son wants his obituary to read that he was survived by his mother."[2]
That same month, on the tenth anniversary of the Iraq War, Truthdig published "The Last Letter"[6] by Young directed towards George W. Bush and Dick Cheney. In the letter, Young accuses Bush and Cheney of war crimes; says that millions of Americans and Iraqis know "who you [Bush and Cheney] are and what you have done"; condemns "the inadequate and often inept care provided by the Veterans Administration" saying: "I have, like many other disabled veterans, come to realize that our mental and physical wounds are of no interest to you, perhaps of no interest to any politician. We were used. We were betrayed. And we have been abandoned." He further states his belief that he and other veterans were viewed as expendable by the Bush Administration and ends by expressing hope that U.S. leaders will have the courage to apologize for the damage wrought by the war.[6] LINK