I think it's time we..stop, children!
What's that sound?  
Everybody look what's goin' down...

The sound, in the first case, was the cry of a man in pain.  His cry screamed out as Desmond bared his soul in the words he wrote to the Veterans Appeal and Review Board. (see them yourselves, in the first story...)

What's that sound?
Pat-pat-pat...the sound of men and women dusting their hands of this anguished vet, "because Mr. Desmond was no longer in the military."

What's that sound?
The sound of silence, because "to date, no inquiries have been called."  

"Veterans Affairs Minister Kent Hehr says he is committed to striking a “new tone” with Canada’s veterans..."  Mr. Minister--you know pain and suffering. Time to strike that "tone."