As many as 18 some days. Suicide, 18. Military men and women, both active and discharged.
Nearly all from the wars begun in Bush 41 and 43's regime. This is the cost of war, who would have guessed? Their have been very few days in the last 10 years when 18 died on a single day in battle. We have found the enemy, and he is us. No enemy the last 20 years has been so good at killing American GI's.
Darrel,
ReplyDeleteWe are not doing enough to prevent this; I fault the senior enlisted - Are you talking to your people? I fault the medics - Are we doing enough screening? The VA - What aren't they doing enough of.
I was going to get started with a retired weekend warrior (the fuckers give my old Sergeant ass total disdain) Sergeant Last Class
to assist at one of those Christain mega churchs in talking to the vets.
Well, this shit with me kind of put that on the back burner. I still want to do that and will do that.
This, I swear!
It is that damned important!
Sarge
People who would rush their kids out the door to fight in America's war should know in advance, we suck at taking care of our own. Celebrate those that come back dead. But come back wounded, or struggle getting aboard the gravy train and we don't want to hear it. It's been true from the revolution. It took 15 years or more before those first vets were given the land and pay they were promised. WWII was the exception, at least for white soldiers.
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