Disturbing shit, bring them HOME already

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  • Last-12-Exit
    Last-12-Exit Charleston, SC Posts: 8,661
    Such a ridiculous statistic. And we continue to send troops to war.
  • badbrains
    badbrains Posts: 10,255
    Last-12-Exit said:

    Such a ridiculous statistic. And we continue to send troops to war.

    Exactly, and people want us to keep sending them to the Middle East.
  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,604
    These guys go over there and see terrible shit, they take part in terrible shit, they come home and can't find a job, maybe their spouse hasn't been loyal or moved on...and they're fucked. And that is just taking into account the ones who come back physically whole. By all accounts Walter Reed is a nightmare.

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  • callen
    callen Posts: 6,388
    "We need a surge. It'll work this time promise". as I buy more Raytheon.
    10-18-2000 Houston, 04-06-2003 Houston, 6-25-2003 Toronto, 10-8-2004 Kissimmee, 9-4-2005 Calgary, 12-3-05 Sao Paulo, 7-2-2006 Denver, 7-22-06 Gorge, 7-23-2006 Gorge, 9-13-2006 Bern, 6-22-2008 DC, 6-24-2008 MSG, 6-25-2008 MSG
  • Bentleyspop
    Bentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 11,524
    edited July 2015
    Walter Reed AMC was shut down in 2011.
    The research center moved out to Bethesda Naval.

    The number of suicides is a total of all active duty, reserve, discharged, retired etc. The number includes vets from wars going all the way back to WWII. Not just people who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan. Therefore the older a vet is the less likely the suicide is war related and more likely the reasons for suicide are like the general population.

    Either way it sucks
  • badbrains
    badbrains Posts: 10,255
    Bentleyspop said:

    Walter Reed AMC was shut down in 2011.
    The research center moved out to Bethesda Naval.

    The number of suicides is a total of all active duty, reserve, discharged, retired etc. The number includes vets from wars going all the way back to WWII. Not just people who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan. Therefore the older a vet is the less likely the suicide is war related and more likely the reasons for suicide are like the general population.

    Either way it sucks

    I just read a couple of articles and that's not what they're saying. They're saying that most of the suicides are happening to these soldiers in the prime of their lives. The DoD came out with a flawed report only using national guards men, didn't combine all military divisions. Either way, the reports are fucked up and twisted to benefit whoevers writing it. But we need to bring them back.
  • callen
    callen Posts: 6,388
    edited July 2015
    There are billions of reasons not to wage war yet we still have those that profit so they will lobby. Sad.
    10-18-2000 Houston, 04-06-2003 Houston, 6-25-2003 Toronto, 10-8-2004 Kissimmee, 9-4-2005 Calgary, 12-3-05 Sao Paulo, 7-2-2006 Denver, 7-22-06 Gorge, 7-23-2006 Gorge, 9-13-2006 Bern, 6-22-2008 DC, 6-24-2008 MSG, 6-25-2008 MSG
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    callen said:

    There are billions of reasons not to wage war yet we still have those that profit so they will lobby. Sad.

    It is sad, and it's happening before our eyes.
    Trying to scuttle the diplomatic route to slowing Iran's nuclear program leaves only military intervention as an option, which is exactly what they want of course.
    The saddest part is the untold number of otherwise intelligent people who join the cause because their worldview is susceptible to manipulation.
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