Oh Cindy, Cindy, Cindy why don't you just nod your head and keep your mouth shut?
puremagic
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PTSD is more complicated than popping a valium for muscle spasms or pouring a glass of scotch to relieve a migraine.
I'm going to say this because the next time you think know - maybe you will pretend you don't and keep your mouth shut.
John McCain broke during his years in capture, not because he wasn't a patriot. He broke because he couldn't mentally or physically bear the constant torture of his captures. If you think your husband doesn't suffer from PTSD just because he attended the Naval Academy you are dead wrong. Hell, he just referred to people as his fellow prisoners. Horrors don't leave a person, people learn how to control the memories of those horrors.
Yes, the majority of our soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan today did not attend the Naval Academy. Three to six months of basic training and these soldiers were sent to kill face-to-face, they get see up close the dismembered bodies of their fellow soldiers and the enemy. They get to see up close the bodies of women and children after a suicide bombing. They get to see the daily reminder of war when they look at their missing arms and legs. They suffer from PTSD not because they didn't attend the Naval Academy, they suffer from PTSD because they've witness and participated in the horrors of war. They suffer from PTSD because these Soldiers have performed extended tours of duty in this war.
We have vets from every war, all over the U.S. who still can't talk about details of their war experiences without breaking down. We have vets all over the U.S. who still have nightmares. We have vets all over the U.S. who can't function normally because of flashbacks. They continue to suffer from PTSD because idiots like YOU believe it is not a problem. They continue to suffer from PTSD because our leaders know that it would be too costly and would deplete our existing manpower making it impossible to maintain surge levels without increasing the extended tours of duty.
Hey Cindy, do what everyone else does, pray for your son and all our soldiers to come home safe and sound. You don't even have to move your lips.
I'm going to say this because the next time you think know - maybe you will pretend you don't and keep your mouth shut.
John McCain broke during his years in capture, not because he wasn't a patriot. He broke because he couldn't mentally or physically bear the constant torture of his captures. If you think your husband doesn't suffer from PTSD just because he attended the Naval Academy you are dead wrong. Hell, he just referred to people as his fellow prisoners. Horrors don't leave a person, people learn how to control the memories of those horrors.
Yes, the majority of our soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan today did not attend the Naval Academy. Three to six months of basic training and these soldiers were sent to kill face-to-face, they get see up close the dismembered bodies of their fellow soldiers and the enemy. They get to see up close the bodies of women and children after a suicide bombing. They get to see the daily reminder of war when they look at their missing arms and legs. They suffer from PTSD not because they didn't attend the Naval Academy, they suffer from PTSD because they've witness and participated in the horrors of war. They suffer from PTSD because these Soldiers have performed extended tours of duty in this war.
We have vets from every war, all over the U.S. who still can't talk about details of their war experiences without breaking down. We have vets all over the U.S. who still have nightmares. We have vets all over the U.S. who can't function normally because of flashbacks. They continue to suffer from PTSD because idiots like YOU believe it is not a problem. They continue to suffer from PTSD because our leaders know that it would be too costly and would deplete our existing manpower making it impossible to maintain surge levels without increasing the extended tours of duty.
Hey Cindy, do what everyone else does, pray for your son and all our soldiers to come home safe and sound. You don't even have to move your lips.
SIN EATERS--We take the moral excrement we find in this equation and we bury it down deep inside of us so that the rest of our case can stay pure. That is the job. We are morally indefensible and absolutely necessary.
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