Jan
14
I really hate war
And not just for all the usual reasons like the immorality of the concept, and the fact that it’s about a bunch of rich guys sending in poor guys to be fodder over their resource wars. But lately war seems to be REALLY messing up the soldiers. Sure there was a lot of depression after the 20th century wars and there’s been some nasty shit happen after the Agent Orange revoltingness. But I just don’t get why it’s so much worse for the US troops in Iraq. Aside from the fact that 1/4 of them have either committed/attempted or seriously contemplated suicide since returning home. Get this story:
A survey of public records by the New York Times found at least 121 US veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan committed a killing or were charged with one after returning home from duty. The Times said the numbers indicated a nearly 90 per cent increase in homicides involving active-duty military personnel and new veterans for the period since 2001. Saying its research was likely to have uncovered only the minimum number of such cases, the Times found three-quarters of the veterans charged were still in the military at the time of the killings, more than half of which involved guns. Twenty-five of the offenders faced murder, manslaughter or homicide charges for fatal car crashes resulting from drunken, reckless or suicidal driving. The Times said about one-third of the victims were spouses, girlfriends, children or other relatives, while 25 per cent were fellow service members.
Jesus.
I have a cross stitch on this subject in process. Stay tuned.
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