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BravoSierra1 year, 7 months ago

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More Vietnam veterans committed suicide after the war than died during the war. This war may be worse. We'll see. Since Reagan, mental health programs have been slashed to pieces. The retun on investment for providing mental health services is 3:1 according to studies done by the American Psychological Association. But to insurance companies and elitist-social-darwinist republicans a suicide is cheaper than treatment. Only costs the government 4 cubic yards of earth and an aluminum box...a box that Halliburton probably sold to the government.
It's a shame our vets are treated so poorly by men who refused to serve and found ways to dodge combat when it was their turn years ago.

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  cowboygrandpa1 year, 7 months ago
  
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  BravoSierra:
  Very well said.
  A lot of suicides weren't even counted. They were passed off as accidents. Nobody cared that the vet was so messed up all he could do was take drugs or drink. So the accidents were just reported as fatal accidents.
  One of my friends stepped in front of a train on a stormy night.
  I talked to his wife and all she could say was he couldn't sleep at night. He couldn't communicate with those he worked with. It got to where he wouldn't even return me or our other friends call in the end.
  There is no good in this war.
  Peace my fellow brothers.
  
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