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What’s behind the epidemic in US military suicides?
It’s a grim story. And as much as I’m against the US/NATO war on all things Islamic, my heart breaks when I see the stats on how many regular folks are choosing to pull the plug rather than fulfill their commitment to the military.
They are caught in a truly horrendous place. For the most part they join the military because that’s the best available option. After thirty years of offshoring jobs and screwing America’s working class our rulers have made the military look like a good option.
Like, it’s not as if you can go down to the GM plant and get a job… those days are long gone.
Nationwide there’s one place that’s hiring.
And once you’re hired, what have you got to look forward to?
Oh, maybe a tour in Afghanistan. Who was the politician who asked how do you send the last guy in to a lost war to get himself killed? I think it was John Kerry, but I could be wrong.
The deal in Afghanistan today is that we’re playing it safe. Random tours of the countryside to run over IEDs are pretty much over. Mostly it’s about training the Afghans…
So it’s a bit of a bummer that those towellers you’re training are gunning down their trainers at an unprecedented rate.
That’s got to play on your mind. As if, when you join up and get sent away from home for six or eight or ten months, there isn’t already enough playing on your mind.
I don’t have to spell it out.
The stats are there for all to see.
2012-08-16 21:58:51
Source: http://theviewfromfallingdowns.blogspot.com/2012/08/whats-behind-epidemic-in-us-military.html
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