One of the first women soldiers to die in Iraq committed suicide.
Josh Marshall: "One of the first female soldiers to die in Iraq committed suicide, after objecting to interrogation techniques used on prisoners (via War and Piece)."
What will we do with these soldiers who come back warped by this horror? How will we deal with them? (No, you may not date my daughter...?)
Overwhelmed mental health services, homelessness, psychotic rages, murder and suicide? Is the US ready to deal with these problems? Do we know what we will be facing?
When my Navy father and his Army brother came back from W.W.II, Dad would not sleep in the same room with his brother. The latter had sleepwalking nightmares of being in combat, and was trained to use his hands if necessary to kill someone. For all his bluster, my uncle was far from being a mean man, but at times he was a dangerous man.
I am of the Vietnam War era, though I did not serve, for medical reasons (problems which afflict me to this day). My friends who did serve came back... different. Changed. By then, we had a name, PTSD, for what my uncle almost certainly suffered.
War is bad for victor and loser alike, and neither in Vietnam nor Iraq can the U.S. be called the victor. This young woman's tragic death will, regrettably, not be the last of its kind. She was killed by the war as surely as someone who was killed in the war, in combat.
How soon can America get its daughters and sons out of there?
"War is bad for victor and loser alike, and neither in Vietnam nor Iraq can the U.S. be called the victor. This young woman's tragic death will, regrettably, not be the last of its kind. She was killed by the war as surely as someone who was killed in the war, in combat."
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Oh.My.God.
Another reason why torture is horrific.
I worry about all the people who were PART of the torture process on OUR side. What must it do to their humanity?
What will we do with these soldiers who come back warped by this horror? How will we deal with them? (No, you may not date my daughter...?)
Overwhelmed mental health services, homelessness, psychotic rages, murder and suicide? Is the US ready to deal with these problems? Do we know what we will be facing?
A magnetic sticker on a SUV only goes so far...
When my Navy father and his Army brother came back from W.W.II, Dad would not sleep in the same room with his brother. The latter had sleepwalking nightmares of being in combat, and was trained to use his hands if necessary to kill someone. For all his bluster, my uncle was far from being a mean man, but at times he was a dangerous man.
I am of the Vietnam War era, though I did not serve, for medical reasons (problems which afflict me to this day). My friends who did serve came back... different. Changed. By then, we had a name, PTSD, for what my uncle almost certainly suffered.
War is bad for victor and loser alike, and neither in Vietnam nor Iraq can the U.S. be called the victor. This young woman's tragic death will, regrettably, not be the last of its kind. She was killed by the war as surely as someone who was killed in the war, in combat.
How soon can America get its daughters and sons out of there?
"War is bad for victor and loser alike, and neither in Vietnam nor Iraq can the U.S. be called the victor. This young woman's tragic death will, regrettably, not be the last of its kind. She was killed by the war as surely as someone who was killed in the war, in combat."
Nicely said, Steve. How soon, indeed.
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