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there are many other considerations to what some refer to as an epidemic of military suicides, to wit; mental instability that was there to begin with, PTSD that some never recover from, joblessness, unemployment, divorce, homelessness are likely causes to some taking their own lives.
Some may be distraught over serious war wounds, physical incapacity, inadequate medical attention from the VA, or a feeling of being discarded after serving in the military.
Maybe there's a realization the wars we fight are not meant to bring the people in war zones "freedom and democracy", that the "enemy" we fight keeps morphing in this "war on terror", from al Qaeda, Taliban, ISIS, terrorists, insurgents, Sunni's, Shiite's and when does it all end? We've been in Afghanistan 14 years, the war in Iraq was supposed to have ended in 2011 when all the troops were sent home. What are we doing back in there? Maybe it was all for nothing!
Maybe none of the above fits the reality many veterans faced who ended their own lives.
I don't know. I Do know it is unforgivable to put the military in harm's way unnecessarily. The VietNam war killed over 50,000 Americans and probably over a million Vietnamese, many innocents all based on the false flag Tonkin Gulf incident. The more recent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are perfect examples of putting the military in harm's way unnecessarily; certainly not in defense of the country.
As to those who authorized these wars? They are war criminals and though they may never face prosecution for these crimes they bear full responsibility for all who lost their lives in these unnecessary conflicts, including those who took their own lives after they left the military.
there are many other considerations to what some refer to as an epidemic of military suicides, to wit; mental instability that was there to begin with, PTSD that some never recover from, joblessness, unemployment, divorce, homelessness are likely causes to some taking their own lives.
Some may be distraught over serious war wounds, physical incapacity, inadequate medical attention from the VA, or a feeling of being discarded after serving in the military.
Maybe there's a realization the wars we fight are not meant to bring the people in war zones "freedom and democracy", that the "enemy" we fight keeps morphing in this "war on terror", from al Qaeda, Taliban, ISIS, terrorists, insurgents, Sunni's, Shiite's and when does it all end? We've been in Afghanistan 14 years, the war in Iraq was supposed to have ended in 2011 when all the troops were sent home. What are we doing back in there? Maybe it was all for nothing!
Maybe none of the above fits the reality many veterans faced who ended their own lives.
I don't know. I Do know it is unforgivable to put the military in harm's way unnecessarily. The VietNam war killed over 50,000 Americans and probably over a million Vietnamese, many innocents all based on the false flag Tonkin Gulf incident. The more recent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are perfect examples of putting the military in harm's way unnecessarily; certainly not in defense of the country.
As to those who authorized these wars? They are war criminals and though they may never face prosecution for these crimes they bear full responsibility for all who lost their lives in these unnecessary conflicts, including those who took their own lives after they left the military.