They’re just disposable shaygetzim, right? Who cares about the misery of a bunch of un-Chosen kids, as long as the occupation continues, so that the Great War to destroy all of Israel’s rivals, using US blood and treasure, may proceed as planned?

Mike Mid-City February 2:

I agree with you totally.  As I am often at a loss for words concerning their despicability.  My adult son says “they’re dirty fucks”.

I can’t think of a more precise definition.  Oh,...I can swear like a butcher, but for the most part choose not to.  Just the same, I feel my son’s accurate description, is fitting.  You know why...?  ‘Cause they ARE “dirty fucks”.

What does this administration care?As long as the American people keep buying the emptry mantra of “support the troops"which in real terms means as long as they are able to fight the psycholiogical problems of these heroes will continue to be ignored.People we must demand that those who fight in our name are treated with first class treatment wheter it be for real injuries or psychological injuries.I find it more than depressing that American soldiers are committing suicide at a high rate.These are our kids they deserve better.

Although patriotism is a granted phenomenon expected of all the soldiers of the world; volunteering themselves to die for the honour of their countries; but this phenomenon requires a just cause to support and keep them inspired. They only want to know and be convinced that their sacrifice will bring a real change in the lives of their country fellows.

Since the lives of the soldiers remain always laid on the line; but it has never been difficult for them to judge or differentiate between a just and a wrong cause.

Only the just mission motivates them to die for it; where as when it is found; that the fallacy, deception or greed of some, at the top is tending them to sacrifice for their personal reasons; it results adversely and sadly; they are demoralized beyond recovery.
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All war is always hell..

Please, yearn, pray, work, and strive, internally and externally, for Peace......
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“The Army was unprepared for the high number of suicides and cases of post-traumatic stress disorder among its troops, as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have continued far longer than anticipated. Many Army posts still do not offer enough individual counseling and some soldiers suffering psychological problems complain that they are stigmatized by commanders....”

Well, that’s one reason. Shoving people out in the field for six months and then telling them they have to stay there for another six months and even another........?!?! Will some even have spouses or lovers waiting around for them to come home after that? It affects all of their lives with far-raching consequences.

The other aspect of that is that there is NO war. Is it a politically motivated invasion for a variety of reasons which could have been avoided by accepting the normal terms of trade and international diplomacy in foreign affairs. “Theirs not to reason why, theirs but to do or die” belies the fact that these people are citizens as well as soldiers.

But that is only considering the ordinary soldiers and lower-ranking officers. At some stage, a series of military campaigns based on dishonest policies for the sake of generating business for the military’s contractors and bolstering the value of the $US by ‘gunboat diplomacy’ must attract a breed of men (and women) whose interest does not lie in the welfare of their nation but in the pleasure they can derive from command and control at others expense.

As Outraged, January 31, said “This is the sad reality of what war really is. ..”. If you want to have wars, this then is what you get. The generals and the politicians get the glory, the beer-drinkers get to shout and rave, but the soldiers come home with psychic and physical scars which they mostly never recover from - and neither do their families. Nor is there any easy chemical solution.

Simply “attaching more chaplains to deployed units” is yet another pathetic atempt to wash it all away with religion instead of the soldiers’ usual mainstay of alcohol. That, of course, is a myth which is so totally shattered with the realization that one is killing other human beings and that it could have been avoided if politicians and diplomats had really wanted to.

So that takes us back to the one area in question which people never want to adddress - if they are ever even aware of it. That is the functioning of their own minds, the reasons for always resorting to violence as a solution and the willingness to use violence as a means to an end. Justifying the consequently abominable actions they have indulged in is done through denial and refusal by both the individual and the state.

Inevitably, that leads to mental turmoil in the conscientous and the diligent and further callousness in the minds of some who are always willing to go on to using whatever weapons of mass destruction the state can obtain.  All of these bring their problems home to their families and their loved ones. They suffer as well and it distorts their thoughts and feeelings for the remainder of their own lives too.

This is the sad reality of what war really is.  The part that, all to often, people ignore.  I find it unconscionable not to think of EVERYONE who’s endured this despicable stupidity.  Once you’re there, you’re in it.  Civilians, soldiers, journalists, doctors, and the like.  What do you do.......?

This isn’t a surprise, it was a inevitability.  All the lost lives, all the lost people.  As I sit here, I know I’m lucky......but I don’t feel lucky.

We need to make it a point to fight for them in any way we can.  And even though I’ve always felt this war was a horrific lie....THEY FOUGHT FOR US.

Let’s save at least those we can.  My condolences and thanks to families and friends of these soldiers.  My God, what the hell is wrong with us.....

The Army was unprepared for the high number of suicides and cases of post-traumatic stress disorder among its troops, because they NEVER learn and don’t pay attention to..those who would advise them,the real soldiers,who are override by “Imbeciles” (like the many awol’s in this gutless administration)!