w8liftinglady
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Sat Jul-28-07 07:26 PM
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OK the DoD reports 116 suicides by US troops since 2003 |
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Edited on Sat Jul-28-07 07:26 PM by w8liftinglady
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Sat Jul-28-07 07:28 PM
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1. How are they counting them? |
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Meaning, is this the number of suicides that take place in the field or are the ones that happen after the soldiers return added to the mix?
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w8liftinglady
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Sat Jul-28-07 07:34 PM
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3. that's my question...as I watch my son slowly kill himself |
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Sat Jul-28-07 08:10 PM
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It isn't right. It just isn't.
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w8liftinglady
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Sat Jul-28-07 08:16 PM
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5. Thanks.It means a lot that others understand |
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Sat Jul-28-07 07:29 PM
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2. Broken international law, abrogated the constitution, |
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understated everything from the number of dead and injured to the amount of the deficit, violated international treaties and re-started the arms race, sent young men to war under-equipped and young women to war to be raped and abused.
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w8liftinglady
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Sat Jul-28-07 09:21 PM
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6. allow me to kick for more info from vets |
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Sun Jul-29-07 05:17 AM
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7. Like everything else bush-2 does, |
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I suspect that number is way underreported because it's bad.
They don't take care of PTSD, one of the major killers. Current estimates are around 30% of the 1.6 million vets who have served in Afghanistan and Iraq have PTSD to some degree.
They don't track numbers of people injured by depleted uranium. According to DOD, depleted uranium is harmless.
They don't track the numbers of veterans who are homeless. It's around 30% of an estimated 975,000 daily.
They don't want you to know.
Hey, you go to war with the Army you have, not the one you want. :sarcasm:
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Sun Jul-29-07 05:20 AM
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8. I fucking hate these war pigs. |
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