Reply #107: I had a friend who was attached to the Rangers in Vietnam. [View All]

[alfredo]

His experience with them was similar. You don't talk to them, and it may not be a good idea to make eye contact with them. they have been trained to do the dirty work, and have seen and done things that has changed their lives forever. They can be very scary, but they are our children, our loved ones, our fellow citizens. We need to help them reintegrate into society.

What happens to these people when they come home? Will they ever be at peace?

I worked with a former spook.(at the Post Office) We had a kinship because we belonged to the same organization, but he was into some really scary shit. I never saw my targets, but he did. He worked Eastern Europe and then later, Panama. He did face to face work there. He was also a sniper.

He dealt with his past by drinking. He was so traumatized that he was a danger to us all. His anger was so apparent. I was waiting for the day he snapped One day he threw down his work yelled "fuck this" and walked out. I went to my supervisor and told him what I know about him and that I would be wary and to take precautions taken when someone is fired. I never saw him, or ever heard from him again. He never returned for his last paycheck. I am sorry he snapped, but I am glad he didn't take it out on us.