Combat Stress Driving Up Army Crime, Drug Abuse, Suicides

First we are told that we are running out of OIL, Then we are told that Health care cost have spiraled out of Control. Whats next building supplies ?

"Staying the course" (in Iraq) is about as dumb as "buy and hold" (for your 401K). The Democrats control the U.S government and spent $4 Trillion...but has your life gotten better? Sell the Democrats and buy Republican. They're going to "stay the course" until you give up...which means they lose too...but their professor didn't tell them that.

Our government took the position that detainees who had been tortured, even though innocent, should not be released, since their unfair treatment would incline them to becoming terrorists. Let's apply this same logic to our GI's. Since their prolonged service inclines them to post-service violence, they should be kept in uniform forever.

The are BORED! WE outsourced all of the work on our bases under the guise that it is "cheaper" for tax payers to send all of it to contractors and friends of the politicians. So our men and women fight hard when they are overseas, and live on adrenaline - and then come home and sit in barracks doing SQUAT! Give these men their dignity back - give them back the running of their base. Painting rocks, peeling potatos, being the cook, guarding the base, building and maintaining the housing, etc... were all done by the military solidiers before. It taught them new skills, and it kept them busy and their minds off of what they had gone through. And you CAN NOT tell me it is cheaper to pay some contracting company to do these tasks - when you are ALREADY paying the soldier to sit there! My son is BORED to tears when he comes home from deployment - my only relief is that he is married and therefore stays out of the more wild actions.

200 million people hooked on prescription drugs Everyone from Kindergarten to Great Grand Mom, with 1.3% of their population incarcerated, with another 1% watching them. A welfare nation with no work ethic, self centered lazy & now unemployable. I believe that when the dollar collapses & is replaced as the stanrdard of buying & selling in the world, there will be blood shed on the streets of America. Americans against Americans, Cripts against Bloods Blacks against Whites & An Army thats Unarmed & out of country, A National guard that will turn tail & run, An unprepaired unarmed people except for the outlaws. Why bother bombing America? Give them what they want, GIVE THEM MORE PILLS!!! Lunesta? Ambien? Weary Leg Syndrome, Extends, Viagra or Postivac? Late Night TV? Oh & waiting for your huvverround or you skooter from the skooter store. Give them what they want give them Bigger Shopping Malls, Big Screen TV's in their gov subsidised dwellings & Fancy cars Give them a credit line. The United States should put a white flag on the pentagon lawn. Salute your new flag America RITE AID

What did anyone expect when these poor troops are subject daily to the chance they may be blown apart? And then to have to go back to that state over and over again - no wonder suicide seems preferable! And all this because of UNPUNISHED BLATANT LIES!!!!! All these comforable old duffers in Congress send these poor prople to bleed and die and THEY DON'T CARE!! We should get out of Iraq and Afganistan immediately before one more person has to end up in bloody death or horribly maimed. The stupid corporation owned press gives us celebrity nonsense and baseball scores on its front pages!!! My god - what has happened to journalism? Who cares what starlet is now seeing another starle's husband? And how important is it in the sceme of things that we know who hit how many home runs when our troops are out there dying with no one even noticing or caring. Hideous, hideous, hideous!!!!!!!!!!

HOW MANY TIMES DO WE HAVE TO DO THE SAME THING TO REALIZE IT DOESN'T WORK! We want to win the "hearts and minds" of everyone at the expense of our soldiers and our economy. Doesn't anyone read histories of war? My late husband was a combat medic with 100% disabality. He retired after 22 years of service including 2 tours of duty in Viet Nam. He retired at age 37. When he was 50 he had his first heart attack. For the next 19 years he died a slow death from his exposure to Agent Orange which was not recognized by DOD until 1980. When he died at age 69 he had 11 Dr's trying to keep him alive. He had congestive heart failure with 5 stints, high blood pressure, diabetis 2, kidney failure, non-hodgins lympnomia and PDSD, esophagus closure and artery by-pass in both legs. I am sure I have missed something. However, Viet Nam is now a tourist attraction. War is ego and greed driven. When will we reach the "hearts and minds" of the American soldier and their famalies. What will the future hold for these young soldiers. Will they have to fight for their medical and financial needs? Will we ever decide that Americans need the financial aid that we send to all these countries...that don't even like us? Thank you for reading. marfrankl@aol.com

In my opinion men should be a certain age to enlist. not to say it gets better but they may be stronger emotionally. I think its about time our country removed themselves from any war and used our young men in peacetime efforts and distributing what is needed in third world countrys. and that should be an ammendment. The could secure our borders. we are in a serious situtation and by sending our young men to kill and be maime is horrific. I dont knowom but it seems to me there is people looking to tear down our country. Wake up Americans ,letschange our direction.m ySon was fortunate he served in the army at the age of 17, in VietNam He served in the airforce, para rescue and merchant marines and it take its toll. Familys must be more supportive. the final word is FAITH IN GOD!! we seem to be lacking that.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ccommella81@aol.com To: Ccommella81@aol.com Sent: 10/18/2010 11:46:20 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time Subj: (no subject) I was a Field Training Officer assigned at the police academy. These boys and I do mean boys have come back screwed up and they are not getting them any help before entering back in everyday living. Even after some of them get help on there own they are still scared for life of what they saw and did. The last class I had before retiring had many young men that had been in battle fire which they where sent in to bring some other guys out and ran out of ammo. they sat there for days until help arrived. They watch some of there own friends die right in front of them.They don't want there pictures taken and they don't want you to know anything about what happen to them and they don't want you to know anything about there family's. Some of them would look at you and say your dead to me if you corrected them. They thought everything they did had to come through their military Sergeant or they did not have to take orders from you. Many of them go into law-enforcement and they should not have been hired. But as it goes some departments hire them because they believe they defended our Country so they would make good officers. This is further from the truth. One that had to take his ranking away not once but twice because he did sexual things, that pictures where taken of female classmates. Then he was the Company Commander and was not leading the class. Then he went off campus and lied about it. Because I removed his ranking he told me I was dead in his eyes. He never again spoke to me. I went to the woman above me and she did nothing but take his side. When he graduated and started at his department he went out picked up two dancers and went back to his home with these dancers and they stole his badge, gun and car. He told his department that they put something in his drink. His department suspended him ,but he was called again to go back over to war, and he is now back on our streets. We are sending 18,19, and 20 year old kids over their and they are coming back with such images in their minds that cause depression. Some really have not engage life back in America. I don't know why we as Country do not help these young people. I think it is ashamed that it is not mandatory that each and everyone of these men and women don't get some help before they are release to come home. I had one young man that was a father of two boys. He did not want any pictures taken of him or his family. I honored his request. But the entire time he was in my class I never saw happiness in his eyes. I ran into him year later and he still had so much sadness in his eyes. It was like he was moving through life following what was expected of him.

I say reinstate the draft maybe thatway our men can rotate home more often , And maybe we wont have so many in our prisons