Posted on 09/30/2004 1:03:55 PM PDT by PeteePie
It is interesting and, I am not sure our country has ever focused on 'healing' after a war, either for the soldiers or the civilians and families. What a concept.
"I'll Take 'Vince Foster's Last Innocent, Rhetorical Question To Hillary Clinton' for $500, Alex...!" :)
War is Hell. Losing a war is worse.
Mess with my family and somebody will find or not.
Me thinks they don't get dental.
I've seen this Sheehan-Miles character on TV. Google his name and see what you come up with.
Healing from seeing your fellow citizens jumping from the 40th floor of a building is also difficult.
I think the article has a slant. They seem pre-occupied with this one aspect of war as if it is somehow unavoidable. I am not sure it is. Its like the feeling a cop goes through after a righteous shooting.. still feels guilty. Nobody wants to take another human life.. unless they are the sick twisted types we are having to fight.
We should treat these guys. Give them access to counseling. Fund faith-based treatment centers. Because it is through faith that he can actually be healed.
The Catholic sacrament of absolution exists for a reason.
Wait just a minute. My BS detector went off at this point. Is this article correct, or is it a collection of off-base anecdotes and outdated stereotypes?
It's true that the military hasn't talked much in the past about the aftermath of killing. But I've heard them start to talk about this a few months ago.
BUMP for later reading.
I do agree with you, totally. Trauma is trauma,,and while there are varying degrees I'm sure (not a psychologist),,it can still hurt and hang on.
Sure the article has a slant. That's ok, we can see it for what it is.
>>>>During one operation, "a female truck driver dropped us off and was guarding the truck when a kid about 10 years old came around the corner and started shooting at her," he says. "What does she do - shoot him or get shot?"
I'm not sure I understand the question here. What do you mean what does she do? Is there some moral issue here I'm missing? He's shooting at her! I thought there was really only one response to that, and the only real decision is which weapon she uses.
Not to mention which, they mention her gender several times. Is that relevant to the issue somehow?
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'Interesting' as in: "whiney, defeatist, therapy-nation crrrrrrap!".
I agree. It reads like an argument for pacificism.
.....In July, the New England Journal of Medicine reported that 16 percent of veterans of the war in Iraq suffer from depression or PTSD
I'm thinkin'.....84% are ready to kill.
Notice the editorial and the "many say".
The grubby paw-print of the liberal journo-troll.
The article is wrong. B.G. Burkett debunked this sort of crap in his book "Stolen Valor". It's a great read.
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