Thank you, Susan.
In graphic, heart-breaking detail, Dale Pierce gives a father’s account of the Post-traumatic Stress, war crimes, and urgent need for mental health care for Veterans, leading to the suicide of his 23 year old son, Noah, after 2 tours of duty in Iraq.
Susan’s article is here.
It seems most people just don’t get this. Those organising the US military care no more for the American foot soldier than they do for those they are sent to kill and maim.
There is this sausage machine-like process that begins almost at birth:
* Young American kids are taught the glory of America, the “land of the free”
* Unless you go to college – and even if you do in many cases – given limited employment opportunities, the military looks like a good path
* Joining the military is glorified in America on so many levels, including the cheer squads at the airports, etc. for the departing and returning troops
* You join up and do your time (let’s not talk about what programming goes on during your “training”)
* But the outcome is not what you expect when you “retire”
o There is little or no assistance to gain future employment
o PTSD and other long term health conditions are simply not acknowledged, let alone dealt with
o You come back knowing the truth of what actually goes on, rather than the fairy-tale you bought when you joined up – if you survive
o As a result, you are far more likely to be considered a terror threat and be on the terror watch list than the average American
o The chances are your life is over at 30
This whole process is so obvious when you look at the evidence, but because there is no closure of the loop, it keeps feeding more young Americans into the sausage machine and no-one wises up because they all believe in this great American dream.
To an outsider like me, it’s so obvious and so bizarre, and I see no end to it in the current consciousness.
Kind Regards,
Richard
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