Website review: AlterNet: War on Iraq: 120 War Vets...
davidwwalters discovered this in Conservative Politics
•5 reviews since Nov 26, 2007
conservative-politics, military
•alternet.org/waroniraq/68713/
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davidwwalters discovered 8 months ago- tell me more....."How incredibly sad that so many end up dying of remorse for having performed acts that so disturb their sense of moral selfhood that they sentence themselves to death."
- BettyJoBradley rated 4 months ago
- Written by the widow of an American man who, like so many others, served in Iraq and then killed himself after returning home, this essay is alarming and well-written. From the page: "...There is something so smugly superior in the way we talk about suicide bombers and the cultures that produce them. But here is an unsettling thought. In 2005, 6,256 American veterans took their own lives. That same year, there were about 130 documented deaths of suicide bombers in Iraq.* Do the math. That's a ratio of 50-to-1. So who is it that is most effectively creating a culture of suicide and martyrdom? If George Bush is right, that it is despair, neglect and poverty that drive people to such acts, then isn't it worth pointing out that we are doing a far better job?"
- sarahlee rated 8 months ago
- From the page: "Earlier this year, using the clout that only major broadcast networks seem capable of mustering, CBS News contacted the governments of all 50 states requesting their official records of death by suicide going back 12 years. They heard back from 45 of the 50. From the mountains of gathered information, they sifted out the suicides of those Americans who had served in the armed forces. What they discovered is that in 2005 alone -- and remember, this is just in 45 states -- there were at least 6,256 veteran suicides, 120 every week for a year and an average of 17 every day."
- Mayamoi rated 8 months ago
- From the page: "120 War Vets Commit Suicide Each Week" 'What they discovered is that in 2005 alone -- and remember, this is just in 45 states -- there were at least 6,256 veteran suicides, 120 every week for a year and an average of 17 every day.'
- hamishk rated 8 months ago
- From the page: "What they discovered is that in 2005 alone -- and remember, this is just in 45 states -- there were at least 6,256 veteran suicides, 120 every week for a year and an average of 17 every day."
Lest you worry. Richard Cheney received five deferments from serving in Vietnam. There is no worry of him harming himself. - From the page: "What they discovered is that in 2005 alone -- and remember, this is just in 45 states -- there were at least 6,256 veteran suicides, 120 every week for a year and an average of 17 every day."
