Comments on: Army’s High Suicide Rate Suggests Administration Is Understating Cases Of PTSD

By: michael

michael — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 19:38:52 +0000

To Jil. comment yes they are but yet the US. cilvians dont come to any type of close shit like an infantry soldier.. and i freakin no cuase i am one… i just recantly got back from afgan… and the shit i went through over there is nothing i or many people that are civlines have or every go through……

By: michael

michael — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 19:35:39 +0000

I think that alot more of soldiers are facing ptsd.. but the mental heltal people say that it is just a personality disorder. Which i myself do not belive..

By: jl

jl — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 00:06:17 +0000

The suicide rate for active duty military members, is still lower than that of the general US population.

You guys are all a bunch of close minded people that only see what you want to see.

By: jan

jan — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 18:44:49 +0000

Surely the time has let the soldiers know that the intense psychological reactions they endure is a wholly normal reaction to prolonged tours of duty etc and not an indication of weakness.

If the money is not available for individual treatment or time is of the essence has the govt or military set up a forum, available to soldiers, where they can talk about their individual difficulties before they actually get individual treatment? Because surely, though the specifics vary considerably, many of the traumatic situations encountered by our soldiers are common to a majority of soldiers and are not at all the odd man out reactions .

By: Probus

Probus — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 06:20:29 +0000

PTSD has every thing to do with 15 month deployments, the suicide rates, the fact that soldiers are not being diagnosed early enough or at all. Our soldiers are not getting the care they need. Walter Reed is a prime example of this. If Bush cares for the troops he will do more than just saying he supports them.

By: po

po — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 01:56:58 +0000

W has misunderestimated most things about his war and the military in general, why should the negative effects of war be any different to the man with rose (blood?) colored glasses?

By: theswan

theswan — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 00:28:48 +0000

Reason one is that the Bush Administration is filled with a bunch of users.
The troops mean nothing to these users.
The users have no represenatives in the military.
Spoiled, stuffed shirts sucking the life of our own.
And they are proud of their war.

By: Wayne

Wayne — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 21:30:06 +0000

Bushco underreports everything that may make them look bad.
Multiple deployments and extended tours are not helping either.

By: had enough

had enough — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 21:20:47 +0000

We are not allowed to talk about history – Shock and Awe, but you allow the silly nonsense from the trolls to go on?

Every time I bring up that part of history, my post is deleted… 5 times now.

By: the fly-man

the fly-man — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 20:57:02 +0000

What’s with the art work? What is this Reader’s digest?

By: exposer

exposer — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 20:54:03 +0000

In Iraq, American military finds it has an alcohol problem . – http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/03/12/news/alcohol.php

By: exposer

exposer — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 20:49:53 +0000

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1595248,00.html Confronting Iraq’s Exodus : The war in Iraq has driven nearly 4 million people from their homes. As many as 2 million have fled the country, in what Refugees International calls the fastest-growing crisis in the world. – By MASSIMO CALABRESI

By: squidbilly

squidbilly — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 20:44:12 +0000

The soldiers are just getting the rumsfeld-ian “hardening” by war.

They are supposed to like it ????????????

More BS from the armchair generals and commanders.

By: Deniz Yeter

Deniz Yeter — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 20:39:56 +0000

IT’S THE MERCURY IN VACCINES!!!!!

Soldiers who didn’t get vaccinations (the French) in the first Gulf War didn’t get Gulf War Syndrome!

Soldiers who received more vaccinations (such as US pilots) had WORSE symptoms!

By: margaret

margaret — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 19:49:13 +0000

I have relatives that were “shell-shocked” (that’s what they called it after WW2) that never got over it and just kept it all in and didn’t talk about it-EVER.

We need these soldiers to be able to speak up and get treatment or else our whole country will feel the ripple effect down the road.

By: hellinabucket

hellinabucket — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 19:43:03 +0000

Classic neocrap talking points from LMD. Shoot the messanger and ignore the message.

Bush and his administration is destroying the military. They push fear but are too scared to stop tax cuts. Too scared to call for a draft. Too weak to lead.

By: whiteyfresh

whiteyfresh — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 19:40:15 +0000

margaret-I saw that. really breaks my heart..

By: whiteyfresh

whiteyfresh — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 19:39:24 +0000

Comment by LiberalismisaMentalDisorder â€” August 17, 2007 @ 2:59 pm

**yawn**

Comment by Zooey â€” August 17, 2007 @ 3:01 pm

I CONCUR>YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaawn…

By: margaret

margaret — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 19:34:57 +0000

This a repeat comment for the regulars but about a month ago I saw a documentary on tv about this issue and it was very sad.

Interviewed one shell-shocked looking dude who said that if you told your superiors while you were still in Iraq that you had PTSD they’d purposely NOT send you home to add to the growing number of those getting diagnosed. But if you waited until you were home to say it then they’d say ‘You must be fine or else why didn’t you say something while you were in Iraq?’. The classic Catch-22 situation.

One soldier they interviewed had a bumber sticker on the wall behind him that read:
WE ARE NOT SAFER
Occupation Breeds Hate

By: Vet

Vet — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 19:30:26 +0000

Hey, LiberalismisaMentalDisorder… You didn’t answer my question:

How did you spend YOUR time in Iraq? You must have been right on the front lines, huh?