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unhappycamper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 04:17 PM Original message |
Combat's Hidden Toll: 1 in 10 Soldiers Report Mental Health Problems |
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WHEN CRABS ROAR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. 1 in 10 people in the USA also have mental health problems. |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 04:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. By a different measure in this study, they found 20-30 percent |
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WHEN CRABS ROAR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 05:04 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. So they are just targeting PTSD. |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 05:25 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. No, but the 20-30 percent was for PTSD |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
2. I would feel sorry for him but if I did that then I would have to give a shit about all the |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 05:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Confusing the war with the warrior is a mistake |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 05:38 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. You cannot separate the war from the warrior. That is a myth in todays military. |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 05:50 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. So joining 30-some years ago makes him responsible for current war policy? |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 05:53 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. If he didn't approve, why is he still doing it? |
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USArmyParatrooper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 05:58 PM Original message |
So are you for having no military? |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
11. I am for an extremely minimalist military for defensive security only. |
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USArmyParatrooper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 06:12 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. OK, so you admit you *need* Soldiers willing to serve |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 06:21 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. And this what to do with Iraq? |
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USArmyParatrooper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 06:41 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. You're mising the point and dodging another |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 06:54 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. It seems you wrongly assume I have never worn a military uniform. |
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USArmyParatrooper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 07:02 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Well hopefully |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 07:11 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. We should have never put a standing army in Afghanistan. |
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USArmyParatrooper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 07:15 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Is that your professional assessment? |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 07:24 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. No need for me to write it up, its already in play. |
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USArmyParatrooper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 07:29 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Can you elaborate |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 07:39 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. AD's one of those "all soldiers are intrinsically evil" drones, methinks. (nt) |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 08:58 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Not necessarily |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 06:03 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. He's retired. |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 06:09 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Invade and occupy another country sounds like terrorism to me. |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 06:15 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. He wasn't breaking down doors |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 06:25 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. If you are part of the structure, you are part of the problem. |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 06:41 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Seems inconsistent to support having the structure, yet condemn... |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 06:58 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. I do support national defense, no inconstancy there. |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 07:27 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. He's being treated for war trauma, not getting "special recognition" |
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kgnu_fan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
10. I think human is only specie that plans war against its own kind, kills its own kind en masse |
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kgnu_fan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 06:03 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I think it is unnatural to kill own kind, it is natural to get sick from it |
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kgnu_fan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
18. I recommend all to read "Winter Soldier - Iraq and Afghanistan" |
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