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RiverNoord

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7. Good god - I didn't know.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Fri Jun 10, 2016, 06:36 PM

Jun 2016

22 a day? How can we fail any group of Americans as badly as this? I survived and recovered from a long-term, debilitating panic and anxiety disorder with the natural accompanying severe depression. For a few years there probably wasn't an hour that went by that didn't involve considering suicide.

I got lucky, really lucky, to find a really good doctor, vocational rehabilitation services, and the resources I needed to make it through the process of recovery.

Veterans shouldn't have to get lucky in that way - PSTD after involvement in any aspect of combat is going to afflict many veterans. We know this. There isn't a higher at-risk group for it - so WTF are we doing?

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Ex-U.S. defense brass form gun control group for veterans [View all] Judi Lynn Jun 2016 OP

How many of them have been waiting for treatment at the VA that never came? jtuck004 Jun 2016 #1

David Petraeus ???? Is this so kinda plan to re-elevate his staus? mpcamb Jun 2016 #9

Can't rec this enough. NuclearDem Jun 2016 #2

Excellent graphics libodem Jun 2016 #6

NPR points out the fallacy of that 22 a day claim. braddy Jun 2016 #12

Vietnam and Desert Storm veterans are still veterans. NuclearDem Jun 2016 #13

So are WWII vets and Korean vets and all the vets still alive from the inbetween years, braddy Jun 2016 #14

The only point I'm making that is that there are too many veterans killing themselves. NuclearDem Jun 2016 #15

Creating a false narrative and anti-vet image and even an anti-military image doesn't help. This braddy Jun 2016 #16

That's a ridiculous stretch. NuclearDem Jun 2016 #17

Then quit selling your imagery, there are serious challenges to your entire imagery that you are braddy Jun 2016 #18

Ridiculous spin. NuclearDem Jun 2016 #19

It isn't ridiculous at all, but I see that you are not going to check your facts or look into the braddy Jun 2016 #20

facts are facts, unless they aren't...or don't meet our needs trc Jun 2016 #21

So am I part of the old vets, Nixon and Reagan for me, but the claim of 22 is what is in question, braddy Jun 2016 #22

Thank you for posting that collection. Nihil Jun 2016 #23

I expect to see piles of application forms at the local VFW and American Legion posts. JustABozoOnThisBus Jun 2016 #3

Why would this lead to that? braddy Jun 2016 #4

GOOD! libodem Jun 2016 #5

Good god - I didn't know. RiverNoord Jun 2016 #7

Soldiers/Sailors are not dumb Rafale Jun 2016 #8

Laudable but shadowmayor Jun 2016 #10

You guys are being too cynical... mark67 Jun 2016 #11