Army suicides reach two-decade high

[marmar]

The Iraq Invasion: The gift that keeps on giving. :mad:



from Think Progress:



Army suicides reach two-decade high.»

The AP reports that Pentagon officials said today that “108 troops committed suicide in 2007, the most since 1990.” Suicides have been rising despite a “host of efforts to improve the mental health of a force stressed by lengthy and repeated deployments to Iraq.” The 108 suicides last year followed 102 in 2006 and 85 in 2005.

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/29/army-suicides-reach-two-decade-high/

[bdamomma]

1. sickening and we have this imbecile saying

we are learning as we go???????????????????? I just have so much contempt for this sickening POS, he does not give a shit about anything/anyone. :grr:

[marmar]

2. I don't know what the psychological term is for it, but he clearly doesn't have empathy....

.... When he stands at Arlington Cemetery, and has the gall to say that shit about suffering in a fraud war that he started based on lies, you know there's something wrong with him. And we know Cheney is 3/4 machine anyway.

[BeyondGeography]

5. He has a legacy to think about

Get with the program.

[Imagevision]

3. How the hell can you keep it together fighting that type of war 15 months straight with no break?

[classof56]

4. And the numbers keep growing. Recently the grandson of a relative shot himself

Had just returned from his second Iraq tour. Unutterably sad for all of us.

If I believed in hellfire and brimstone, as I once did, my wish would be that * and his minions burn there forever. Other than that, words continue to fail me.

Tired Old Cynic

[struggle4progress]

6. knr