(01-19-2018, 10:39 AM)Kane Wrote:

(01-19-2018, 10:26 AM)Jamies_fried_chicken Wrote: Where there is smoke there is fire....

Trump during his campaign made disparaging comments about some military veterans who suffer with PTSD. (See links below)

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-tr...d=42536616
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...recedented

My point is there is precedent with his comments and those of the likes of Higbie which intertwine with each other.

Once again spin doctors were at it again.
He was speaking to the idea that "back in the day" soldiers were of stronger mind. I totally agree with this because our military is now full of people who have been raised in the "everyone gets a ribbon" era. Creating soft minds... more young men growing up without fathers... and more people trying to change their sex.
Back in the day... the soldiers were men. And they went to war knowing half of them were going to die. They did it for their country and their people. Not for benefits or a college degree (which are some nice bribes to offer young stupid people coming out of high school with no real direction and no real education).
But the more gruesome these wars become, the more invisible the target (Hitler was a man to take down, communism, terrorism, these are ideas that transfer from body to body) the harder it is for these minds to handle what they see. And for the length they see it. WW2 lasted 6 years. This nonsense in the middle east has long since eclipsed 10 years.

I'm getting a bit off track...
Trump made those remarks to lean into his comment about IMPROVING our soldiers mental health. Especially post war.
He did not say anything similar to Carl's "75% of soldiers are faking it for money or drugs"

There is nothing to spin. The military is playing catch up because they have spent decades brushing off veterans' mental stability upon returning home from duty. Also many veterans are still not receiving proper medical treatment and service that can lead to other undiagnosed mental issues which then leads to suicide. 

The reason why enrollment in the military is down is because people are becoming more educated about the risk/reward., and know about the military's past transgressions in terms of cover-ups, etc.

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