Tomorrow, there will be many reminders for Americans to thank Veterans for our freedoms. And that’s how it should be. However, a few seconds after we remember them, we’re going to forget them – again.
One out of five Vets who returns from Iraq and Afghanistan will have PTSD – Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. You can learn more about it by this Google link: http://www.google.com/#hl=en&sugexp
The worst result of PTSD? Suicide. Every single day in America, 18 Vets kill themselves. Certainly some would have killed themselves anyway but stats show significantly more young Americans kill themselves after serving in Vietnam, Iraq, or Afghanistan.
Just as bad? It’s almost universally agreed that the Veterans Administration delivers marginal health care at best – and lousy psychological help. That’s disgusting. These Vets went to serve our country and this is how we repay them?
America’s military budget is about $700-Billion dollars a year. Much of it wasted in these current unwinnable wars. Personally I would rather see us lose all of our intangible, lofty goals in these rat holes – than one more American who risked his life for our country.