I try to say this to every man and woman in uniform. And I mean it. But there was a problem. After I walked past them I wondered how many would make it out of the service alive. And I wondered what horrors they have already faced and may face in the future. And I tried not to completely lose it right there in the terminal.
Juan Cole has a sobering post up for Memorial Day. I commend it to you all.
A tidbit:
Investigative reporters at CBS News found that in 2005, 6,250 veterans took their lives, nearly 18 a day.Another:
19 percent of post-Iraq and Afghanistan veterans have been diagnosed with possible traumatic brain injury, according to a Rand Corp. Study in April.
The toll of the Iraq War is clearly far higher than the number approaching 5,000 that I post here almost daily.
His conclusion:
I think all of us Americans fall down crying this time every year. We want it to be over with.
Yep.
--the BB
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"Thanks to you all for serving."
I do that too, Paul. It's something.
The suicide rate is horrifying. That we're driving those who serve the country to take their lives! What does a just God make of this?
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