Toon on war morale...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

[liberal N proud]

1. K&R

[Whovian]

2. Another K&R

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Thank you, my dear Whovian and liberal N proud...

[LisaLynne]

4. ...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. I hear ya, my dear LisaLynne...

[MiddleFingerMom]

6. I graduated from high school shortly after turning 17 -- a major smartass (no, REALLY).

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If I had gone to college, I probably would have partied my way back out in my
freshman year and never gone back. I had no discipline and was headed for the
life of a loser -- jail/prison was not a longshot for my future.
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I enlisted (almost accidentally) while still 17 and my attitude is what got me
through basic training (the only was you can BEAT me is if I ALLOW you to
beat me).
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In the Army, I learned focus and purpose and coping skills that would never have
come my way otherwise.
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For years, I reluctantly suggested this path to the parents of teenagers much
like I had been -- in the hopes that it would teach them similar lessons.
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Because of the way our leaders (ALL our leaders) have played fast and loose
with the lives of young people nowadays -- it's been many years since I have
done anything but encourage avoiding military service.
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If these suicide statistics do not wake our country up to the impending disaster
of veterans with PTSD, I do not know what will.
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You think the streets are filled with homeless, hopeless vets now?
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[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. My dear MiddleFingerMom...

I think there are more than a few homeless, hopeless vets on the streets now...

And if something major isn't done, there will be a lot more.

I think the way we treat (or rather, don't treat) our vets is just criminal.


I am glad your military service helped you grow up.

[xtraxritical]

17. I'm so glad you reached the right conclusion. Stop enlistments and you will stop senseless war.

It behooves the military to have a large supply of poor and not very well educated young people. By the way, Albert Einstein had the same opinion as you now have.

[L0oniX]

8. Killing people has its effects. n/t

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. And none of them good. Thank you for your comments. n/t

[Left Brain]

10. Tru dat, Peg.

powerful

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. I agree, my dear Left Brain!

That's why I posted it...

When will we ever learn?

[Unknown Beatle]

12. Almost on a daily basis

I see homeless vets asking for money from homemade cardboard signs and I always give what I can. It pisses me off big time that the bloated pentagon won't use money to help homeless vets. Over the years the pentagon has gotten trillions of taxpayer dollars but how much goes to homeless vets? Generals would rather live like kings, with staff at their command, living in mansions paid for by us while homeless vets live in the streets. What a disgrace, what a shame.

[xxqqqzme]

14. I have a dear friend

who works for the VA. He only works w/ homeless vets. I don't know how he does it. His caseload would overwhelm me.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

15. It is horrible.

I truly do not understand how our culture allows our veterans to suffer so much.

[warrior1]

13. I love you CalPeggy!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

16. Aw, thank you, my dear warrior1...

[jwirr]

18. K&R

[countryjake]

19. K&R!

[pinboy3niner]

20. K&R