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Playinghardball

(11,665 posts) Tue Feb 5, 2013, 05:48 PM Feb 2013

Bernie Sanders statement on the suicide level of veterans..

Sanders Statement on Veterans Suicides: http://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/news/?id=e2f1d800-54ba-461a-93da-81b2bd1e6b67

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Bernie Sanders statement on the suicide level of veterans.. (Original Post) Playinghardball Feb 2013 OP

K and R (nt) bigwillq Feb 2013 #1

It's risen from 18 per day to 22 per day, IIRC. NYC_SKP Feb 2013 #2

The unacceptable level of suicides stems, in no small part, imo, from our military personnel being indepat Feb 2013 #3

Unacceptable indeed. moondust Feb 2013 #4

bigwillq

(72,790 posts)

1. K and R (nt)

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Tue Feb 5, 2013, 05:49 PM

Feb 2013

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)

2. It's risen from 18 per day to 22 per day, IIRC.

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Tue Feb 5, 2013, 05:57 PM

Feb 2013

So very unnecessary.

indepat

(20,899 posts)

3. The unacceptable level of suicides stems, in no small part, imo, from our military personnel being

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Tue Feb 5, 2013, 07:08 PM

Feb 2013

required in a pre-emptive war of aggression to perform acts that are in violation of their western morality, their personal code of beliefs, or seeming in violation of the Geneva conventions. If this thesis has any merit, is it being conveniently ignored?

moondust

(19,993 posts)

4. Unacceptable indeed.

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Tue Feb 5, 2013, 07:23 PM

Feb 2013

No doubt the bad economy with high unemployment has something to do with it.

Thank you, Senator Sanders.

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