Why did my buddies die? [...] Hence, GOP = never voting for them again.
This post is from Reddit in this thread.
Years later, what have we really accomplished? A terrorist force is taking over Iraq, and even if the Kurds manage to get their own Kurdistan, the peshmerga are some seriously evil killers. They are on our side, so that's nice. They also beat prisoners to death without trial. Talk to someone who's worked with them, they'll fill you in.
We got ourselves into an unwinnable war, just like Vietnam. And for what reason? Why did my buddies die? Why did so many innocent Iraqis die at our hands? I did a lot of post blast investigations, and sifted through blown up people and buildings. We need better reasons to go into all out war. It destroys people in so many ways. The blown up kids haunt me, among other things. To think of the innocents who were lost, and ground to a pulp by the great U.S. war machine... it's pretty sad. We are really good at destroying enemies (from individuals to entire countries) and we can kill and demolish like crazy.
but why did we do it? Low and behold, for no real reasons at all. That's why I feel dumb. I believed in an empty and pointless cause. I feel used because I'm going through some pretty bad PTSD issues, and the VA has barely done anything. I get an appointment every 3 months, but had to reschedule one so it's been 5 months since I've seen a doc, and my family is suffering from my craziness (shit has gotten real more than once) I feel bad for them, and have considered leaving society for fear of what I might end up doing. And all the VA does is say that I can call the crisis hotline to talk to someone on the phone. Really? A phone call? No. I need a person. I'm haunted every day by something I did... I see those poor kids who were blown up by terrorists every day and night. And how am I repaid? I can't see a psych for my PTSD. I got drugs when I saw her once, but they made me nearly suicidal depressed, so I stopped taking them. That was 4 months ago. My knees, back, and hips are also screwed up, and I've yet to see a doc for any of that. I also do not receive compensation for any of these injuries. That's why I feel used.
GOP are war mongers, and they don't take care of the people who do the fighting for them. Hence, GOP = never voting for them again.
Sorry for the long response. I have more to say, and my elaboration may be full of holes, which I'm willing to fill in, if you care to point any out. I get emotional when I wright this stuff, so my bad if I come off as illogical. Again, I'll sort out whatever doesn't make sense.
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I apologize - I didn't mean to give the impression that I am a vet or that the above was my post. It was intended to relay a story from someone who posted on Reddit. It touched me, as I know that it touched you, and so I wanted to share it here.
Again, my apologies for giving the impression that the OP was mine.
Thank you and be well.
I apologize - I didn't mean to give the impression that I am a vet or that the above was my post. It was intended to relay a story from someone who posted on Reddit. It touched me, as I know that it touched you, and so I wanted to share it here.
Again, my apologies for giving the impression that the OP was mine.
Thank you and be well.
I was one of millions that patriotically installed a yellow "support the troops" ribbon and it was on my car for at least three years. What more could a military volunteer possibly want from all of us? And now they have no appreciation for our generous support what so ever.
And the question was raised above; What good was this war and who benefited? I've asked the question on DU and other places before and have never gotten a concise cogent well informed answer. All I can engender is cynical guesses. Which is a gage for just how fucked up the invasion was; no average American can articulate any good that came of it. And if they try it is nothing more than their own personal guesses.
I thought the people that brought us the war, all coming of age or living through the entire Viet Nam era, would certainly not have wanted to carbon copy the entire sad legacy of Viet Nam, another war where nobody knows why we did it and who benefited.
And now we average citizens are expected to make out of our own pocket charitable donations to provide health care for all those Veterans broken by the Iraq invasion? Isn't that entirely the responsibility of the government that sent them in the first place?
But America has learned it's lesson, as 62% of us support an invasion to take care of them dirty ISIS bastards. We as a nation have learned nothing and our capacity for appreciation of the lessons of very recent history are worse than an Alzheimer's patient.
-90% Jimmy
