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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 03:14 PM Original message |
15 months after Iraq bloodbath, young veteran takes his life |
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blue sky at night (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. the whole death-cult thing is really getting old... |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 05:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
30. I think you are describing the "Pro Life" Crowd |
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blue sky at night (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 11:02 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. funny how that always seems to be the case........ |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 06:41 PM Response to Reply #31 |
44. Well said. |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
2. Another Bush/Republican accomplishment! |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
3. What's going on? |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 03:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Probably generational... |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 03:29 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. not sure |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 03:31 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. I only knew WWII veterans, |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 04:02 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. I've noticed that the real vets are ones who don't talk |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 04:06 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. History will prove one of the best mini-series ever made was "Band of Brothers" |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 04:48 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. You recommend it, then? |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 05:16 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Definitely. It's one of those movies everyone should watch |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 04:47 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. That's true - |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 03:30 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. The men I knew, |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 03:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. True.. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 01:03 AM Response to Reply #8 |
34. My uncle was 23. |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 03:26 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. interesting question.... |
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2Design (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 03:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. That war was about hilter and a real reason and real enemies |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 03:36 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. The unending ambiguity of it all - |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 03:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. I think that has a ton to do with it too |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 03:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. My father came back to the GI Bill and JOBS everywhere... |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 03:45 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Ahhhhhhhhh.......... |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 05:16 PM Response to Reply #13 |
28. That doesn't account for everyone. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 08:06 AM Response to Reply #28 |
39. Of course it doesn't, Muriel! |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 07:00 AM Response to Reply #13 |
38. excellent point. nt |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 04:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
23. The average length of duty overseas in WWII was sixteen months.. |
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jeff47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 04:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
24. The wars are different |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 01:18 AM Response to Reply #24 |
35. And of coruse they keep getting sent back over and over and over again. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 01:57 AM Response to Reply #3 |
36. I do think that some of them suffered greatly. |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 10:57 PM Response to Reply #36 |
45. Poor man, poor, poor man .......... |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 04:39 AM Response to Reply #3 |
37. Some PTSD treatment may actually be contributing. |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 11:00 PM Response to Reply #37 |
46. Do you know if any of these |
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Downtown Hound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
43. For starters |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 11:04 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. My friend, the Marine Lt. Col., (ret.), |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
4. i thought ZIP codes were just in the U.S.? |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:59 AM Response to Reply #4 |
33. I noticed that too. Murkan reporters are just so freakin' brilliant, aren't they? |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
14. the military thinks it can create killing machines |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 03:47 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. And, let's not forget the worst part of it all - |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 03:50 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I've thankfully never had to see someone blown to pieces in front of me |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 03:54 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. I've had occasion to walk in |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 04:02 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. ... |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
29. best remedy for this is to throw another hundred-fucking-billion down that rat hole |
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create.peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
32. viet nam veterans suicides: |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
40. How many more people have to die for a lie? |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 08:28 AM Response to Original message |
41. expect more and more of this, with neverending wars |
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casaloma (17 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
42. Huge need for discussion about this |
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