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Pointshoot · October 8, 2012, 07:32 PM

pnac - your absolutely right of course. I recently came across a figure that I had never heard before. While its well known that there were 58,000 American deaths from the Vietnam War - - there were also 100,000 suicides associated with that conflict.

http://rense.com/general77/hdtage.htm

The current suicide levels are much higher than Vietnam.

This is not a political forum, but maybe its time to rethink our notions of 'national security'.

Instead, people seem to be more interested in wearing yellow, pink, and other various color ribbons instead of getting to the heart of these matters.

P.S. - related to the OP. Check into the rates that active combat troops are prescribed various psychiatric drugs today. It'll shock you. In the past if you were on them, you were discharged from the service. Now the military gives them to our troops.

October 8, 2012, 07:32 PM	#6
Pointshoot Senior Member Join Date: May 23, 2004 Posts: 236	pnac - your absolutely right of course. I recently came across a figure that I had never heard before. While its well known that there were 58,000 American deaths from the Vietnam War - - there were also 100,000 suicides associated with that conflict. http://rense.com/general77/hdtage.htm The current suicide levels are much higher than Vietnam. This is not a political forum, but maybe its time to rethink our notions of 'national security'. Instead, people seem to be more interested in wearing yellow, pink, and other various color ribbons instead of getting to the heart of these matters. P.S. - related to the OP. Check into the rates that active combat troops are prescribed various psychiatric drugs today. It'll shock you. In the past if you were on them, you were discharged from the service. Now the military gives them to our troops. Last edited by Pointshoot; October 8, 2012 at 07:42 PM.