The military has released figures showing record suicide rates that show more soldiers are dying by their own hand than those of the enemy. In just the Army alone, 24 soldiers are believed to have committed suicide in January. That is six times the number from 2008.
During the same period, all of the branches lost 16 U.S. combat deaths in Afghanistan and Iraq in January.
One official has described the findings as “terrifying.”
The Marines are also reporting an increase in suicides: 41 in 2008, up from 33 in 2007 and 25 in 2006, according to a Marines report.
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Nice freak out there by the way Bron. That verged on gibberish.
Face it boys. You’re out flanked.
Hitler was an aggressor threatening DIRECTLY our allies. And we didn’t get into WWII because of Hitler, genius, although we eventually would have had no choice. I’m sure all those who died at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 appreciate how your ignorance honors their service and memory.
Whatever you want to call it. Imagine if France took that stance in the revolutionary war. We would probably still belong to england.
is it lying oops flying dog?
gd if you cant obfuscate shit, if I am ever in need of a lawyer I hope they can postulate like you.
dont know no neocons engaged in anti social behaviour, Bill Kristol is a puss, Rich Lowry is a puss, Fred Barnes the same. All pretty nice stable guys I should think you would like your victims easy to handle.
In that case then we should have just let Hitler wipe all the Jews off the face of the earth.
We didn’t go to war because of a “threat to democracy”. We went to war because a foreign power attacked us in our sovereign territory. That foreign power was Saudi Arabia operating out of Afghanistan. Frankly, you reek of jingoism.
Here, let me help you with that . . .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jingoism
Chris:
“How is it that you can turn a blind eye to all of the Iraqi people that saddam killed while he was in power? That was illegal. Or how about Saddam invading Kuwait in the first Gulf war. The only reason they werent unstable, is because they didnt have a voice. Dissent was punishable by death. Is that illegal?”
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Those are all wonderful reasons why he people of Iraq should have risen up against their oppressor. Now, tell me why one US soldier had to shed his/her blood to preserve, protect and defend the nation of Iraq?
Here’s what one wily old politician explained to us about foreign entanglements some 200 years ago:
“Our detached and distant situation invites and enables us to pursue a different course. If we remain one people, under an efficient government, the period is not far off when we may defy material injury from external annoyance; when we may take such an attitude as will cause the neutrality we may at any time resolve upon to be scrupulously respected; when belligerent nations, under the impossibility of making acquisitions upon us, will not lightly hazard the giving us provocation; when we may choose peace or war, as our interest, guided by justice, shall counsel.
Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice?
It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world, so far, I mean, as we are now at liberty to do it; for let me not be understood as capable of patronizing infidelity to existing engagements. I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs that honesty is always the best policy. I repeat, therefore, let those engagements be observed in their genuine sense, but in my opinion it is unnecessary and would be unwise to extend them.”
–George Washington, Farewell Address, 1796
I believe Saddam was a legitimat threat to democracy. If the way he treated his people wasnt an example of that, I dont know what is. If that is your argument, then i suppose you believe that Iran should be able to make a nuke since its non of our business.
Bron98 1, February 6, 2009 at 5:45 pm
Buddha:
thats about what every thing you have said points to.
What? Suppressing dissent? I’ll say it AGAIN.
Buddha Is Laughing 1, February 6, 2009 at 4:33 pm
Dissent isn’t the issue. That’s been established. Criminal and anti-social behavior is.
I can’t make it any clearer than that. On that issue, I’ve said what I meant and meant what I said. Your lack of comprehension of the raw truth of what you have read is of only tangential concern to me. Learning is painful. Suck it up, buttercup.
But please keep on freaking out. I am just laughing my ass off and enjoying a fine ale.
Iraq didn’t attack us, chris. Saudis operating out of Afghanistan did. Iraq’s internal affairs were none of our business.
PattyC:
there is your proof both posts are at 5:45 pm. you have substituted TDS (troll derangement syndrome) for BDS.
Not being broken and unstable before being illegally invaded?
How is it that you can turn a blind eye to all of the Iraqi people that saddam killed while he was in power? That was illegal. Or how about Saddam invading Kuwait in the first Gulf war. The only reason they werent unstable, is because they didnt have a voice. Dissent was punishable by death. Is that illegal?
Buddha:
thats about what every thing you have said points to.
PattyC:
Chris is not me. Go back to changing bed pans and giving rectals.
Democracy doesn’t come from the end of a gun.
You never did answer me about Iraq not being broken and unstable before being illegally invaded, chris.
I wonder how many of the Iraqis that voted this weekend think this “unrealistic gift of democracy” is deplorable.
‘chris writes:
‘…I am pretty knew to this site…’
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Hah!
p.s. Psssst- You left off the best part!
‘…It brings a big old smile to this face.
Buddha is truly laughing. Directly at YOU.’
Run along now, Bartlebee/CroMagnumMan/Waynebro,GaylordFocker,Bron98
-and take all your other little clones with you-like a good little boy…
The shoddy treatment of our military before, during, and after their efforts toward this unnecessary, poorly planned, unwanted, and, therefore, unrealistic ‘gift of democracy’ is deplorable.
Given what we know about the stress of combat and the number of deployments these men and women have been forced to endure, wait times for medical care and necessary follow up is inexcusable.
Military med mal, anyone?
Dissent isn’t the issue. That’s been established. Criminal and anti-social behavior is. Nice try at distortion too, but what I originally posted was CRYSTAL CLEAR. Thanks for more maple-ly goodness. Freak out some more. Make my weekend.
Buddah says these people should be removed from our society like a cancer.”
What I said was Neocons like you should be excised from the body politic like a cancer and socially marginalized. ANY DISENSION OR DIFFERING VIEWPOINT IS A THREAT
Let me clarify that for you. I so dislike distortion.
“Excised from the body politic like a cancer” as in “not allowed to vote or participate in governance or hold positions of authority or responsibility in any form”. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS ARE ACCEPTABLE FOR INDIVIDUALS DEEMED ACCEPTABLE TO THE STATE
“Socially marginalized” as in “ridiculed like simple racists are for being socially unacceptable and primitive”. WHEN NO ARGUMENT IS AVAILABLE MARGINALIZE THE OTHER PERSON
Then we’ll educate your kind right out existence. It’ll take a generation or two, but soon you’ll be a social relic just like the Nazis. Yeah, just like Nazis, there might be a few of you zanies left hiding in the corners, but the damage you can do to society and the common good will be minimized. The FBI manages to keep a pretty tight lid on the Nazis and the KKK, I trust they have the skills to keep your lot from starting much trouble too. IN ALL THINGS USE THE POWER OF THE STATE TO CONTROL UNDESIREABLES
Setting up camps is more your style. FDR WAS THE ONLY PERSON IN THE 20th CENTURY THAT SET UP CAMPS FOR AMERICAN CITIZENS AGAIN USE THE POWER OF THE STATE TO CONTROL
I’ll use my play book, thanks. And this also means your leaders pay DEARLY in prison time and forfeiture, their corporate masters stripped of their blood money and dissolved to rebuild the America you destroyed and attempt to make whole those whom you have so egregiously harmed – MADE EXAMPLE, a cautionary tale. AGAIN NOTICE HOW HE IS GOING TO USE THE POWER OF THE STATE TO MAKE OUR LEADERS PAY. HOW TO DETERMINE WHO THOSE LEADERS ARE? AGAIN THE POWER OF THE STATE AGAINST THE INDIVIDUAL WHOEVER HE THINKS IS GUILTY. THIS IS ARBITRARY AND TYPICAL OF LEFTIST THOUGHT
And I think it should be a case of you can run but you can’t hide. Move your assets? We’ll come get them. Hide in Dubai or Saudi Arabia? We’ll come get you. Treason and war crimes merit more than a spanking. AGAIN THE POWER OF THE STATE TO TAKE RIGHTFUL POSSESIONS FROM SOMEONE. NOTICE THERE IS NO MENTION OF A TRIAL OR CONSTITUTIONAL GUARANTEES, JUST MOB JUSTICE.
I stand by that statement too.
If the children are pooping on the dinner table, it’s time to take away their toys and lock them in the closet until they learn to behave. I am a reflection of what happens when you make the adults get up out of the chair. THE VIETNAMESE DID THIS THEY ARE CALLED REEDUCATION CAMPS AGAIN THE POWER OF THE STATE OR THE COLLECTIVE AGAINST THE INDIVIDUAL
We the People want our country and Constitution back. THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO INTERPRET IT ANYWAY THEY WANT TO JUSTIFY THEIR AMBITIONS AS OUTLINES ABOVE
That’s the team I’m on. Sleep tight knowing that, since I seem to have inspired some troll fear. It’s good that I think that the only time fear is a useful tool is when it’s used against evil men. Otherwise, I’d be like you Neocons. Instead, I can smell your fear like maple syrup over Manhattan. I THINK FEAR OF THIS MAN IS JUSTIFIED AND RATIONAL IF I EVER HEAR TALK LIKE THIS IN A NATIONAL FORUM FROM A NATIONAL FIGURE I WILL LEAVE THE UNITED STATES JUST AS
THE SMARTER JEWS DID IN THE 1930’s
It smells like . . . Justice. (EVIL)