The war continues…
“Suicides of U.S. Marines have reached their highest level in five years, prompting a Defense Department effort to encourage Marines to seek mental health services, a Marine Corps spokesman said on December 21, 2004. But spokesman Bryan Driver said there was no evidence linking the higher suicide rate with the long tours of duty and frontline fighting Marines have engaged in Iraq . A U.S. Marine is shown at a base near Falluja in western Iraq, Nov. 4. Photo by Eliana Aponte/Reuters” (from yahoo)
I really hate to hear that, especially around Christmas. Tough times…..
Filed under: News by ramdac |
December 26th, 2004 at 2:54 pm
Mabey morale is low… Back in the day they had actors and comedians go in to show support for the troops. I can’t recall any names at the moment but recently they’ve sent out people like Toby Keith and Alan jackson.
It may not just be the morale that gets the soldiers down but just the fact of being there is depressing. Many soldiers regret joing soon after deployment. If it were my decision I wouldn’t try to kill myself but injure myself, or like in the old TV serious M.A.S.H. pretend I was homosexual…
January 26th, 2005 at 1:18 am
All the negative press at home telling them they are fighting for a lie can’t be helping the matters either.
“We support you but think your mission is bunk” = “You are risking your life in vain.”
February 15th, 2005 at 10:55 pm
I think that if you don’t believe in a cause then don’t support it at all, but if you do then go all out for it. Your voice won’t get heard otherwise.