Comments on: WATCH: Are we failing our troops on the homefront?

By: John Wright

John Wright — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:40:00 +0000

There are wars worth fighting and those not. How do we know
the difference?

Only a war approved
by CONGRESS is worthy of a free people.

Unfortunately, Congress conflicted their representative power for the people in 1965 and made war against the people by not approving the war but funding the war and approving the
draft (for Vietnam).

We became a certified Nation divided, and we now all are a mirror of the House of Representatives! We prove
this in every new war and are responsible because we now volunteer for whatever war the President
wants and no longer need the draft.

A House divided won’t stand, but while it collapses we must unite and try to make right what we made wrong.

By: Jennifer Mobley

Jennifer Mobley — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 23:56:00 +0000

As the wife of a Veteran with PTSD, and having to deal with the veteran care system, and the veteran comp system, I can tell you they have dropped the ball all around. They are ten years behind in knowing how to even approach it let alone treat it. Add in the fact there is not help for those that support and take care of the veterans. We have been dealing with this for six years now and we are no closer to getting him to a point where he can even remotely function in public. Ask almost any soldier why this is so hard and affected so many and most will tell you that it is the lack of gratitude from America and the fact that they have not been allowed to finish the job. They cannot say “We did it” or “We won the war”. They are greeted not with flags, parades and honor, but with hate, disgust and indifference.

By: Sam Fisher

Sam Fisher — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 20:26:00 +0000

I wonder what my Grandfather and great uncle went through in World War 2. What my uncle saw in Vietnam. We need to help our vets.

By: Amy Drake

Amy Drake — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 19:19:00 +0000

Thank you for caring so much. My son served in Iraq with the USMC and later joined the AK Air National Gurard. We didn’t know the signs of what was going to happen. He took his own life in Sept 2012. Everyone says that our military lets these guys down when they come home. I am looking for a way to help stop this problem. I will continue to follow this group to get ideas. I do believe one important way to help is to inform the families! They need to know what the signs are and what the options are. I do believe that the only ones who really know are the ones who have experienced it but we were told by 2 people that they shouldn’t have missed the signs because they had already been there, but they did. Thank you for putting this information out!

By: sylvia mills

sylvia mills — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 19:13:00 +0000

I’ve been watching this very closely. The trend is to label these guys so they can get ‘help’, right? While arguement on the second amendment has swung to an arguement about mental stability and keeping guns away from wackos. Mark my words, I’ve been saying this for years. I believe the case is slowly being made that will prevent those who actually know how to use the guns from owning them at all. PTSD does not necessarily make one a psychopath. I’m already worried there is a prejudicial trend in the job market against veterans who ‘may’ eventually, down the road, some day, possibly manifest mental problems connected with his/her service. By the way, I have never served, never been deployed. I’m just a wife and mom and grandmother who is a little tired of media manipulation by politically motivation.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:35:00 +0000

You think it’s bad now, just wait until the women start fighting on the front lines……..

The best way in which to help the troops is to not send them out in the first place, but, sadly, too many have to relearn that lesson. End the welfare-warfare state, so all this non-sense will stop, now, and it won’t keep being repeated over and over again and again..

What a monumental overreaction there has been to 911. amerika has turned itself into a super-banana republic. And just look at the results: It’s been over eleven years and does anybody think Iraq is in any better shape now than it was then? No, Iraq is no better than Vietnam was when U.S. forces pulled out. Does anybody think Afghanistan is a country which is making any real progress whatsoever, by any metric? For example, Afghanistan now supplies more drugs than ever before, so, if you want to be honest, the U.S. is getting bled dry for nothing because things are getting worse and not better. amerika is becoming a country hated by millions. If the trend continues, amerika will be hated by more people than the U.S.S.R. was in all of its police-state glory……….And remember, how, now, the loving government wants women to experience the same treatment as the men. The women can now become homeless, drugged out, soulless creatures, too.

Yes, amerika needs more cannon fodder so it can prolong all of the wars its losing……….sounds like a great long-term strategy for total collapse. You think the fallout from Vietnam was bad? Well, you ain’t seen nothing yet……

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:15:00 +0000

I totally agree, if any cuts need to be made it is all our government officials paychecks need to be cut they don’t do their job anyway and give that money to the military.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 08:28:00 +0000

Not only failing them on the homefront, but in some cases on the battle lines, apparently…
NOT EVEN GIVING THEM HOT FOOD TO EAT?! Unbelievable, inexcusable, downright EVIL.
WHO in hell is running the military these days, making such STUPID decisions–and these are only the few that we hear about! Heaven knows what else goes on.

Article quote:
“I am here and its breakfast time and the dining facility is CLOSED.
There were a box of MREs out at dinnertime last night for the taking,
but no one seemed to be taking them (no surprise)…so, I surmise, most,
like myself, are simply skipping the most important meal of the day.
Bad decision by someone. Hot chow in the morning is not only good, its
good for morale. Probably why on missions or exercises when MREs are
necessary, they are offered for the LUNCHTIME meal, with hot breakfast
and dinners. Why do Soldiers here have two hot meals back-back w/in
three hours of one another, and then go without for 18 hours? Doesn’t
make sense. All leaders know (or at least should know), there are three
things you don’t mess with: A Soldier’s mail, his money, or his chow.
Hopefully common sense will eventually prevail.”

http://www.kpbs.org/news/2013/jan/15/soldiers-afghanistan-react-change-breakfast-servic/

By: Draxx

Draxx — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 08:23:00 +0000

I have been saying that the Fed Gov’t was going to start attacking US Soldiers as Mentally Unstable, and PTSD is the Gov’t Gateway Drug to ruining Soldiers and Their Families Lives…

By: Draxx

Draxx — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 08:19:00 +0000

God Bless All Soldiers that have Served in American Armed Forces (and their families)…