JET SAVAGE
Apr 6 2007, 06:35 AM
This is so funny. How the west treat their warriors. These are the last days of Rome.
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More Veterans Calling The Streets Home: An Estimated 200,000 U.S. War Veterans Are Homeless
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/03/25/...in2607024.shtml
el midgetron
Apr 6 2007, 07:15 AM
Well the good news is that they should have plenty of job opportunities opening up considering they are all trained soldiers. Heck if they all go re-enlist we could invade another county. Better yet, since being homeless is illegal, we should just conscript them all into service.
I think this topic should have been in news and world events.
Lizardian_guy
Apr 6 2007, 08:40 AM
Well, I don't think they can go back to service; like that guy in the article, he was expelled from the army after he started drinking after seeing his best friend die horribly. I'm pretty sure most of the homeless veterans had a big depression like this guy which lead to their current situation.
Fixing the problem is a matter of psychological support. The army might need to hire psychologists to look after soldiers (and maybe train them, who knows).
JET SAVAGE
Apr 8 2007, 03:25 AM
you guys must be ex military. the reality i am playing on is the next US war yes, but how many are still willing?
as the conspiracies open more and more eyes, will we have a NWO military or martial law?
it may take the next Prez of the US to master the next plan with chem warfare or a nuclear bomb over a US city, just to get war into minds again... They may make that happen to move people like you into war war war. I am just fore warning just in case. because nobody wants to vote for warmongers, nobody wants war in their neighbourhood and nobody believes in war, except for those who fight only on their PS3.
there is a very real chance that the next US war is a loser... they all have een really for the US except WW2
the chances of multiple countries defying the US is not yet a reality, but if there is in our future, then war is a foolish game huh?
i know that russia has had an advance on military tech over the US for ages. they hold more data on citizens than any country with their supercomputers. They have perhaps more tech on surveillance. The hype ofpoor russia accounts to the citizens not the leaders. So if Russia joins the far east with the middle east then the US won't just walk into another country....war is controlled anyway. this should be in the politics section...war is probably very accepted now....
next is martial law i suppose, and rationing after what the chem trails are doing to our water and crops....I will wait for that.
RabidCat
Apr 9 2007, 02:06 PM
I can speak only for myself and my friends. Those I know who served in Nam would be unlikely to return to service, since age is a major factor. It is also true that because of our treatment by the public on our return, the media treatment of Nam, and the untruths that exist as "public knowledge", few of us would be willing to fight for this nation again. For ourselves, yes; for the nation, no. And no, folks, we did not lose the war in Nam: politicians did. Find a few ex-NVAs and ask them; they always tell the same story too.
As to war's effects on the soldier, that has always been. Either an ex will put it all behind or he/she won't. That is purely personal. What is not is the nightmares that follow; the possible reactions towards people (such as reactionary attack); and the fact that the gov doesn't really give much support for ruining one's life.
Recently I had a medical requirement; I wouldn't trust myself to a VA hospital, not by any stretch of the imagination, having spent a good deal of time with Nam vets after the war (at Balboa in San Diego), watching comrades in arms die. We gave, we didn't get what should have been given, just denials of cause. And there are still unaccounted for soldiers: one asks where they are, and why were they abandoned by their people and government. If one asks why we feel the way we do, the reasons glare.
I've met many Nam vets out in the woods. Many were out there just to get away from the bs. Some, as myself, were panning gold as an excuse for same. None was just there for recreation. You see, in the years following Nam, the public consensus seemed to be that we were unworthy. WWII vets fell for the media ploy that we were substandard soldiers. Dig some truth up about Nam, and find that wasn't the case; I venture to guess that a platoon of Marines then would rip up a company of WWII marines, given the same situation (not to say we were better, just better trained in a different environment). Also it is a fact that Iraq is a different situ than Nam; given current Iraq trained soldiers in Nam against Nam trained, the jungle soldiers would wreak havoc.
Comparisons, though, are never quite accurate. Still, I would put American soldiers against anyone.
As to technology of Russia v. American: I don't know where that foolish idea comes from. It is downright ignorant. The facts stare us in the face: Iraq had Russian technology in 1991, and lost in 100 hours. They had Russian technology in 2001 and couldn't hold against American forces. Use your heads, folks. It is also a FACT that available technology will not be used unless there is an all-out war with someone. Why display your hidden cards for nothing? Anyone involved in military technology is well aware of this.
Colbert Nation
Apr 12 2007, 05:35 AM
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as the conspiracies open more and more eyes, will we have a NWO military or martial law?
As long as they keep sending the paychecks