The_Real_ElRoi
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Under the present circumstances, could you blame them?BubbaBob said:Obviously no one wants troops with psych problems in combat, but if you sent everyone home for acting a little nutty, you'd have lines of folks that want to go home dressing in skirts and acting like Klinger on "Mash" to get shipped home.
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ANAV said:Lets assume that a total of 200,000 troops have served in Iraq since the start of the war. That's a Conservative figure I think, it's probably closer to 300,000. Out of those 200,000, 22 have committed suicide. That's 11 for every 100,000 personnel in a three year period or 3.7 per 100,000 per year.
That national average is 10.6 per 100,000 per year, three times . http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/harmaway.cfm So the national average is three times that of deployed troops.
But it would not surprise me the numbers in the military were much higher. Military members face more stress (in combat zones or not) than the average person. And as the article says, military members have easy access to weapons. So I think the military is doing it's part and this story is baseless of glorified by the liberal media.
aps said:ANAV, the story is accurate. They are sending troops into Iraq who have some psychological issues. Your deduction that this means that the liberal media is slamming the military is YOUR deduction. The article is based upon facts. What you conclude from those facts is your business. If the media published a story about the number of troops who have had limbs blown off, are you going to blame the liberal media for daring to publish such facts. They are facts. This is WAR. The facts are harsh.
But keep blaming the liberal media for any news that could be perceived as being negative towards the war in Iraq if it makes you feel better. LOL
ANAV said:I'm not arguing the facts of the story. But why did the article not mention that the national average is three times that of deployed troops? Easy answer, the story would of been less sensational then. Lets tell the whole story.
Lets assume that a total of 200,000 troops have served in Iraq since the start of the war. That's a Conservative figure I think, it's probably closer to 300,000. Out of those 200,000, 22 have committed suicide. That's 11 for every 100,000 personnel in a three year period or 3.7 per 100,000 per year.
That national average is 10.6 per 100,000 per year, three times . http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/harmaway.cfm So the national average is three times that of deployed troops.
But it would not surprise me the numbers in the military were much higher. Military members face more stress (in combat zones or not) than the average person. And as the article says, military members have easy access to weapons. So I think the military is doing it's part and this story is baseless of glorified by the liberal media.
Willoughby said:That figure of 22 was only for last year
ANAV said:I'm not arguing the facts of the story. But why did the article not mention that the national average is three times that of deployed troops? Easy answer, the story would of been less sensational then. Lets tell the whole story.
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