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Originally Posted by palo5
It's said that up to 200.000 Vietnam vets have committed suicide since the war. Other studies/reports say about 5.000 vets kill themselves each year, a ratio of 1,7:1 to 'expected' suicides
No national statistic reports this  |
The USA is funny that way Palo5. You're a fair-haired hero when it's time to sign up and while the casualties mount up. Your country can't do enough for you until you bring your problems home. Then you're a do-nothing drag on the system that needs to shape up and quit whining. The country is lukewarm about tending to any physical problems related to your service and downright hostile to treating any mental problems. We don't mind spending trillions to create veterans that need help but we resent every penny spent to help them when they get home.