HAVE WE ALL HAD ENOUGH WAR YET?

It was first proposed as a stress disorder after Vietnam

A Chilling News Report
by Victor M Adamus


It’s difficult to imagine a U.S. Army sergeant killing 16 Afghan people, mostly women and children as they slept but it really did happen and it’s not just shocking to read but, my God, what are these wars doing to our own troops? Troops who a year ago in the same district put together “kill teams” to kill Afghan civilians claiming they were Taliban informants. Then there’s the recent “mistake” of burning the Qurans which started an uprising against the U.S. and added to an already embarrassed America.

Much of the killings could or could not prove these military trained individuals were suffering Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). I remember attending hearings in the days following VietNam where PTSD was rejected by the Congress, no coverage for veterans by the VA, many who shot themselves at home after not being able to adjust. Not getting the medical care they needed upon return from the war. Numerous studies later showed how important it was to address the mental disorder and now it’s covered for all war veterans.

This nation leads all other countries in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder victims. But one would think that 40 years of working with this mental condition, early symptoms would prompt the military to single out individuals that showed some sign of a mental disconnect. It sure didn’t happen in a barracks near the Afghan Village of Panjwai that was violated by a raving maniac in the middle of a Sunday night. Here’s a news thread:

" Moving from house to house, a U.S. Army sergeant opened fire Sunday on Afghan villagers as they slept, killing 16 people — mostly women and children — in an attack that reignited fury at the U.S. presence following a wave of deadly protests over Americans burning Korans.

The attack threatened the deepest breach yet in U.S.-Afghan relations, raising questions both in Washington and Kabul about why American troops are still fighting in Afghanistan after 10 years of conflict and the killing of Osama bin Laden.

According to U.S. and Afghan officials, Sunday's attack began around 3 a.m. in two villages in Panjwai district, a rural region outside Kandahar that is the cradle of the Taliban and where coalition forces have fought for control for years. The villages are about 500 yards from a U.S. base in a region that was the focus of Obama's military surge strategy in the south starting in 2009".


The real question I wonder about here is why haven’t we learned, in all these years, that sending troops in for repeated assignments, as long as 16 months at a time, does not require a mental exam or some form of testing to determine a mental ability to function back in another war zone.

Is there a better reason not to go to war?