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Veterans

unhappycamper

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5. War is an ugly business.

Reply to sarisataka (Original post)

Sun Mar 10, 2013, 10:09 AM

Mar 2013

The 'thousand yard stare' is nothing new.

Can you image the carnage inflicted during a Civil War battle? The people who fought that battle did. As did their families.

Trench warfare, jungle warfare, desert warfare, drone warfare and urban warfare are all the same. It's about killing people.

WW I? Ditto.

WW II? Ditto.

Korea? Ditto.

Vietnam? Ditto.

GW I? Ditto.

Afghanistan? Ditto.

Iraq? Ditto.

War veterans and their families see their family members somehow changed when they return from the wars. As I said, war is an ugly business.

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Di Fi thinks we are all crazy [View all] sarisataka Mar 2013 OP

DiFi thinks touching a gun tends to make you crazy. discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2013 #1

Well, PTSD IS a new phenomenon. Jackpine Radical Mar 2013 #2

I'm probably not helping things Victor_c3 Mar 2013 #3

Yes, she is talking about all vets sarisataka Mar 2013 #4

War is an ugly business. unhappycamper Mar 2013 #5