http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2006/06/28/trauma-military.html
As far as I am concerned, this government is (once again) following in the footsteps of the Bush administration, this time with the latter's vile treatment of its military with cutbacks in benefits, and refusal to treat many there for PTSD. Moreover, this is being ordered in Canada by the same people who will never "step up to the plate" and offer some sacrifice for this "war" we are fighting, yet hold the power to manipulate those who do. In fact, these selfsame people stand to benefit greatly by the war on terror, because the billions that it costs is being spent SOMEWHERE, folks.
In World War I, soldiers who exhibited "shell shock" were commonly executed for cowardice and desertion. As Private W. Hay remarked: "...you were between the devil and the deep blue sea. If you go forward, you`ll likely be shot, if you go back you`ll be court-martialled and shot, so what the hell do you do? What can you do? You just go forward because that`s the only bloke you can take your knife in, that`s the bloke you are facing..."
http://www.greatwar.nl/
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/world_war_one_executions.htm
In later years, this callous treatment of primarily non-commissioned ranks, was condemned. But it seems there are those among us today who still believe that victims of "shell shock" are shirkers, and these people are far more cruel than the imperious generals of WWI who ordered the executions. They are far more cruel because, back then a firing squad at least put the victims out of of their misery. Today, they are just......spit upon and forgotten. Yes, spit upon and forgotten by the very people who would not have made the billions they did (and continue to do), and who are so niggardly with their "blood money", that they cannot throw a few shekels into the pot to help those who did "step up to the plate".
Note: http://www.cbc.ca/story...
http://www.greatwar.nl/
http://www.historylearn...
Personality Tests For Traumatized Troops Called Unnecessary
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I wondered what would happen when our troops came back from the shock and awful wars of aggression that our government dispatched them to. The first thing our government does is obfuscate their suffering by claiming that it is mental and not the result of multiple physical insults to the body via multiple vaccines, depleted uranium weaponry fall out and let us not forget chemtrail fall out.
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"Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth."
(Albert Einstein)
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Expect little from life and get more from it.
Maybe some of us need to lobby for O'Connor having a personality test to reassure us that he IS A PERSON!
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"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music." Friedrich Nietzsche
- Joseph Stalin
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27 in the military, 9 tours.
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"It's not the people who vote that count; it's the people who count the votes."
- Joseph Stalin
No normal person and mind can dismiss such events without some form of change.
My own experience, at 17, was very short, only a few weeks of combat, but even now, 61 years later, there are scenes and events, that were completely wiped from my memory. E.g. I remember how we broke out of encirclement by getting behind a Russian tank, pretending to be Russian infantry, I can remember that the tank had a shot off muffler and blue flame was shooting out of the exhaust pipe, but I don't know what happened later? What happened to the tank, how we left it behind and how did we reach our own lines? I've been thinking about this for 61 years and still have no answer. I talked to other veterans who also experienced the same mental blackouts under extreme danger and stress.
But the real shelshock for me came in the hospital, seeing the real horrors of war, when I had time to think and wake up to the crimes of politics and wars, having lost everthing and finding that all my previous life and education were lies.
Standing by an operating table, holding the legs of about a 100 guys as they were amputated and reamputated was that lead me into history and economics and changed my whole world. All red hot war lovers should try it for a while and see how they like it.
Or taking handless kids to the lavatory and helping them to take a leak and wiping their bottoms. I know, military nurses are doing it all the time, but so should the shooting
heroes.
Ed Deak.
The dumbed down macho stance he portrays is mostly over the top of human decency,
RPW Ed Deak, shagya, all voted up
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The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.... : Albert Einstein
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27 in the military, 9 tours.
What unit were you with? Russian Tanks?
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27 in the military, 9 tours.
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"It's not the people who vote that count; it's the people who count the votes."
- Joseph Stalin
Russian Tanks? If you knew your history, Who did he fight for the Russians? The only time the Russians and Brits met were at the end of the war. My father was in WW2, and never said anything about Russians fighting on the western frontage.
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27 in the military, 9 tours.