It’s sad, indeed. But somehow I get the impression that people believe a veteran, on account of his service, should be made completely immune to the vicissitudes of life and the demands of personal responsibility, or that, when he encounters any misfortune for whatever reason it is the fault of society for not having adequately compensated him for his service.
Well said.
Another way to see it is that our Elite masters use emotionalism to manipulate our opinions.
I oppose that.
Agreed. Service to America is a privilege, not a sacrifice.
When dealing with homeless people, you have to realize that a vast majority of them want to be away from other people. If you asked them if they would RATHER be homeless, they know they should answer in the negative. However, their actions support a different conclusion.
Most homeless people want to be away from authority and from a world they have a difficult time adjusting to.
PTSD is a horrible mental health issue. It happens to people from all walks of life—but vets represent the most common cause from the trauma of combat. In this sense they are victims. And they should be given the treatment they desire.
That said, many eschew that help. You cannot force someone to get treatment and you cannot force someone to accept help—especially from the “people who did it to you to begin with.”
I work a lot of people who provide medical service on the streets in an urban environment. It is easy to judge, but it is more difficult to understand. It is easy to say, “No one wants to be homeless” when the reality is that a small percentage of our population doesn’t want the strings that come from being in the system. We used to call them hermits and hobos. Now they are homeless.
Its a reality that has been around since there have been armies and combat.
I notice a great change in the attitude toward us who are veterans. Maybe it is simply because such a small percentage now serve in the military. At the current rate a veteran may be very unusual in a few more years. It used to be that the vast majority of men I knew were veterans, now only a few are but I do have two vets next door to me, one my age and he was at Alameda Naval air station when I was across the bay on Treasure Island going to a Navy class “A” electronics school, the other is an Army vet who is 32.