Crazed Veterans Spark Nationwide Crime Wave

Powerlineblog ^ | January 13, 2008 | John Hinderaker

[Eagles6]

Actually it appears that veterans are not pulling their weight in committing murders here in the US, although, according to the article, they own guns. Hmmm... much work needs to be done.

[ASOC]

Everyone seems to be missing the real point.

Stalone is coming out with a new Rambo movie........which only work if VV are psycho killers.

[stylin19a]

I picked 1987 as it was a tad over 2 decades from the start of the war.

from the article: "Decades of studies on the problems of Vietnam veterans.."

1987 is 2 decades ago ...

combat Marines entered Vietnam in 1965 - 2 decades before 1987.

The original study started in 1973 and was commissioned by the Veterans Admin and ran for 8 years. It was based on interviews with approx 1400 Viet Vets (mostly criminals).

so go ahead and pick which "decades" you want to use.

I urge you to get a copy of Stolen Valor: How the Vietnam Generation was Robbed of Its Heroes and History, by B.G. Burkett.

Sorry for the rant, but hey keep trotting this stuff out as gospel and it's not true.

FYI...in 1994 the unemployment rate for Viet Vets was 3.9% while the unemployment rate for all veterans was 4.9%

[Myrddin]

This is a little Hegelian dialect designed to complement the recent "NICS Improvement Act". Label our soldiers as mental problems to deny them 2nd amendment rights as a big "thank you" for serving their country.

[endthematrix]

Crazed Veterans Spark Nationwide Crime Wave

[Travis McGee]

I guess the fedgov needs to disarm the vets, just to be safe.

Good luck with that little project.

[Tribune7]

The NYT will be out of business in five years. Few will cry.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I can’t believe anyone still buys that rag.

I went to Catholic H.S. in NYC and it really was a delightful paper in the day, if a bit lefty. I remember sitting in the cafeteria before class, having a coffee and reading the sports and editorial pages (pre-op/ed days). I haven't changed that much, they and the Boston Globe have both become so teeth-achingly politically correct that only tone-deaf moron could bear to read them any more.

You can add Bill Kristol or Johnathan Goldberg or Tom Sowell, the overall tone of the rag isn't going to change. It's not that they're lefty, it's that they are mind numbingly boring. The cognitive dissonance required to believe the liberal left agenda makes you a bore. It's almost as bad as The Nation. They still think the Rosenbergs were innocent. And Alger Hiss was framed. Get over it.

When Hillary becomes president she can issue a pardon for the Rosenbergs like Dukakis did for Sacco and Vanzetti, but as in the case of S&V, they'll still be guilty as Hell.

[Squantos]

As stated before....that 90 pound PC hired badass split tail LEO SWAT’Y down the street keeps all my tools for me till I need em anyway.

[Joe Brower]

I note that this little bit of agitprop shows up right on the heels of the passing of the recent federal legislative changes to the NICS system, aka "The Veterans Disarmament Act".

Coincidence? I think not.

[P8riot]

Crazed Veterans Spark Nationwide Crime Wave

If they keep pushing disarmament that will be the least of their problems.

[VR-21]

A flurry of movies about US soldiers being sadistic killers, and now articles about "crazed veterans."

Deja Vu all over again.

[ExSoldier]

It’s about time some hard-hitting newspaper....

And that would be which one....?

[ExSoldier]

The scary part of all this is the recent revelation that members of some of the bloodiest street gangs in the nation including MS13 and the Crips/Bloods have been having their members voluntarily enlist in the army and marines and then volunteer for infantry and a war assignment. They don't screw up, they keep their noses clean and they LEARN (something they never did in school). Then they go off and practice in a combat zone. When they return and leave active duty, they go right back to the 'hood and teach all those hard won SKILLS to the other gangsta thugs!

Now suddenly when the cops take them on there is "fire and maneuver" and flanking movements on the cops. The next thing you know, they'll be ripping off the military for mortars and claymore mines! I've always felt that the biggest difference between me and the thugs that would help me to survive would be my training which although unused and dormant for many years is always still right there. Now I'm not so sure.

[Ditto]

If my memory is correct, there was similar yellow journalism near the end of the Vietnam War.

It wasn't nearly as subtle back then. It was in your face and viscous as hell.

[Ditto]

The scary part of all this is the recent revelation that members of some of the bloodiest street gangs in the nation including MS13 and the Crips/Bloods have been having their members voluntarily enlist in the army and marines and then volunteer for infantry and a war assignment.

You have any documentation for that or is it another urban legend?

[clamper1797]

Tis time to flood their e-mail and post inboxes with some well penned rebuttals

It is also time to NEVER EVER buy one of their newspapers

[DoughtyOne]

You are right. What’s more, if we wanted to end the gangs, we could. If we wanted to end people coming across and strengthening MS13 and the like, we could. We have RICO laws. We have immigration laws.

We have a president and other political figures who want this nation so damaged, that they can run ruffshod over the U.S. Citizens to implement their goals. Solid citizens wouldn’t allow them to. And so it is that our nation must be torn down.

I firmly believe this is about sovereignty and the sanctity of our national identity.

Nobody but nobody would be stupid enough to allow what is taking place, if it didn’t fit into a percieved game plan.

Globalism and a unified single government for the Americas is on the fast track, and you and I and our nation stands second behind those goals, if not third or fourth.

[pabianice]

"All the news that's fit to pick-up dog shit with"

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

We’re all about ROI.