I hope that I am “mis-reading” your attempt at humor, which I feel is both unwanted and unwarranted.
Many of our troops have faced multiple deployments (in some cases 8-9 over the years), and are suffering tremendously because of it.
PTSD is under-reported or mis-diagnosed, family break-ups, the combat loss of close friends and even family members, DUIs and unforeseen flashes of violence due to the ongoing and unproductive wars the US is waging, all of these things add up over time and have had a negative effect on a lot who have served.
I am a retired career NCO in the US Army and the proud parent of an outstanding officer in the Army Reserves who has multiple deployments under his belt. He has seen the negative results of these missions overseas, up close and personal, and I can only hope that he, or others, will NOT become victims like this due to this society’s lack of concern and commitment to our troops.
If it turns out I am mis-reading your intentions, please accept my humble apology, I needed to get it off of my chest when I saw your cartoon.
*off my soapbox*
I was a wreck after spending a year in VN...I hate to think
Of having to keep going back again and again.I could’t have
Handled it I don’t think
Civilians don’t understand the stress in puts on the troops
Thank you for your long service Sgt
When you look at the people in a public place at say Walmart, do you get the feeling that they care about the troops? How the war affects their lives or how the average day concerns of Citizen USA compares to what happens over in Kandahar?
Or how about the Illegal's who stream in to this country to take advantage of it, do you think they care about this shooting?
Or even our god King Barak Hussein Ubama II or Chief Justice Roberts-Do you think they consider what happened in the Second Battle of Fallujah and how it effected the Men who were there?
I wasn't trying to offend anyone, just the lack of caring for this and The Fort Hood shooting which was swept under the rug for obvious reasons.