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What is happening in todays military?

The men who returned from WW2 did not have the problems these guys are having.

Was it because they were allowed to fight back and not hampered with Rules of Engagement?

They fought to win. Is that the problem> We have’t really fought to win since WW2.

There were indeed people with PTSD after WW2. Many who were unable to function in society for years...even a few who snapped and killed people. I think the difference is that it wasn’t an “unpopular war” in people’s minds, so the media didn’t make a big deal out of it...and when veterans did snap and kill people it was treated as local news, without the if-it-bleeds-it-leads sensationalism we’ve been seeing since Vietnam.

It has nothing to do with the ROE.

Back in the '30's when our WWII vets were being raised, Jesus Christ was taught at home and school. These boys grew into men having a strong relationship with their Savior. When confronting evil, they had the power of The Spirit. So, the things they saw and had to do for their country could be coped with easier because they had The Great Comforter.

I personally don't believe in any mental illness. I think we let demons in by keeping God out. And since we as a nation, shun God, we see more of the works of the Prince of Lies.

The men who returned from WW2 did not have the problems these guys are having.
BS. Every GI who goes into combat in any war gets PTSD to one degree or another. It's how they choose to deal with it (public and private) that makes the difference.
Quite frankly, I'm sick of hearing how tough the Iraq and Afghanistan vets have (or had) it. Many have hooches with AC, refrigerators, Internet access, satellite phones, three squares a day, etc.
No war is easy, but to say these vets had it worse than those who came before them, is just not true.

Actually, after WWII, the press put out lots of horror stories about returning veterans “who have been trained to rape and kill”. Seriously. The truth was that the vast majority had years of ‘chaste’ stored up.

In any event, the veterans as a group had some huge priorities. First they wanted a college education and a good job. Then somewhere in there they wanted to get married and have kids. The war was over, and there was no time to fret about being a civilian again.

At the time, a lot of universities were still gender segregated, and all mixed gender activities had to have a faculty chaperone. In many places students could not even own a car or live off campus.

The response of the veterans to this was “Hell no!”, and they changed these schools overnight, being particularly persuasive individuals.

(I heard one account of a Dean of Women at a prominent college, who was horrified at the prospect of veterans “raping” her “ladies”, who in truth were as desperate as the veterans to do “a little raping” themselves. Or maybe a whole lot of raping, and marriage, and kids.)

In any event, for years thereafter there was the occasional story of some veteran who went nuts, though I might add, at a statistically *lower* frequency than civilians as a whole.