After a decade of two Wars of Choice, Afghanistan became as soon as the first drumbeat pointed at Iraq and the abandoning of the main mission, and Countries promises to the Afghans after years of occupation and wars which we had walked away from then after our participation in arming them against the Soviets, multiple tours in one theater or most doing same in both, war and occupation of others has become their lives. Not a military defending but 24/7, over and over, of continued stress of survival for each and each other.
This Country on the other hand hasn't had any of that stress at all! They even haven't had to Sacrifice, told to go shopping right at the beginning, except for the very few, and the families of, who actually understand and seek to help in many ways and on many issues, which occurs as to all our wars, the very few, for over a decade now adding to the previous decades as the greater majority wave flags of support and patriotism. Or rather they call it that with other words and cheap symbols of same while continuing to under fund, laying blame on as well, their responsibility the Veterans Administration especially with each war they cheer on while ongoing and in the years after. Add in each generation of veterans of our wars, and those very few caring citizens, since Korea, being ignored once they return during and in mass after the official ends of, still no Sacrifice.
Panetta: Reevaluate how stressed troops are
March 14, 2012 - The U.S. Army staff sergeant being investigated in the massacre of 16 Afghan civilians was flown out of Afghanistan today.
A military spokesman said the U.S. does not have an appropriate detention facility in that country. It's not known where he was taken.
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Panetta spoke to soldiers at Camp Leatherneck. On the agenda were the massacre of 16 innocent Afghans last weekend, the mistaken burning of the Koran by U.S. troops, and the death of 6 Americans in the riots that followed.
"Each of these incidents is deeply troubling, and we have to learn the lessons from each of those incidents so that we do everything possible to make sure they don't happen again," Panetta said.
Later he spoke with CBS News correspondent Chip Reid about his visit and what he hopes to learn from the recent incidents.
The Pentagon wants to know whether the Afghan rampage shooter "was on the edge, what kind of group counseling he received, really try to understand the kind of stress our troops go through." read more>>>
The Other 1%
{The above link is a recent video that's in 'iframe' code and won't embed here so the link sends you to a post I have on my site. In it a veteran of these wars talks as to how everyone is changed when sent into war.}