Military officials are attempting to downplay the significance of the massive increase in suicides amongst Army National Guard and Reserve soldiers, insisting that the near doubling of the rate at which they make their lives has nothing to do with the military as such.
Major General Ray Carpenter termed it a “young white male problem,” insisting that the increase could be attributed almost entirely to “relationship problems” with the reservists’ wives or girlfriends.
Rather officials sought to emphasize trivial declines in the number of suicides amongst active-duty soldiers, insisting the six fewer suicides amongst them was “a modest success” while the scores of additional suicides amongst reserves were shrugged off.
The assertion of it as a “young white male problem” however doesn’t appear to hold water, as there is no corresponding data to suggest that the population amongst non-reservists doubled in the same manner.
What an asshole liar!
The military are as big a group of liars as politicians are.
If America's youth refused to join the Armed Forces, there would be no suicides. There would be no wars.
While they continue to volunteer to be cannon fodder, endless war will continue. War is despicable and those who pursue it or make money from it are barbarians.
Condemn war. It is sick!
http://www.dangerouscreation.com
Even in the National Guard they're dropping like flies by their own hand, eh? Well, too bad that the Shub, et al are all out of it now. There could have been some glimmer of hope there.
It's really odd that this idiot, speaking on behalf of the u.s. government, feels free to label the recent suicide phenomena as a "young white male problem". You would expect a lot more restraint from such an official owing to america's heavily layered political correctness rules.
The u.s. government has not yet sent out a spokesman to label carjacking as a "young black male problem". Wonder why that is? Could america's brand of political correctness by somehow not quite correct? Could it be biased against a certain class of americans rather than a hodge-podge of laws and rules designed to bring about equality? Just wondering.