A new study on US veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan found that 1,868 attempted suicide in 2009 alone, on average one every 80 minutes. Large numbers are dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as well as struggling to return to civilian life.
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To kill people you feel don’t deserve to die, surely nothing can make a man more nuts, crazy and suicidal.
A good conscience tells us that were getting what we deserve. Whereas, a bad conscience tells us were giving others what they don’t deserve, which makes us feel were doing more harm then good, which is the root cause of suicide.
And this is why the corporate rich who own the war materials industry, are guilty of crimes against humanity, why they belong in an open air prison for life you see.
The spoils of war, truly are, the spoils of war.