tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172818.post3612396168560560..comments2023-10-22T04:57:07.468-04:00Comments on <center>WHAT FRESH HELL IS THIS?</center><center> (J.D. Rhoades' Blog)</center>: Damn It.JD Rhoadeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07123361739160525998noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172818.post-5268350335946174762008-08-13T08:04:00.000-04:002008-08-13T08:04:00.000-04:00Really what fresh hell is this?===================...Really what fresh hell is this?<BR/><BR/><BR/>================================<BR/><BR/>moden08<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.drugtreatments.com/alaska" REL="nofollow">Alaska Drug Treatment </A>maddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13650515552984011136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172818.post-23830621368026603092008-08-13T07:48:00.000-04:002008-08-13T07:48:00.000-04:00First-of-all this is a very good topic about the s...First-of-all this is a very good topic about the soldier. The man Dwyer's was great and he had struggled for the war of Iraq.<BR/><BR/>====================<BR/><BR/>suszen<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.drugtreatments.com/alaska" REL="nofollow">Alaska Drug Treatment</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172818.post-40904828032635229762008-07-02T22:16:00.000-04:002008-07-02T22:16:00.000-04:00There's another angle to consider here as well. H...There's another angle to consider here as well. How many of these young men and women are going to come back and try to fit in to a college atmosphere after fighting in Iraq?<BR/><BR/>A university is its own little world with its own little rules. It can be tough to settle into, even for the most well-adjusted of people. For someone with PTSD, I can't imagine the struggle they'll have. All of that, in addition to trying to live in the civilian world?<BR/><BR/>It's a disaster waiting to happen, simply because no one, not just the government, has anything in place, to help these young men and women.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172818.post-84905635464934056542008-07-02T18:45:00.000-04:002008-07-02T18:45:00.000-04:00Jim,Not only am I a veteran who had a sigificant a...Jim,<BR/>Not only am I a veteran who had a sigificant amount of trouble readjusting, but I come from a large military family and so does my wife. My outrage over veterans' treatment goes back at least 35 years and will continue no matter who is president.<BR/><BR/>That this administration uses "support the troops" as a political cudgel, and when they need to step up on health care, the GI Bill, combat pay, stop-loss, extended tours, etc. they're conspicuously AWOL. That absence only adds fuel to my anger.<BR/><BR/>This is not bashing the administration. This is holding people accountable.David Terrenoirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482864941636273068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172818.post-71610190656552403132008-07-02T18:05:00.000-04:002008-07-02T18:05:00.000-04:00Just musings from the Vietnam era, Dusty. Hell, I...Just musings from the Vietnam era, Dusty. Hell, I'm old enough to remember how the Korean vets got tossed on the dungheap. Only, back then they called PTSD "battle fatigue." Same for WWI and II.<BR/><BR/>A rose by any other name still had a lot of alcohol abuse and suicide connected with it.Jim Hetleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01759484154530532629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172818.post-64677385800461665682008-07-02T17:31:00.000-04:002008-07-02T17:31:00.000-04:00Jim: if this shit continues under an Obama adminis...Jim: if this shit continues under an Obama administration, be assured I'll take them to task as well. Don't know if y'all noticed, but this guy is from just down the road from me.JD Rhoadeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123361739160525998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172818.post-60514039051055589442008-07-02T15:55:00.000-04:002008-07-02T15:55:00.000-04:00I rather wish I could think that the majority of o...I rather wish I could think that the majority of outrage at treatment of combat vets came from real concern about the poor grunts. Instead, I get the sense that this is a convenient weapon to bash the Admin on their home ground, and that after Bush et al have left the stage, the vets will vanish from the public conscience as well...Jim Hetleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01759484154530532629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172818.post-40719365534529357352008-07-02T11:10:00.000-04:002008-07-02T11:10:00.000-04:00It reminds me so much of the right wing's take on ...It reminds me so much of the right wing's take on abortion, let the child live but don't help it. Let the soldier fight, but don't help him afterward. We are one sick society to allow this. My brother-in-law died in exactly this way after Vietnam. 29 yrs old with a silver star and three purple hearts and enough substance issues to kill him.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172818.post-50182984644269648352008-07-02T11:01:00.000-04:002008-07-02T11:01:00.000-04:00Jim,I remember that. The commonly held belief was ...Jim,<BR/><BR/>I remember that. The commonly held belief was that no soldier was held responsible for anything they did within 3 seconds of waking up. I don't know if that was an official regulation, but we believed it.<BR/><BR/>What is happening today is criminal. That this young medic was driven to this state should haunt America's conscious, because it sure as hell won't rob George Bush of a minute's sleep.<BR/><BR/>Bastards. Fucking bastards.David Terrenoirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482864941636273068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172818.post-69980888964770065372008-07-02T10:26:00.000-04:002008-07-02T10:26:00.000-04:00Business as usual. Damn near 40 years ago, still-...Business as usual. Damn near 40 years ago, still-serving and untreated PTSD victims were common enough that we had a standard method of waking <I>any</I> soldier in the barracks. You shake the bed and step back...Jim Hetleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01759484154530532629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172818.post-30264520698936244352008-07-02T09:03:00.000-04:002008-07-02T09:03:00.000-04:00Oh. man!Oh. man!Randy Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16627907086811387527noreply@blogger.com