"About 300,000 troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan suffer PTSD or depression, or one in five of the more than 1.5 million who have deployed, according to a report by RAND Corp." -- Claudia Parsons, "Iraq war strains U.S. army mental health system," Reuters, Tue May 6, 2008 9:56am EDT.
Add shell shocked civilians (young children, adults) in war zones like Gaza and Somalia, Iraq and Afghanistan; add chronically poor, afflicted, economically dislocated, displaced . . .
We're in trouble. I guess it's a long time coming; among those of us who can, we'd better roll up our sleeves and get to it.
My question is this: does anyone have specific suggestions for helping people out? Beyond the obvious way of making financial contributions?
Today's Rune: Initiation.
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And still this country's leaders think that our problems can be solved militarily...
*sigh*
LIsten, cruel virgin is active in these things and she told me she was incolved in helping veterans. check with her
Soldiers are committing suicide in record numbers, too, unfortunately. The best solution is to end the war, I think. Start working on a mature, nonviolent solution.
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