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A poignant editorial on Al Jazeera seems to have more in depth observations than America’s Corporate media.  Mainstream media must follow the money, toe the line for sponsors and political perks that promise ’scoops’.
‘The US military is exhausted”
By Sarah Lazare
The call for over 30,000 more troops to be sent to Afghanistan is a travesty for the [...]

Posted by bosskitty January 2nd, 2010 | Tags: Al-Jazeera, PTSD, repatriation, US Military, Wounded Warriors | Category: PTSD, Politics, military | Leave a comment

If I had to choose between high priced arrogant profiteering insurance corporations and uninspired, underpaid, uninterested bureaucratic medical providers, I would hitchhike to Mexico or Canada.

Posted by bosskitty June 15th, 2009 | Tags: AMA, Department of Veterans' Affairs, Economics of Health, Health Care, Medical System, Medicare, Obama, Public Health, US Congress Committee on Oversight | Category: Accountability, American Medical Association, Big Pharma, Congressional Oversight, Department of Veterans' Affairs, Economics of Health, Health Care, Insurance, Medical System, Medicare, Mismanagement, PTSD, Public Health, VA, Veterans Health Administration, War Cost, mental health, negligence, veterans benefits | Comments (7)

This photo was taken on March 25, 2003.
Soldier in famous photo never defeated ‘demons’
They found Dwyer lying on his back, his clothes soiled with urine and feces. Scattered on the floor around him were dozens of spent cans of Dust-Off, a refrigerant-based aerosol normally used to clean electrical equipment.
Dwyer told police Lt. Mike Wilson [...]

Posted by bosskitty July 20th, 2008 | Tags: Iraq, military, PTSD, VA, veterans | Category: Accountability, Afghanistan, Health Care, Iraq, PTSD, Veterans Health Administration, War, military, veterans, veterans benefits | Comments (6)

Such as the Stop Loss Policy

– they discovered that the military wasn’t what they thought it was going to be. Many of them told me that the military wasn’t even close to what their recruiters told them it was going to be (either the recruiter lied to them, or they were guilty of “selective listening.”) [...]

Posted by bosskitty April 1st, 2008 | Category: PTSD, Pentagon Corruption, Promises, Propaganda, Stop Loss Policy, Tax Dollars, VA, War Cost, military, recruiters | Comments (3)

Murder Trial Points to War Trauma
A Maryland murder trial is being turned into a debate on the lingering traumatic impact of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq on the psyche of the Americans who served there.
Army Ranger veteran Gary Smith is on trial for murdering fellow Ranger Michael McQueen.
Military leaders have acknowledged that the service [...]

Posted by bosskitty March 27th, 2008 | Category: Army Rangers, Gary Smith, Michael McQueen, PTSD, Public Health, VA, War Cost, veterans, veterans benefits | Leave a comment

Depression and suicidal thoughts aren’t limited to vets with PTSD; family members may experience it as well.
… an excerpt from testimony before a House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Health hearing held February 28, 2008, regarding the Iraq War’s mental health impacts of Iraq War on the families of Guard/Reserve veterans.

Nearly 3 million immediate [...]

Posted by bosskitty March 25th, 2008 | Category: PTSD, Time Bomb, VA, VFW, Walter Reed, War Cost, trauma, troops, veterans, veterans benefits | Leave a comment

Military Doctors Withholding Treatment from Soldiers with Mental Health Problems
The military is denying crucial care to soldiers, making them vulnerable on the battlefield.
Since 9/11, one Army division has spent more time in Iraq than any other group of soldiers: the 10th Mountain Division, based at Fort Drum, New York.
Over the past 6 [...]

Posted by bosskitty February 27th, 2008 | Category: 10th Mountain Division, Accountability, Afghanistan, Army Medical Command, Casualties, Double Cross, Health Care, Hypocracy, Iraq, Mismanagement, PTSD, Pentagon Corruption, Politics, Preventative medicine, Public Health, VA, VFW, War Cost, administration, betrayal, consequences, department of defense, depression, disinformation, mental health, military, suicide, troops, veterans benefits, victims | Comments (2)

Pentagon Warns of Civilian Layoffs If Congress Delays War Funding
Democrats Are Firm on Link to Troop Withdrawals From Iraq
By Jonathan Weisman and Ann Scott Tyson Washington Post
The Defense Department warned yesterday that as many as 200,000 contractors and civilian employees will begin receiving layoff warnings by Christmas unless Congress acts on President [...]

Posted by bosskitty November 21st, 2007 | Category: Afghanistan, Agendas, Bush, Casualties, Congress, Contractors, Corruption, Democracy In Action, Executive Branch, Hypocracy, Iraq, Joint Chiefs, Middle East, Nancy Pelosi, Outsource, PTSD, Pakistan, Pentagon Corruption, Politics, Propaganda, Soldiers, Tax Dollars, VA, War, War Contractors, War Cost, Waste, appropriation, betrayal, department of defense, deployment, disinformation, escalation, mental health, negligence, profiteers, responsibility, veterans benefits, victims | Comments (3)

Dear (BossKitty):
Thank you for contacting me regarding mental health services for American service members and veterans. I welcome your thoughts and comments on this issue.
With the ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, it is important that we have the capacity to treat mental health issues for returning soldiers and Marines to cope with the hidden [...]

Posted by bosskitty September 11th, 2007 | Category: Accountability, Cornyn, Doggett, Kay Bailey Hutchinson, PTSD, Politics, Statistics, VA, Waco Veterans Hospital, War Cost, War Crimes, suicide, troops, veterans, veterans benefits | Leave a comment