US public detached from the true cost of war

Suicide rates in the U.S. military are at record levels. Are these deaths a result of repeat deployments? Are the U.S. armed forces dealing with mental health issues in a meaningful way? Dina Gusovsky speaks with Iraq war vet Adam Kokesh.

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[chingon711]

Bring 'em home.

[DruidAnthony]

9/11, 2001 is an insdie job pass it on.

Health insurance against the people is a fruad.... I'm living that fraud against you people no one wants to hire someone thats family member is sick like me with cancer... They can fire you and higher someone else what isn't sick... Thats what it means when you live in the right to work state...

That means fire you and hire someone who isn't sick. Just wait till it happens to you.

[goldenknight777]

Well for one thing you don't put anyone on mental medication and send them to war expecting them to perform, that is torture! Another thing, quit fucking soldiers spouses!!! Another when a GI's enlistment is up, and he/she wants out, they get out!  This government has tortured and killed many of America's best.

[nultdog]

Is this the same guy the cop was hittin' with the billyclub at one of the occupations?

[PropertyGuy001]

Fuck em, its better they kill themselves then kill an innocent women or child.

[SchutzStaffelWarrior]

@DocHellfish The American army you speak so highly of lost Vietnam, and is failing miserably in Iraq and Afghanistan... It's in a quagmire... American Empire is KAPUT... Hitler was not a coward, any honorable leader would have done the same, instead of being humiliated by his enemy... Hitler was far from a coward. He fought in WW1, and he risked and sacrificed everything along with the German people for the betterment of humanity at the cost of being vilified and humiliated as he is today.

[DocHellfish]

@SchutzStaffelWarrior Oh.... wait... your serious? HAHAHHA! seriously!? What a joke dude. The American army has crushed everyone it has ever fought, even the NVA, hell even itself in the civil war! Saddam is dead.. I was a couple miles from him when he died. Justice served at the hands of the Iraqi people. He wanted to be taller and it was arranged by way of an Iraqi rope. You do know Hitler killed himself out of fear of what the Soviet army would do to him right? Total coward. Lead with honor?

[SchutzStaffelWarrior]

@DocHellfish The Iraqi's who you claim who were "glad" of Saddam's removal are either brainwashed or are race traitors to the Arab people... US has no business in Iraq, and mark my words, another Saddam Hussein will rise in Iraq, no matter what the American armies do! LONG LIVE SADDAM HUSSEIN!

[SchutzStaffelWarrior]

@DocHellfish Clearly, the American and British Armies have been fighting this Iraqi war only for the benefits of Israel and to gain stranglehold on Iraq's oil resources and to enslave the Iraqi people... This is nothing also but a war of genocide, which targets bombings of innocent civilians, especially women and children, which have always been the british method of war... This is another jewish war...

[SchutzStaffelWarrior]

@DocHellfish First of all, you should understand something about Saddam Hussein and the Kurds. Saddam was the last Arab leader who defended with honor, the Iraqi nation and people... He defended it against the Communists who wanted to take it over and the Kurds who wanted to steal their land, especially because of the oil that Iraq has... Saddam Hussein has kept the glorious legacy of Adolf Hitler, and both leaders remain great honorable leaders in the hearts of many, and forever shall be.

[DocHellfish]

@whereisthejustice1 What about the grief of the Kurds who were continuously murdered at the hands of the republican guard? Why not ask them how they feel about our removal of saddam? I've seen his son's rape rooms, I've seen the wall of death on Mosul. My unit even rescued some dudes getting tortured by Al Qaeda, accidentally infact. It was horrible. Do not try to lecture someone who has experienced the dirty side of the war first hand and treated wounded people who had just tried to kill us.

[DocHellfish]

@whereisthejustice1 Oh come now, you inflate statistics. Not to mention most of the deaths were sunni/shia. Arn't you people supposed to like, not kill each other? Now, unless you've met with more Iraqi families than I did as a medic and as a journalist, you are just quoting what someone else told you? You have given yourself away as one of the many muslums who troll the internet inserting 'i hate america' speech. Your credibility is nil. I speak from personal experience.