War Crimes: Vanguard Trailer

Correspondent Kaj Larsen investigates the alarming rise in the number of soldiers who have been traumatized by war and are now accused of bringing the violence home. Of the more than 2 million men and women who have served in the recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as many as a third of them may now have post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. A growing number of these vets are being charged with violent crimes, and Kaj travels to prisons and mental health facilities in Arizona, Colorado and Oregon to hear their stories.
"War Crimes" premieres July 7 at 10/9c on Current TV.
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[Okay931]

u guys fighting wars are pawns in the head of gov plans but even if u go to kill insurgents with u dont know they could be inosent but they label them as or brainwash u into believing there terrorist on there home soil wake up slaves

[kickback14]

@ilovercj Soldiers don't join because there angry. I am joining the marines and I am doing it because I here of them going out there every day and risking there life's for us and if me going out there can help and save some of them from death then im going.And its not like I have to either. I'm intelligent as are most people who join the military.I am 17 and i graduated at 16 with a 3.83 GPA.Its just that when the ones the you grow close to and face death with die around you ,you tend to change.

[THAT1UMMAH]

PUT THEM ALL DOWN! They killed COUNTLESS INNOCENT MUSLIMS! In short, fuck um.

[ilovercj]

The reason as I see it is... these soldiers who commit violent crimes were angry to begin with and maybe joined the military so they could kill some people. It's justified by the government that it's okay to kill people. So they repeat what they've seen. The end.

[brick4sale]

What I don't get is how we expect these men and women to go so many times to the warfront. It doesn't make sense they go off to war and then come home and expect them to be normal and even if they finally get adjusted to civilian life they have to go again, and again. It's a tremendous burden that we just don't have to deal with.

[ckazlas]

How is that even tho the vietnam war was even more hands on than our current one there are way more cases of PTSD? Yet nam vets had it rough when they came back and still do, but in that day in age they knew how to suck it up and deal with life. Our society is way too weak now. And i know (since i work in the field) that a whole lot of the PTSD cases are NOT real, they want the benefits! Its total BULLSHIT!

[NIKSTAR2008]

dont send mentaly weak persons to war, especially to those they cant win

[wonszlol]

Shell Shock ;o

[maskedtruther]

Remember Rambo's speech at the end of First Blood?

[behemoth5022]

Yay America! jailing our own soldiers way to go! hell we don't need an enemy to put our own men to death!