Veteran suicide – THE OVAL CIRCLE

USA

4 times as many US soldiers and vets died by suicide than in combat since 9/11 War on Terror – study

Posted on June 22, 2021June 22, 2021By Editor

The forever wars that the US launched after 9/11 led to a surge in military suicides, a new study claims, with traumatized soldiers taking their own lives as they are repeatedly deployed in conflicts that have no public support. … Read More >4 times as many US soldiers and vets died by suicide than in combat since 9/11 War on Terror – study

Middle East

‘Our blood is their salaries’: Disabled IDF veterans protest on Memorial Day after ex-soldier with PTSD set himself on fire

Posted on April 15, 2021April 15, 2021By Editor

A group of Israeli veterans held a protest outside a state-run rehabilitation clinic on Wednesday, demanding better treatment from the government. The rally took place days after a disgruntled veteran set himself on fire. … Read More >‘Our blood is their salaries’: Disabled IDF veterans protest on Memorial Day after ex-soldier with PTSD set himself on fire

Videos

Five Finger Death Punch – Wrong Side Of Heaven

Posted on June 9, 2020June 9, 2020By Editor

Five Finger Death Punch – Wrong Side Of Heaven … Read More >Five Finger Death Punch – Wrong Side Of Heaven

Op-ed

US veterans survive foreign battlefields only to die back at home from invisible enemies like Covid-19 & suicide

Posted on May 26, 2020May 26, 2020By Editor

This Memorial Day, America is confronted with the task of honoring members of its armed forces who died while serving a globe-spanning killing machine, while those veterans who made it home are dying from a host of afflictions. … Read More >US veterans survive foreign battlefields only to die back at home from invisible enemies like Covid-19 & suicide

Shows

On Contact: High rates of suicide among combat veterans

Posted on May 10, 2020May 10, 2020By Editor

On the show this week, Chris Hedges talks to Matthew Hoh, former US Marines company commander, about the high rates of veteran suicides. Hoh served two tours in Iraq as a Marine and also worked as an official within the State Department. He resigned his position as a State Department political officer in Afghanistan in 2009 in protest at the Obama administration’s escalation of the war. … Read More >On Contact: High rates of suicide among combat veterans

USA

Mother of all ironies: US veterans are returning to Vietnam ‘for a better life’

Posted on January 6, 2020January 6, 2020By Editor

It sounds almost unbelievable, but a number of US citizens are deciding to cash out of the elusive ‘American dream’ as they settle down in foreign places, such as Vietnam, where many of them were once loathed as invaders. … Read More >Mother of all ironies: US veterans are returning to Vietnam ‘for a better life’

USA

Casualties of War: Military Veterans Have Become America’s Walking Wounded

Posted on November 14, 2019November 14, 2019By Editor

War sustains our way of life while killing us at the same time. As Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent and author Chris Hedges observes: … Read More >Casualties of War: Military Veterans Have Become America’s Walking Wounded

Shows

Pentagon says veteran suicide is deadlier than combat

Posted on November 5, 2019November 5, 2019By Editor

Smog is overtaking New Delhi, India, while Canadian water in is worse than Flint in some places. Boeing may be bouncing back from their plane crash controversies. The Pentagon has released a report saying that veteran suicide takes more lives than active-duty combat. … Read More >Pentagon says veteran suicide is deadlier than combat

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