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发帖数: 3964 | 1 http://www.good.is/post/more-us-soldiers-killed-themselves-than
For the second year in a row, more American soldiers—both enlisted men and
women and veterans—committed suicide than were killed in the wars in Iraq
and Afghanistan. Excluding accidents and illness, 462 soldiers died in
combat, while 468 committed suicide. A difference of six isn't vast by any
means, but the symbolism is significant and troubling. In 2009, there were
381 suicides by military personnel, a number that also exceeded the number
of combat deaths.
Earlier this month, military authorities announced that suicides amongst
active-duty soldiers had slowed in 2010, while suicides amongst reservists
and people in the National Guard had increased. It was proof, they said,
that the frequent psychological screenings active-duty personnel receive
were working, and that reservists and guardsmen, who are more removed from
the military's medical bureaucracy, simply need to begin undergoing more
health checks. This new data, that American soldiers are now more dangerous
to themselves than the insurgents, flies right in the face of any suggestion
that things are "working." Even if something's working, the system is still
very, very broken.
One of the problems hindering the military's attempt to address soldier
suicides is that there's no real rhyme or reason to what kind of soldier is
killing himself. While many suicide victims are indeed afflicted with Post
Traumatic Stress Disorder after facing heavy combat in the Middle East, many
more have never even been deployed. Of the 112 guardsmen who committed
suicide last year, more than half had never even left American soil.
"If you think you know the one thing that causes people to commit suicide,
please let us know,” Army Vice Chief of Staff General Peter Chiarelli told
the Army Times, "because we don't know what it is." | a****d
发帖数: 3964 | 2 美国 太 可怕了，不管你是白人，黑人， 亚裔，都会被歧视 而 自杀。
小将们，就不要死皮赖脸的赖在美国， 回你们爱戴的那个破中国去吧。
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: http://www.good.is/post/more-us-soldiers-killed-themselves-than
: For the second year in a row, more American soldiers—both enlisted men and
: women and veterans—committed suicide than were killed in the wars in Iraq
: and Afghanistan. Excluding accidents and illness, 462 soldiers died in
: combat, while 468 committed suicide. A difference of six isn't vast by any
: means, but the symbolism is significant and troubling. In 2009, there were
: 381 suicides by military personnel, a number that also exceeded the number
: of combat deaths.
: Earlier this month, military authorities announced that suicides amongst
: active-duty soldiers had slowed in 2010, while suicides amongst reservists
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