I am so growing weary of all this PTSD nonsense to justify why Veterans of the Military/LE go on rampages of self destruction...fact they were nut cases before they entered the Military/LE in the first place...a very small number out of millions of Veterans of the Military and Law Enforcement later in life go on to do the unthinkable and turn their training on the general public at large...let's just call it like it is...they slipped thru the cracks on the initial full field background investigation...the proverbial 'Shit Happens' thus applies!
I strongly urge all Veterans to avoid applying for PTSD counseling...this will only be used against you to take away your rights to own and posses a weapon after discharge from the military...this whole PTSD classification is a lie and pushed by the looney left Progressives to take you off guard with the guise of just wanting to help you...hello millions of Veterans suffered the consequencies of war... nightmares and feelings of not doing their best and coming home while some of their brothers in arms did not....99 % get over it with time and reflection the first year of discharge without the intervention of so called counselors ! Just a fact Jack! By all means help those with physical disabilities from wounds suffered..they need our help to be able to do normal functions of life...for those with 'real' emotional issues not just the immediate 'guilt trip' issues should be helped...but all should not be categorized as being PTSD related!
In the case of Christopher Dorner he brought shame on all LE and Military...he was a nut from day one...he cannot justify his actions at all...he screwed up not the system...then again maybe the system is at fault...upward mobility for the sake of being PC ? Let's overlook some issues in ones background for the sake of not wanting to appear being prejudice?
Fact he was passed over for promotion within the Navy Reserve Officers promotion system..any officer who fails to be promoted from Jr Officer to the Field grade 04 is dismissed...this has always been the case within all braches of the military...obviously he did not have what it takes...as was the case of his career in the LAPD short lived as it was! He slipped thru the cracks...now the result of such has come to the forefront!
I could go on and on addressing this issue but will digress for others to comment!
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ReplyDeleteYou can live with your head under a pillow if you please, but 30% of returning veterans since 9/11 have suffered from PTSD. That's nearly a cool quarter of a million service members. Actually, 247,243 to be exact. You have a right to your opinions but you have no right to demand others to regard your opinions as fact.
http://www.publichealth.va.gov/docs/epidemiology/ptsd-report-fy2012-qtr3.pdf
If you think this condition of PTSD is all make-believe, then I guess you'd also be self-deluded to believe that the Mayo Clinic is also putting out bunk and is part of some kind of wild conspiracy.
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/post-traumatic-stress-disorder/DS00246
Oh and uh... I have GPS and need no map to know how to fly back out.
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