The Veterans are Loved in America.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22771092-2703,00.html

"At least 6256 US veterans took their own lives in 2005, at an average of 17 a day, according to figures broadcast last night."

And the war goes on.

A growing, shall we say, epidemic? I think so. These men, as I did, signed that contract trusting in the government to take care of them. They live with this trust throughout their military careers, only to be awakened to the fact that that trust was nothing but naivety.

Should the United States take steps to fix this problem? Yes. Do they know what to do? Yes. Will they do it? No, they will not.

"But why not?", you maybe asking yourself.

Because, in order for the United States government to end an epidemic caused by a war, it must end the war. Pretty difficult to grasp, huh?

But they wouldn't even have to go that far. That's the permanent solution. A less permanent fix would be to invest a little more into the mental health of their soldiers. I mean come on Robert Gates, is it really that difficult?

"A separate study published last week shows that US military veterans make up a quarter of homeless people in the US, even though they represent just 11 per cent of the adult population."

And on.

Why in the name of everything great and good are there this many troops living on the streets?

Do you really think these men were signing a contract based on the knowledge that once they were out of the service they were to be homeless? No. They signed a contract thinking, as did I, that they were starting a new life full of opportunities.

So, the simple answer to the aforementioned question is this: The Army didn't keep their end of the deal.

Just another example of military injustice.

WE SHALL OVERCOME.