The Terrible Hidden Cost Of War

Diego in Seattle · Post by **Diego in Seattle** » Sat May 20, 2006 12:58 pm

Remember the pic from Iraq of a filthy marine smoking a cig?

Rack those who have sacrificed so much....not just on Armed Forces Day, but every day!

SunCoastSooner · Post by **SunCoastSooner** » Sat May 20, 2006 1:49 pm

I get most of my news directly from soldiers blogs on myspace about Iraq. I think I'll stick to what I hear first hand from them, thanks.

Bobby42 · Post by **Bobby42** » Sat May 20, 2006 2:17 pm

His detached expression in the photo seemed to signify different things to different people — valor, despair, hope, futility, fear, courage, disillusionment.

How about: "I'm fukk'n tired."

Wolfman · Post by **Wolfman** » Sat May 20, 2006 2:42 pm

what's so "hidden" about it ??

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Sat May 20, 2006 3:26 pm

Jessica, who sports an "I Love My Marine" sticker on her car, says she and Blake are behind the troops though they no longer support the war.

Tough way to learn a lesson.

Tom In VA · Post by **Tom In VA** » Sat May 20, 2006 4:01 pm

Alcohol is a depressant and nicotine a stimulant, bothing affecting the central nervous system. I wonder if throwing them into the mix of suffering PTSD is exacerbating things.

He needs the kind of help only combat vets can provide I'm afraid.
I've seen them work, it's nothing short of miraculous.

Derron · Post by **Derron** » Sat May 20, 2006 4:16 pm

I get most of my news directly from soldiers blogs on myspace about Iraq. I think I'll stick to what I hear first hand from them, thanks.

Rack that....I get mine direct from a couple of solider who have boots on the ground. Fuck the media.

How come you computer geeks can't recognize a wythched picture when you see it. ???

That fucking smoke was put there. Looking at the Marine,, You might think that when he either took the smog out of the pack, or got it handed to him, that it might get a bit of grease paint on it ?? From his equally dirty hands ???

And with all due respect for your respect Diego.... It is Marine, not marine....

He needs the kind of help only combat vets can provide I'm afraid.

Rack that... I am not a combat vet, nor a vet at all.....but I have talked at length with a couple that opened up to me.....a friend who was in combat in Nam, now has his son in action in Iraq... they are bonded even closer than ever now.

Diego in Seattle · Post by **Diego in Seattle** » Sat May 20, 2006 4:33 pm

Wolfman wrote:what's so "hidden" about it ??

So if you were walking down the street & saw this guy, you'd say "this is a guy dealing with PTSD?"

Wolfman · Post by **Wolfman** » Sat May 20, 2006 6:34 pm

you are an asshole of the first degree--
guys with REAL problems are still in the
psych wards at VA hospitals around the country
--why don't you sack up and visit some of
those guys ??

mothster · Post by **mothster** » Sat May 20, 2006 7:19 pm

Wolfman wrote:you are an asshole of the first degree--
guys with REAL problems are still in the
psych wards at VA hospitals around the country
--why don't you sack up and visit some of
those guys ??

rack

Diego in Seattle · Post by **Diego in Seattle** » Sat May 20, 2006 9:42 pm

Wolfman wrote:you are an asshole of the first degree--
guys with REAL problems are still in the
psych wards at VA hospitals around the country
--why don't you sack up and visit some of
those guys ??

The group I'm with is working on expanding into doing things like that. But right now we're just focused on attending the memorial services of fallen soldiers.

So tell us Dr. James.....how is it that Miller isn't a real PTSD case?

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Sat May 20, 2006 9:45 pm

Diego in Seattle wrote:
Wolfman wrote:you are an asshole of the first degree--
guys with REAL problems are still in the
psych wards at VA hospitals around the country
--why don't you sack up and visit some of
those guys ??
The group I'm with is working on expanding into doing things like that. But right now we're just focused on attending the memorial services of fallen soldiers.

So tell us Dr. James.....how is it that Miller isn't a real PTSD case?

You're not like that dude in Wedding Crashers are you? You know, the one who crashes funerals to pick up on the grieving chicks?

Diego in Seattle · Post by **Diego in Seattle** » Sat May 20, 2006 9:46 pm

BSmack wrote:
Diego in Seattle wrote:
Wolfman wrote:you are an asshole of the first degree--
guys with REAL problems are still in the
psych wards at VA hospitals around the country
--why don't you sack up and visit some of
those guys ??
The group I'm with is working on expanding into doing things like that. But right now we're just focused on attending the memorial services of fallen soldiers.

So tell us Dr. James.....how is it that Miller isn't a real PTSD case?
You're not like that dude in Wedding Crashers are you? You know, the one who crashes funerals to pick up on the grieving chicks?

We only go when invited by the family.

Tom In VA · Post by **Tom In VA** » Sun May 21, 2006 1:40 am

Diego in Seattle wrote:
BSmack wrote:
Diego in Seattle wrote: The group I'm with is working on expanding into doing things like that. But right now we're just focused on attending the memorial services of fallen soldiers.

So tell us Dr. James.....how is it that Miller isn't a real PTSD case?
You're not like that dude in Wedding Crashers are you? You know, the one who crashes funerals to pick up on the grieving chicks?
We only go when invited by the family.

RACKS, but dude if you're referring to the group that shelters the family from Westboro's filthy bullshit ....

Mad fucking props and rack

adam-$300 · Post by **adam-$300** » Sun May 21, 2006 2:02 am

this cat shuold login to a message board and have a few takes

Diego in Seattle · Post by **Diego in Seattle** » Sun May 21, 2006 2:08 am

Tom In VA wrote:
Diego in Seattle wrote:
BSmack wrote: You're not like that dude in Wedding Crashers are you? You know, the one who crashes funerals to pick up on the grieving chicks?
We only go when invited by the family.

RACKS, but dude if you're referring to the group that shelters the family from Westboro's filthy bullshit ....

Mad fucking props and rack

If you mean PGR, yes. But your description is no longer appropriate. We go to honor the soldier who has given his all, and support the family. If in doing so we need to shield a family from the Church of the Forked Family Tree then we just stand a little closer to block the family's view. But our attending isn't about those morons really....it's about the soldier & his family (regardless of who shows up).

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Mon May 22, 2006 9:46 pm

BSmack wrote:You're not like that dude in Wedding Crashers are you? You know, the one who crashes funerals to pick up on the grieving chicks?

[ShamelessSelfPromotingReset]Gee, I wonder where they got the idea for that?[/ShamelessSelfPromotingReset]

Uncle Fester · Post by **Uncle Fester** » Mon May 22, 2006 9:47 pm

Read this:

The Last True Story I'll Ever Tell : An Accidental Soldier's Account of the War in Iraq

by John Crawford

LTS TRN 2 · Post by **LTS TRN 2** » Wed May 24, 2006 8:02 am

Sure, Bab's, get in there and KILL KILL...c'mon, KILL some more Arabs!

You pathetic sick fuck.

Y2K · Post by **Y2K** » Wed May 24, 2006 8:33 am

Uncle Fester wrote:Read this:

The Last True Story I'll Ever Tell : An Accidental Soldier's Account of the War in Iraq

by John Crawford

Good ole John Crawford......

Here's a guy with enough intelligence to write a book but wasn't bright enough to figure out that the best way to avoid being inserted into war or
situations where the Government needs "soldiers" to be in harms way is to join the US Military (In this case the National Guard). Sure he could have taken a job at a convienence store to help pay his college education but that was obviously to dangerous....

I can buy this guys hard luck story though, when I was younger I wanted to be a represenative for the legalization of drugs so to fund my career choice I applied and was accepted at the DEA. It was total bullshit because expected me to do a job that was in conflict with my master plan of becoming super intielligent guy.