| About 120 Iraq veterans each week commit suicide. Should McCain be ashamed of opposing the GI Bill then taking credit for it? |
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About 120 Iraq veterans each week commit suicide. Should McCain be ashamed of opposing the GI Bill then taking credit for it?
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Asked 2 years ago
by iamafractal  United States |
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Your statement and your question are only peripherally related--McCain's flip-flop on the GI Bill isn't related to the Iraqi vet suicide rate. I really doubt that many vets are killing themselves over lack of funding for college.
But his stand on VA services would be relevant.
well he never flip flopped, really. he still would tell you he'd have voted against it. he'll still take credit for it. its more of a lie than a flip flop.
as for va funding, that's what is more directly affected here. and of course he has been strongly against that as well.
and also he has been against funding for vests, boots, support materials.
there is hardly a shadow of the support system that was in place in the wake of WWII due to constant republican cuts in the non-crony parts of the military budget.
unfortunately there is not much room in the question to cover all that.
thank you for pointing it out though :-)
As I've said before, McCain could care less. In his mind, no one could ever sacrifice as much as he did in Nam, being held captive and tortured for 4 years. He has no empathy for our troops.
So BoboUS you are psychic? You have actually read John McCain's mind? If not, then how can you make this statement? Don't you mean you BELIEVE he '..could care less.'? (...by the way I think you mean couldn't care less - but I'm no mind-reader).
10/7/2001 to 12/30/2005 144 total vet suicides. Vets are twice as likely to comit suicide than non vets.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/11/13/cbsnews_investigates/main3496471.shtml
"...So CBS News did an investigation - asking all 50 states for their suicide data, based on death records, for veterans and non-veterans, dating back to 1995. Forty-five states sent what turned out to be a mountain of information.
And what it revealed was stunning.
In 2005, for example, in just those 45 states, there were at least 6,256 suicides among those who served in the armed forces. That’s 120 each and every week, in just one year..."