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In reply to the discussion: Veteran Has Had It With Republicans: ‘Don’t You Dare Thank Me For My Military Service’ [View all]Victor_c3
(3,557 posts)I completely get everything you say. I was young and stupid when I joined the army in 1997. I actually believed our military would be used to make the world a better place. Fast forward to 2004 and I was a young infantry platoon leader stuck in the middle of the war with blood all over my hands.
Almost 10 years to the day of one of the anniversaries of one of the major firefights i led my platoon in I attempted suicide. I slashed my wrists and sprayed my blood in my wife's face after she called me a killer and a coward (she was trying to use the war against me in an argument).
The war has impacted me tremendously. I've lost numerous decent careers because of it and my relationships are a wreck. In the last year I've been locked up in a psych ward almost 5 of those months.
Whenever I hear anyone claim to be a veteran then claim that they are pro-war and military I automatically know the person certainly didn't experience combat or actually see any of the impacts of the violence we were a part of.