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To: Broken_Clock who wrote (388492)	6/10/2009 11:38:03 PM
From: Fiscally Conservative	Respond to of 436258

War is Hell. I've not fought in war therefore I've not seen Hell. Politicians who are Hawks are Hell's gate keepers. If politicians had to fight there would be no war.

To: Broken_Clock who wrote (388492)	6/11/2009 8:30:52 AM
From: Terry Maloney	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

What a gd depressing story ... his mother has an excellent idea, though: Noah’s mother, Cheryl, believes her son’s death could have been avoided had he received counseling. Statistically, veterans outside the VA system are four times more likely to attempt suicide than those within the system. Now Cheryl’s mission is to have a clause inserted into every standard military contract that would require veterans to visit a therapist every two weeks of the first year after a combat deployment. “Soldiers are taught to follow orders,” she told me. “It needs to be mandatory. Noah was an excellent soldier, and if it was mandatory, he would have gone faithfully to every appointment. But it wasn’t.”