Army suicides hit record number in June

While most of the weapons of mass distraction media has been focused on the capping of the ruptrured oil well in the Gulf of Mexico over the last 48 hour news cycle, the more important story of the high rate of Army suicides passes without notice. This is another example of the disasterious consequences perpetual war has on a society and how morally bankrupt the United States has become.

The high rate of Army suicides repeats a familair pattern in recent years with more members of the US Armed forces taking thier own lives. Some of the common factors that contribute to US service members taking their own lives were trouble with relationships, work problems and legal and financial difficulties. While each suicide case is different, it is interesting to note that one of the factors contributing to the high rate of Army suicides is troubles related to legal and financial difficulties.

The question needs to be raised to political leaders, who habitally proclaim their support of the troops and the warfighters, and ask why the men and women they support are taking their lives over financial difficulites. Surely the political establishment that gave nearly a trilion dollars to Wall Street institutions and their financial employees, who later received yearly bonuses averaging over $ 500K, could spare a few billion dollars and pay off some of the debts incurred by Army service members.

Ironically, most of the private debts that the serivce members might be facing, are related to the unscrupulous actions of Wall Street financial institutions, that contributed to the current and on-going financial crisis. The same flag that is on the flag covered coffins returning from Iraq and Afghanistan is also used with shallow displays of patroitism by businesses in more of a marketing tool than for respect of the county. It is morally offensive that the same symbol of American sacrifice and hard work is wrapped around the New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street.

The citizen soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, are all victims of the greedy actions of the Wall Street financial institutions, that are facing most Americans.

The notion of a country supporting a never ending war and the privatization of that war with a profit motive, demostrates how morally bankrupt the country has become. Making the political support even more appauling is the fact that many people believe the United States is a Christrian nation.

This political analyst does not believe Jesus Christ would support a government or a political establishment that supports and has put a profit motive onto war.