Soltz on Military Suicides

by: Brandon Friedman

Mon Feb 09, 2009 at 14:05:06 PM EST


Last week, Jon Soltz was on MSNBC addressing the skyrocketing suicide rates within the military:

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"Pensions offered" to Saddam's ex-military folks (0.00 / 0)
http://www.gulfnews.com/region...

Found this very interesting for several reasons, as in wondering about the motivation for creating a data base, the 'need' for these soldiers, or an incentive to get ex-patriots to return to Iraq taking the burden off countries like Jordan who have complained about the number of 'poor' Iraqi displaced in their countries.

This came out just after the Minister of Women's Affairs resigned because the budget to help the 'Army of Widows' in Iraq was cut to zilch. The reason given for cutting this budget was the huge loss in revenue from declining oil prices.  


Job Market making recruiters' job easier. (0.00 / 0)
The numbers confirm the prediction.

http://money.cnn.com/2009/02/1...  


Gates speaks about troops to Afghanistan... (0.00 / 0)
expecting Obama to make decision shortly. Wants Obama to make decisions before the Pentagon provides the info requested to base the decisions on.

He also 'discusses' the increasing number of suicides and doesn't mention the "failure of providing" appropriate care for "sick" troops.

Gates is starting to have a major credibility problem.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITI...


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