In an interview I just saw on Twitter, I learned that since 9/11, between 65,000 and 140,000 veterans have taken their own lives. Or so the experts say. They didn’t say why they didn’t have a clear number. To put this in context, since 9/11, 6000 veterans have been killed in action.
It makes me wonder: why do they not have a better idea of the numbers?
I talk on the phone from time to time with one of my cousins who lives in a different part of the country. He and his brother were good friends with a guy who served in the Navy Seals who, they were told, killed himself. Except, my cousin refuses to believe that it was a suicide. He says that this guy was doing well, had just become a father, was getting along great with his child’s mother, had everything to live for, and seemed to be happy as a clam. And then, he was gone. My cousin says that he cannot and does not believe that his friend took his own life.
I thought of my cousin and his Navy Seal buddy when I heard the statistics on veteran suicides. It is easy to believe that veterans have a higher rate of suicide than other groups do, but something about these numbers doesn’t pass the smell test-especially considering that they don’t seem to really know.
Also, with all the problems with the VA, why is it that veteran suicide is the only problem that the government ever talks about? Plausible deniability?
ST UnWoked & UnVaxxed! 
To clarify, my cousin doesn’t trust the government. He believes that his friend knew too much about something and was killed by the government.
Am I paranoid for thinking that a lot of veterans might have knowledge that would cause TPTB to be uncomfortable?
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Don’t get me started on the VA, JaC; instead, I’d suggest: https://posttraumaticwinning.com/
By a Marine vet, for all vets – and others living with trauma. In it to win it.
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