Mini-Me: Veteran Suicides in 2012 — 1 Per Day from AF/IQ 18 Per Day All Wars

Huh? The Invisible Wounds of War: Number of Soldiers Committing Suicide Reaches Record High Amy Goodman Democracy Now, 21 August 2012 EXTRACT: MARGUERITE GUZMÁN BOUVARD: That’s right. And before I—after I finished that book, finally the Department of Defense was letting out these statistics. They were not letting them out before. I tried to get …

Chuck Spinney: Killing America – Government Specifications Cost Plus

Note to readers: this blaster contains two clearly marked inserts that were not in my Time essay.  Also, in introducing Seymour Melman’s important work below, I should have mentioned that it was Melman’s considered belief in the possibility of putting together a political coalition to facilitate the conversion of the defense industry to civilian production. …

Penguin: Military Suicides in 2012 – 1 a Day Active, 18 a Day Veterans

Extreme Cognitive Dissonance or ECD? Active Force The Invisible Wounds of War: Number of Soldiers Committing Suicide Reaches Record High U.S. military facing ‘epidemic’ of suicides U.S. military averaging a suicide a day in 2012 U.S. Army suicides reached record monthly high in July U.S. Military Suicides in 2012: 155 Days, 154 Dead Veterans 18 …