13-06-2011, 04:53 AM
Keith Millea Wrote:Veterans account for about 1 in 3 of the homeless population in America.This number has been fairly consistant over the years.I'm wondering if Britain has a homeless population also,as I've never read anything about homeless people there.
Something the recruiters leave out of their sales pitch, I'm sure. After putting their lives on the line for their country [right or wrong], they are deserted and left to fend for themselves - many can't even get the necessary medical or psychological care promised. That's gratitude for you. Young men fight the wars and die in them, often living on as injured and/or the half-dead afterwards; rich old men invent the wars, for their profit. :hobbyhorse:
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"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience! People are obedient in the face of poverty, starvation, stupidity, war, and cruelty. Our problem is that grand thieves are running the country. That's our problem!" - Howard Zinn
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