General Ashamed To Be British....

[wife of]

never thought I would say that but today I am furious,the British Government has failed to bring the attention of thid disorder to light within the health system and the justice sytem and in the public arena to the extent that people are being persecuted for being ill by the very people that are charged to care for them,the western culture of greed and compensation claims for "things that go with the job" is sickening.
When are the men who are good enough to go fight/get injured/get left with torturous images and die going to get the respect and help that they deserve.......

 

[Steph_F]

Yup!! Same here...people tend to "feel sorry" for people with PTSD here I think, thinking its a Victims disorder...that is crap! Our Vets are our Heroes, the last thing a Veteran needs is someone to feel sorry for them. There's a huge difference between showing compassion and pitying someone! Especially someone that puts their life on the line for the freedoms of others.

The US needs to do ALOT more than we are doing to truly honor our Vets, yes yes, parades, picnics and 50% off sales are great, but what about our Vets that can't be around large groups of people to receive that honor and hear the speeches and everyone knows what happens to Vets with PTSD in a Wal-Mart. Its just so sad that we are not helping our service members more.

I love my country and proud as hell to be American, but somedays I just wanna shake us!!!!!!