Guerilla Tactics Tied to Greater PTSD Risk for Vets By Traci Pedersen Veterans who have faced guerilla warfare tactics, such as suicide attacks and roadside bombs, are at greater risk for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) than those who fought in more conventional warfare, according to a new study conducted by the U.S. Department of Veterans […]
[The US Army can’t admit that murder is immoral and unthinkable to a majority of the human race. Vets returning from the horrors that they have voluntarily participated in, carrying the unbearable guilt as baggage, cannot help but to suffer from the stress and shame of what they have done. Army mad-scientists have convinced the […]
‘Back Home’: Veteran suicides twice as high as civilian rate By Jeff Hargarten, Forrest Burnson, Bonnie Campo and Chase Cook / News21 Photo by Chase Cook/News21 Mary Anne Burke holds her son’s dog tag after completing a 16-mile walk throughout downtown Washington, D.C. Burke’s son, Raymond Matthew Burke, died by suicide in 2001 while he […]
[The Army’s flawed approach to treating battle-related stress disabilities has been apparent for many years (SEE: Human Nature Is the Enemy of the State). Developing better, more efficient behavioral control techniques, that will allow soldiers to get over their mental hang-ups and teach them ways to “man-up” has not helped to stop the escalation of […]
[SEE: Soldiers trained to kill, not to cope] JAE C. HONG / AP Marines fill out consent forms before taking psychological tests at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif. Group urges annual PTSD screening for vets The Institute of Medicine advised Friday that veterans should undergo screening for post-traumatic […]
Toxic Cocktail: Army Struggles With Mental-Health Care For Michael Kuligowski, the death of his son in Afghanistan revealed the military’s inability to monitor the treatment of battle-scarred soldiers. thestreet.com On April 6, 2009, 21-year-old Army Specialist Adam Kuligowski took his rifle into a bathroom stall at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan and shot himself. His […]
[This is another form of state abuse that has regularly been meted-out to American soldiers since the days of WWII, probably before that. Back then they were labeled as “gold-bricks” or “inadequate soldiers,” before being jailed or given dishonorable discharges. (SEE: Human Nature Is the Enemy of the State)] Hundreds of PTSD soldiers likely misdiagnosed For […]
Trauma-induced changes in genes could cause post-traumatic stress disorder Washington, DC: Traumatic experiences “biologically embed” themselves in select genes, subsequently alter their functions and lead to the development of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a study has revealed. Conducted by researchers at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, the study is the first large scale […]
[SEE: Lethal PTSD–Collateral Damage Left In the Wake of War for Empire ;Every 80 Minutes Another US War Veteran Commits Suicide] PTSD “We Were Terrorizing Some of the Most Exploited People on Earth” AN INTERVIEW WITH SPENSER RAPONE An interview with Spenser Rapone — the “commie cadet” that got kicked out of the military for […]
[SEE: The Jewish Control Group Behind Epstein and Trump and the Covert Mossad Manipulation of US GOV ] THE TAKEOVER How the CIA, Mossad and “the Epstein Network” are Exploiting Mass Shootings to Create an Orwellian Nightmare Following another catastrophic mass shooting or crisis event, Orwellian “solutions” are set to be foisted on a frightened […]
[SEE: Human Nature Is the Enemy of the State ] We’re All Enemies Of The State: Draconian Laws, Precrime & The Surveillance State by John Whitehead “The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary.” […]
#WHYISERVE How has serving impacted you? U.S. Army Verified account @USArmy PTSD, Or PTGD (Post Traumatic GUILT Disorder)?—Living With the Guilt US Military Training Produces Killers By Suppressing Natural Human Guilt American Killer Elite Unleashed Upon the Entire Human Race The Psychological Price of Fighting for Empire 45% of New Veterans Claim Either Mental or […]
PETER DALE SCOTT ON ENLIGHTENMENT VALUES IN THE AGE OF TRUMP Apotheosis of Washington: Science. Photo credit: US Capitol / Flickr On a panel at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, Peter Dale Scott expressed concern about the decay of the US commitment to global peace and collective security, as shown in the recent expansion of […]
How Do We Make Movies About a War That Never Ends? Matthew Monagle Warner Bros. Entertaining or not, movies like ’12 Strong’ show the difficulty in trying to understand the Afghanistan War from within. Another January, another film that plays off American fear of foreign invaders. Hot on the heels of 2017’s Patriots Day and 2016’s 13 […]
US refuses to bomb Islamic State’s ‘media centers’ over possible civilian casualties An Islamic State fighter uses a mobile to film his fellow fighters taking part in a military parade along the streets of Syria’s northern Raqqa province June 30, 2014. © Stringer / Reuters US intelligence services have mapped Islamic State’s media […]
Revolutionary Study Shows Cannabis Protects Traumatized Brains and Helps them Heal By Justin Gardner The medical uses of cannabis and its derivatives are continuing to be discovered at an astonishing rate. This is despite the fact that U.S. government clings to an absurd, baseless classification of cannabis as a Schedule I drug, which severely limits […]
We no longer fight “al-Qaeda,” since we are allied with al-Nusra in Syria. We claim to be hunting al-Q in Yemen, yet we help the Saudi air war to destroy al-Q’s enemies. Obama’s policies are compound failures, doing untold damage, until they are corrected. Allowing the Pentagon to dictate American foreign policy has been Barack […]
“Besides eliminating undesired humans, killing makes things simple. It purges the mind of all the difficult challenges of diplomacy. Plus, if things go off the rails, the militarist never admits making a mistake and always has a ready answer: They employ the tried-and-true stabbed-in-the-back myth and blame those of us against the violence in the […]
[The US military has created so many new wars throughout the region that it should have fully absorbed the lessons of those wars by now, in particular, the grieveous human cost of ill-advised, or outright foolish military adventurism. Unleashing tnunamis of war refugees is a bi-product of all war, contingencies should have been prepared years […]
[SEE: PTSD, Or PTGD (Post Traumatic GUILT Disorder)?—Living With the Guilt ; Ft. Carson Learning the Hard Way About the Shame of Trauma In Their “Warrior Culture”] Killing soldiers’ humanity JEFF SPARROW.NET Published at 27 January 2007 ‘OVER here, killing people is like squashing an ant. I mean, you kill somebody and it’s like ‘All right, […]
Clue To 911 – Shooters At Navy Yard And Aurora Linked To ‘NSA-CIA West’ By Yoichi Shimatsu Exclusive to Rense The Washington Navy Yard shootings ensure that details of Aaron Alexis’s career with U.S. intelligence agencies will remain inside a deep freezer alongside the dossier on another rogue government agent, the Aurora movie shooter James […]
Open Your Mind to the New Psychedelic Science By Greg Miller Image: Taís Melillo/Flickr Timothy Leary really screwed things up for science. By abandoning the scientific method for a mystical embrace of hallucinogenic drugs, the Harvard-professor-turned-LSD-evangelist became a symbol of ’60s-era drug-fueled degeneracy. Worse, the ensuing backlash pushed these drugs underground and caused an enormously promising field of […]
[The Army trial of Staff Sgt Robert Bales of Ohio for the massacre of 16 Afghan civilians is in complete disarray. The big point of contention is that “the Army is confused about how to deal with the issue of PTSD, formerly known as ‘battle fatigue,’ or ‘shell shock.”‘ They consider it a disipline problem, […]
[This is a typical Army “snafu,” it hires a New Age hypnotist/healer to allegedly “help” soldiers with PTSD deal with their stress-related problems, which she tries to do, using her so-called “Wiccan” methods. Once this method starts to produce results, the Army decides that they are the wrong results. The woman was trying to help […]
[It is very rare to hear an American general speaking in such a candid manner, it is is unacceptable to admit mistakes for a perfect organization like the Pentagon, because any weakening of their armor of “denial” could ultimately have a corrosive cascading effect, eventually bringing-down the entire five-sided house of lies. The Pentagon is the […]
Iraq, Afghan vets file for disability at high rate Marilynn Marchione, Associated Press Robert Ray / Associated Press Veterans from all wars are hurting, but the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have caused them even more medical complaints than from Vietnam and the Gulf War. America’s newest veterans are filing for disability benefits […]
Allegations of issues at Fort Lewis The alleged shooter was based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM). The medical center at the base is under investigation for downgrading diagnoses of soldiers with PTSD to lesser ailments. Also, military support groups around the base have alleged that base commanders did not give returning troops sufficient time to recover before sending them […]
[The military’s preferred treatment for “shell shock” and “battle fatigue” remains the same today as it was in WWII–“Man-up, you unpatriotic cowards!” (SEE: Human Nature Is the Enemy of the State).] Lawyer: Accused soldier was reluctant to deploy to Afghanistan John Henry Browne says the possibility that his client suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder brought […]
[SEE: Lethal PTSD–Collateral Damage Left In the Wake of War for Empire ; The Ultimate Cost of Forcing Moral Young Men To Fight Multiple Immoral Wars ; ‘The US military is exhausted’ ; Medicating the military ; Used Up And Thrown Away ; Government Abuse of PTSD Soldiers In Iraq ; The Psychological Price of Fighting for Empire ] Widow: After 8 deployments, […]
Suspect in Afghan shooting from U.S. base with troubled past Suspect In Afghan Massacre Reportedly from Join…, posted with vodpod JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. (AP) – Joint Base Lewis-McChord is one of the largest military installations in the U.S., and one that has seen its share of controversies and violence in the past few years. Still, the news […]
US blunders in Afghanistan Javed Hussain When the French returned to colonise Indo-China, they said that they would teach General Vo Nguyen Giap, a “peasant and amateur, a non-commissioned officer learning to handle regiments”, how to handle regiments. Eight years later the French arrogance was buried in Dien Bien Phu. Eleven years later when the […]
Cyprus Drilling Rig to be Blocked Journal of Turkish Weekly (JTW) Turkey is ready to send an exploration rig, accompanied by a warship, to claim its rights off Cyprus, a Turkish official says. Tension between Turkey and Greek Cyprus is moving toward crisis in the eastern Mediterranean Sea […]
What is really going on at Ft. Carson (formerly Camp Carson), or what is really happening in their PTSD treatment program for returning vets? Recent history of returning vets from the terror war is a reoccurring story of out-of-control, brutal soldiers, who are ticking time-bombs, with very little regard for human life. Two of those […]
[The following article (all four parts) does as good a job as any other in explaining the goofy geopolitical rationale behind American foreign policy. We see clearly that China is the big winner in Iraq, Afghanistan, Africa and in the “Pipeline Wars,” buying-up all the oil and gas, as well as the strategic minerals made […]
[SEE: Weaponizing Psychology] “War on terror” psychologist gets giant no-bid contract BY MARK BENJAMIN BBCWorldNews/AP Left: Marty Seligman. A Guantanamo detainee sits alone inside a fenced area during his daily outside period, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba. The Army earlier this year steered a $31 million contract to a psychologist whose work formed the psychological […]
[This is the science behind the Pentagon’s loyalty assessing program, now in use on Afghan policemen. It is surely used to recondition American soldiers who have developed behavioral problems such as PTSD while in the terror war, as well.] Psycho–Sounding Today Psycho-Sounding is the most precise tool for analyzing human psychological activity. Traditional observation methods […]
Canadian Company Develops Subconscious Screening Technology OTTAWA, Canada, Sept. 21 /PRNewswire/ — The National Mental Health Association reports that over 65 million Americans suffer from some type of mental illness and that 1 in 5 people will experience some mental illness during their life. By 2020, mental illness is projected to be the leading cause of disease […]
Thousands strain Fort Hood’s mental health system By Erich Schlegel for USA TODAY Col. Steven Braverman, head of the Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center, says mental health counselors’ schedules are filled. “We are full to the brim,” he says. By Gregg Zoroya, USA TODAY FORT HOOD, Texas — Nine months after an Army psychiatrist was […]
Israel Admits: “Our Troops Are Psychopaths!” Yesterday’s radio guest Gordon Duff just broke a big story: GORDON DUFF: ISRAEL CLAIMS “NO PTSD IN IDF, JEWS IMMUNE TO MENTAL ILLNESS”: STUDY COMPARES “RESETTLING PALESTINIANS” WITH WARS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN Gordon is skeptical of the Zionist claim that their troops, unlike American soldiers, don’t suffer from […]
The Psychological Toll of the Oil Spill Research shows how the disaster will damage the mental health of those living in affected areas. By Marc SiegelPosted As millions of gallons of crude oil continue to creep toward our coastlines, doctors are increasingly concerned about the physical well-being of workers and residents near the spill site, […]
Multi-Symptom Pain Disorders Plague Returning Service Men and Women Source: American Pain Society Newswise — Nine in 10 Iraq and Afghanistan veterans return with some form of pain and about 60 percent have significant pain, mainly from the cumulative effect of exposure to recurring blasts which cause unimaginable injuries, according to prominent VA pain clinicians […]
[A real “existential threat” to the Zionist state.] Israel’s Declining Sperm Quality Tied to Depleted Uranium Exposure Apr-14-2010 22:11Tim King Salem-News.com With the latest news, Israel may soon lose the need to create and seek out enemies; with a little help from the U.S. they did this to themselves. Round used by Israel during their 2006 […]
[There would have been no national epidemic of LSD use in the Sixties, if the CIA hadn’t created it. There is compelling evidence that the spy agency purchased several kilograms from manufacturer Sandoz Labs, the equivalent of several million heavy doses of the stuff, to use upon the unsuspecting American people. The military/CIA dosed a […]
STEVEN DOLLSpc. Michael Kern has been prescribed a cocktail of drugs as part of his “Warrior in Transition” plan, as he deals with PTSD and other issues since his Iraq deployment. Medicating the military Use of psychiatric drugs has spiked; concerns surface about suicide, other dangers By Andrew Tilghman and Brendan McGarry – Staff writers […]
WILL THE ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT HOLD PRESIDENT OBAMA ACCOUNTABLE THIS WEEKEND? by Ryan Jaroncyk Thu, Mar 18th 2010 This Saturday, anti-war protestors will take to the streets in large numbers to protest US foreign policy. Multiple political groups, ranging from the left to the right, have planned huge rallies and events to protest US-led wars in Afghanistan, […]
‘The US military is exhausted By Sarah Lazare The US army is overstretched and exhausted, says peace campaigner Sarah Lazare [AFP] December 26, 2009 The call for over 30,000 more troops to be sent to Afghanistan is a travesty for the people of that country who have already suffered eight brutal years of occupation. It is […]
Childhood in ruins Last December, Israel began a 23-day bombardment of Gaza, killing around 1,400 people. One year on, a generation of children is growing up amid the wreckage of that attack, traumatised – and radicalised – by the experience Guardian foreign editor Harriet Sherwood Thursday December 17 2009 The Guardian Ghiada abu Elaish’s fingers […]
[The writer of the following piece makes some extremely valid points, the most notable of which, is that everything that seems like it might mean good news on the antiwar front is not as it seems. One might think that revelations about stressed-out returning vets might mean that our leaders will reevaluate their war-making paradigm […]
Questions That Must Be Asked by Michael Gaddy To this point in time the only evidence that has been presented concerning the terrible murders at Fort Hood has been that presented by accomplished liars and killers of innocent people: the government. To detail and list the lies of the government and its propaganda arm, known […]
Vast majority of Gaza children suffer PTSD symptoms Aditya Ganapathiraju, The Electronic Intifada, 9 November 2009 A recent report found that 91.4 percent of children in the Gaza Strip suffer moderate to severe symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. (Wissam Nassar/MaanImages) More than 40 years of Israeli military occupation have had a devastating impact on Palestinians […]
Fort Hood Shootings: Don’t Let Racism Hide Truth RedBedHead November 6, 2009 BY NOW EVERYBODY ON THE PLANET KNOWS about the killing of 12 people and wounding of 31 others at Fort Hood in Texas. There’s no doubt that this is a tragedy for the families and friends of the slain. But from a […]
The Gaza Chronicles: Part 3 – Shattered Minds And The Children of Gaza 5 November 2009 By: Aditya Ganapathiraju It’s the most terrifying place I’ve ever been in… it’s a horrifyingly sad place because of the desperation and misery of the way people live. I was unprepared for camps that are much worse than anything […]
The 9/11 Commission Rejects own Report as Based on Government Lies Gordon Duff Salem-News.com How long have we watered the Tree of Deceit with the blood of patriots? John Farmer’s book: “The Ground Truth: The Story Behind America’s Defense on 9/11″ (CINCINNATI, Ohio) – In John Farmer’s book: “The Ground Truth: The Story Behind America’s […]
Stop Begging Obama and Get Mad By Chris Hedges Truthdig President Obama is mobbed after delivering his major health care address to Congress. Obama has promised to deliver millions of new customers to insurance companies. The right-wing accusations against Barack Obama are true. He is a socialist, although he practices socialism for corporations. He is […]
[A copy of this letter is being sent to the Congressmen named. Readers who want to support this effort should consider contacting ANY Congressional or other government representatives, including these men, to encourage them to make the “right” choices in response to this urgent issue.] Open Letter to Congressmen Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich, and […]
[An interesting discussion about this article over at Information Clearinghouse. I thought I would share it with you. This discussion will be kept going, if you want it to. I am posting it in the permanent right-hand sidebar, front page, also under this category: WEAPONIZING PSYCHOLOGY DISCUSSION Weaponizing Psychology Treating People Like Dogs By: Peter […]
Men Gentlemen with MST, we know you are there. We work with some of you, and we know the isolation and shame that you have been feeling for so long. We also know that now is the time to give up that shame and regain the peace and joy that is just on the other […]
Weaponizing Psychology Treating People Like Dogs By: Peter Chamberlin Nearly all of the Pentagon’s counter-insurgency warfare doctrine has been based on distortions of the pirated theories of former president of the American Psychological Association, Prof. Martin Seligman. Now we learn that post traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) treatments for war veterans have been developed from his […]
[In spite of all the nice talk, the US Army still considers ptsd in its troops as a form of “gold-bricking,” by a bunch of weak cry babies.] US Army to teach stressed soldiers to ‘bounce back’ By Dan De Luce Faced with rising rates of suicide and depression, the US Army plans mandatory training […]
Traumatised Children Struggle to Rise Again By Mel Frykberg BREJ, Gaza, Aug 5 (IPS) – Tens of thousands of children in Gaza are still suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) following Israel’s three-week bombing December- January. Several crisis counselling teams run by international organisations and NGOs have been carrying out intervention programmes aimed at […]
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