Marlboro Marine Used & Tossed Out With Bush's Garbage

[Brassmask]

Remember how all you righties ooooh'ed and aaaaah'ed over this guy?



I recall members here opining about when they look at his face they see the blah, blah, blah....

Guess how he's doing now?  After giving years of his life to Bush's folly...

God Bless America

Before he was allowed to leave Iraq, he attended a mandatory "warrior transitioning" session about PTSD and adjusting to home life.

Each Marine received a questionnaire. Were they having trouble sleeping? Did they have thoughts of suicide? Did they feel guilt about their actions?

Everybody knew the drill. Answer yes and be evaluated further. Say no and go home.

Miller said he didn't want to miss his flight. He answered no to every question.

He returned to Camp Lejeune, N.C. His high school sweetheart, Jessica Holbrooks, joined him there, and they were married in a civil ceremony.

Then came the nightmares and hallucinations. He imagined shadowy figures outside the windows. Faces of the dead haunted his sleep.

Once, while cleaning a shotgun, he blacked out. He regained consciousness when Jessica screamed out his name. Snapping back to reality, he realized he was pointing the gun at her.

He reported the problems to superiors, who promised to get him help.

Then came a single violent episode, which put an end to his days as a Marine.

It happened in the storm-tossed Gulf of Mexico in September 2005. His unit had been sent to New Orleans to assist with Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. Now a second giant storm, Hurricane Rita, was moving in, and the Marines were ordered to seek safety out at sea.

In the claustrophobic innards of a rolling Navy ship, someone whistled. The sound reminded Miller of a rocket- propelled grenade. He attacked the sailor who had whistled. He came to in the boat's brig. He was medically discharged with a "personality disorder" on Nov. 10, 2005 -- exactly one year after his picture made worldwide news.

Back home in Kentucky, the Millers settled into a sparsely furnished second-story apartment. Four small windows afforded little light. The TV was always on.

Miller bought a motorcycle and went for long rides. He and Jessica drank all night and slept all day. He started collecting a monthly disability benefit of about $2,500. The couple spent hours watching movies on DVD, Coronas and bourbon cocktails in hand. Friends and family gave them space.

Miller had hoped to pursue a career in law enforcement. But the PTSD and abrupt discharge killed that dream. No one would trust him with a weapon.

And I don't want to hear one god damned peep about politicization.  This poor kid got politicized the day you assholes proclaimed him the face of a God Blessed  America.

[BT]

so what is your point?

[The_Professor]

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[Xavier_Onassis]

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So you could give a sh*t about what Juniorbush's stupid war is doing to the troops.

Typical ratwinger.

[The_Professor]

Al I hear is continual harping about repetitive issues. Why not change tactics in order to gain ground?

[Brassmask]

Al I hear iscontinual harping about repetitive issues. Why not change tactics in order to gain ground?

Personally, it is difficult for me to move on to other issues when the true criminals in the Bush "administration" have yet to answer for their plethora of crimes they've already committed.

[The_Professor]

Oh, you relish living in the past? Okay, thanks for the clarification. Gore really won a few years ago, too, in case no one informed you. Might want to add that to your list. And, Jimmy Carter was wrongly punished by the public, and well, everybody, for that Iranian hostage event some years ago. And McGovern should have won that election -- it was all a plan by the MSM to keep Republicans in office, and, of yes, Gary Hart didn't really screw around -- it was all a Photoshop exercise. Oh, and that issue with, let's see what 's her name, oh, yes, Monica! After all, Clinton didn't make her swallow, did he? I mean, it is all about choice, right? He left THAT up to her.

[Brassmask]

Oh, you relish living in the past? Okay, thanks for the clarification. Gore really won a few yewars ago, too, in case no one informed you. Might want to add that to your list. And, Jimmy Carter was wrongly punished by the public, andwell, everybody, for that Iranian hostage event some years ago. And McGovern should have on that elelction -- it was all a plan by the MSM to keep Republicans in office, and, of yes, Gary Hart didn't really screw around -- it was all a Photoshop exercise. Oh, and that issue with, let's see what 's her name, oh, yes, Monica! After all, Clinton didn't make her swallow, did he? I mean, it is all about choice, right? He left THAT up to her.

Of course you can!

And Kennedy was murdered by a conspiracy!

And the Native Americans were wiped out by the invading Europeans!

These are all unresolved issue leaving vacuums and imbalance in our national psyche.  They must be atoned for or resolved somehow in order to restore balance. 

[BT]

These are all unresolved issue leaving vacuums and imbalance in our national psyche.  They must be atoned for or resolved somehow in order to restore balance.

LOL

[R.R.]

"Remember how all you righties ooooh'ed and aaaaah'ed over this guy?"

Um, no.