There are more veterans dying of PTSD than died in the war.

Today, hundreds of thousands of service men and women and recent military veterans have seen combat. Many have been shot at, seen their buddies killed, or witnessed death up close. These are types of events that can lead to PTSD.'''

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs estimates that PTSD afflicts: (click here)

- Almost 31 percent of Vietnam veterans
- As many as 10 percent of Gulf War (Desert Storm) veterans
- 11 percent of veterans of the war in Afghanistan
- 20 percent of Iraqi war veterans

Of the four branches of service to the USA, the Army has suffered the longest cumulative deployments in no less than 12 months with some as long as thirty months.

This is a Rand Corporation study.

Most AC soldiers (73 percent) (click here) have deployed to OIF/OND and/or OEF—an increase of 6 percentage points from December 2008. Most of those soldiers have spent, cumulatively, more than one year deployed (49 percent of all ACsoldiers and 68 percent of AC soldiers that have deployed)....

The cumulative total is 1,400,020. Of that only 34% have never been deployed to the Iraq/Afghanistan theater. That means all other soldiers over 65% are candidates for PTSD. We know for a fact those numbers with PTSD currently involved with treatment is increasing.

The USA cannot afford these wars anymore. The causalities continue to grow in the ranks of our veterans. To extend the USA longer in any of these theaters means the USA grows closer and closer to a military that is not ready to defend the country.

 Enough!

The effectiveness of the "Arms Trade Treaty" (click here) is not yet realized.  It was put into force December 24, 2014 and won't have it's first statistics reported until December 24, 2015.

The region throughout this area is highly diverse when it comes to ethnicities. There is no stopping the killing as long as generations of intolerance and hate continue. The only viable solution is to end the shipment of weapons in the region.