This flaw in the design of our constitution needs to be corrected. The only justification for war is an obvious threat to our families, homes, and our sovereignty. The present system does not prevent war for other reasons that usually are the result of sociopathic motives on the part of decision makers.
While I don't disagree that your proposed program would assist returning warriors with their otherwise intractable cognitive dissonance, it preserves the systemic flaw that caused this trauma.
This nation needs a full, open, and honest discussion of war, our flawed system of government, and the wages of war that have traditionally been swept under the rug and have conned a trusting people over and over again. I salute your courageous effort to initiate this discussion--even if I disagree with some of your proposed ideas.
As a 74 year old male I have often thanked God that I wasn't fed into the maw of the war machine. I almost was sent to Vietnam as an enlisted member of an Air Force Reserve hospital unit. For some reason never explained, after we had been given our shots, written our wills, and gone to summer camp expecting to be sent into the war, our unit was not sent. I was planning to do what my 29 year old brain had been taught was my sacred duty, without question or hesitation. Today, I couldn't even sign the enlistment papers. I would go to Canada instead.
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