{"id":28401,"date":"2012-01-20T19:16:56","date_gmt":"2012-01-20T23:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=28401"},"modified":"2012-01-20T19:18:50","modified_gmt":"2012-01-20T23:18:50","slug":"time-and-ron-capps-make-me-grab-the-bp-meds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=28401","title":{"rendered":"Time and Ron Capps make me grab the BP meds"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jeff sends us a link to this in Time magazine<\/a> in the discussion of the CNN article we talked about the other day<\/a>;<\/p>\n

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Yeah, it pissed me off at first, too. Author Ron Capps<\/a>, supposedly a veteran, raised my blood pressure even higher with his first line;<\/p>\n

NEWS FLASH:<\/strong> The new threat to American security seem to be the very people we laud for providing our security: the veterans who fought America\u2019s wars.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Two recent reports by reputable journalism outlets (CNN and the Christian Science Monitor ) have re-positioned the \u201cpsycho-veteran back from the war\u201d scare front and center.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Luckily for Capps and my cardiologist, that’s as bad as it got;<\/p>\n

It seems to me that these murders have spawned a new round of \u201cif it bleeds it leads\u201d journalism rather than a discussion. Both articles feature a number of reasoned comments by professionals in mental-health care and policy. And both articles seem to roundly ignore the reasoned advice of the experts that two incidents are not a trend.<\/p>\n

In their favor, both articles spend significant time detailing the real trend of large numbers of returning combat veterans needing and seeking help from DoD and the VA. Both articles also highlight the grim fact of 18 veterans\u2019 suicides per day. This is helpful.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s not helpful is the note that we should expect \u201cmore and more of this,\u201d made by one of CNN\u2019s experts being echoed in the headline. What we should expect more of is combat veterans returning to overfilled and under-resourced health care facilities. CNN and the Monitor might focus their light on these issues to greater effect.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thanks, Ron for giving us a voice in the liberal media, for a change. Just so you know, I was halfway through dialing the subscription department to cancel mine, by the time I got to your point.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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