With the suicide rate higher than a joint and the VA trying to get their act together, what are your thoughts about this?

I understand that many vets are homeless. That is not the point. The military didn't MAKE them homeless. The military didn't MAKE them make poor economic decisions. The military didn't MAKE them unemployable. All of that rests on the individual.

So who is at fault for the majority of troopers who aren't killing themselves? That aren't homeless? Who aren't unemployed???? If it's the military's failing, then why isn't it more systemic? Why isn't it the majority rather than a small percentage of the whole? Yes it has increased significantly but if one points a finger at the military as a whole then why isn't it a higher percentage of us? And why is it that one branch isn't seeing greater percentages of their strength affected vs the others? (Or are they??? Mmm). Down vote me all you like but the problem is not the military culture. The problem is not the war (meaning it's not the morality or immorality of the war). what you are positing is simplistic and political, NOT psychological or factual.

No. They just had a thought "hey, how bad can I screw up my life." It is obvious you do not feel empathy for vets in need. Now, don't confuse it with sympathy.
Following your train of thought one could think THEY exposed themselves with Agent Orange for fun, they volunteered to breath contaminated burns in ME, they were asking their superiors for shooting more "hajjis," they invented PTSD to suck your tax dollars, and they are the "freeloaders" voting for destroy "your" country. Robert, get a grip on reality. Should every picture of firearm be removed because it offends someone? What exactly are you offended about the logo? Are you saying that medical doctors prescribing M are frauds like the rest of the scientists? It is OK to disagree. It is another matter to believe you are "holier than thou" because you have an opinion too.

I didn't say any of that nor is agent orange even remotely an apt analogy to what I was talking about. I replied about the pic. I replied about the graphic used to 1. Incite emotional responses rather than rational 2. Espouses the opinions of the person positing the question and thereby coloring all responses. I was replying to the fact that saying the war is a war of lies which is what war is really. Pick a war, any war. It's premised on lies somewhere. Saying a war is immoral is like saying rape isn't a crime. I am simply asking a question in return. Did the government perpetrate crimes against soldiers? Hell yes. That was never in question nor did I ever say different. Is the military somehow responsible for every homeless vet, every person who has ptsd, every vet who is unemployed?? No of course not. There is a level of personal responsibility here. We also have no way of knowing if any of those that have committed suicide would have committed it regardless of the war or regardless of service. They may have in fact done so completely separate from any external stimuli. It could have been intrinsic to them from birth. Again, I am not without empathy (and thanks. I have a masters degree in psych. I'm more than well aware of the difference in it and sympathy), but I am also painfully aware that we are not weeding out individuals that have no business being in the service to begin with. I'm also painfully aware that many vets are homeless, jobless, and penniless due to their own faults and failures. I'd hazard a guess that the majority are. I think it's an easy way out and a cowards excuse to simply blame an outside entity for the failures of self. Which brings me back to what I said to start all this, which is the problem is systemic in our culture. Everything is everyone else's fault. That's not the fault of the military. Is the military failing to identify and to address the causes of what's happening? Oh yes. They are culpable, but by no means are they the sole or primary cause of the issues.