Why does society have to deal with what military created?

Why does society have to deal with what military created?
by Kathie Costos
Wounded Times Blog
May 20,2013

There should have been a rule that any member of the military suffering because of their service be the responsibility of the military since they created the problems veterans face.

Physical wounds are part of it and we take care of them, rightly so, but what about the troops suffering because of chemicals the DOD uses and drugs they issue? Should that become a military problem and then hold the contractors responsible? After all, the contractors have to supply all the chemicals and drugs. Why is it the responsibility of the VA to pay for what contractors did? Tax payers are paying for what they did and then paying to care for the troops they did it to. So why haven't members of Congress thought about this when they are always screaming about the deficit?

If Congress really cared about money then they would be true caretakers and make sure companies were held accountable, but they are not really serious.

They haven't been serious on PTSD or suicides either. They find billions a year to fund the programs behind most of the problems we see when war fighters come home after the umpteenth deployment. We are always told that the DOD has been paying attention to it but then we are reminded of what they are not doing when the number of suicides rises as well as veterans getting into trouble. All of this shows that the military has not taken the responsibility for any of it. They just pass the damage done off for someone else to take care of. After all, when they are discharged, they are no longer the military's problem. They don't have to account for them committing suicide or getting into trouble or ending up homeless. They just pass it off as behavioral issues even though they do not seem to have the ability to prove any of them had any issues before we sent them off to fight where congress sent them.

Woodside veteran with PTSD committed to hospital
Daily Journal Staff Report
Milo Imrie
May 30, 2013

A 24-year-old military veteran from Woodside accused of assaulting his cousin with a shovel and grabbing for a responding sheriff deputy’s gun was formally committed yesterday to a state mental hospital.

Milo McIntosh Imrie had already pleaded not guilty to the charges of assault and trying to remove an officer’s firearm but in April was found mentally unfit for trial. He will now be treated at Napa State Hospital rather than potentially incarcerated. If doctors ever find him restored to competency, Imrie will return to San Mateo County for prosecution. If instead he reaches the three-year mark without change, the county can seek a conservatorship. Imrie agreed to be involuntarily medicated if necessary while hospitalized.

Prosecutors say Imrie is thought to have post-traumatic stress disorder.
read more here

The Congress has been very good at writing checks but not holding anyone accountable for the results. No one has been held accountable for the rise in suicides and attempted suicides. No one has been able to explain to families why they didn't have a clue what to do to help them stay alive so they wouldn't blame themselves when they had to visit the grave of a serviceman or woman home from combat but couldn't survive here. Is anyone paying attention to any of this?