Dempsey says military problems "one of those cycles"

Dempsey was trying to say that our troops should not be treated like victims, and rightly so. They are not victims. They are survivors. The trouble is with how he said it because if he actually believes suicides, divorces, sexual assaults along with the rise in PTSD cases as, "one of those cycles" and "less disciplined" it shows how little he is willing to face.

Military sexual assaults did not just start. They have been going on for far too long and still have not been viewed as a crime. Sexual assaults are criminal acts. He hasn't faced the fact that this country has spent billions every year on getting the troops help for PTSD while claiming to be educating the families, but with everything spent the healing hasn't happened and suicides have gone up every year along with attempted suicides. This is not a "cycle" no matter what Dempsey claims. This is a callous attempt to once again blame the troops for what the leaders have failed to do. No member of the Joint Chiefs has been held accountable for any of this.

Joint Chiefs Chairman: Don't View Recent Veterans as Victims
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By Greg Richter
07 Jul 2013

While past generations of American military veterans have been viewed in their post-war years as heroes, such as in World War II, and with disdain, as in Vietnam, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Martin Dempsey said he fears that those fighting in the Middle East recently will be seen as victims.

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, rising rates of suicide, rising divorce rates and sexual assaults combine to give an impression that veterans as a whole should be looked at with pity, Dempsey said Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union."

"We just find ourselves in one of those cycles of history when we've become a little bit less disciplined than we need to be," he said. "I want it to be a positive image, but there's moments when it feels like it's slipping into a negative image."
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