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With the military's suicide rates so high, PTSD, etc... I was thinking.

Is it safe to assume that many of these men and women are fed a steady thought stream of propaganda?
Such as, "we are fighting for freedom" and "fighting the 'bad guys' there so we don't have to fight them here"; for examples.

Then, when the reality of their world erodes and they are faced with what is really going on (that they are fighting a special interest corporate war to pad the pocketbooks of CEO's and shareholders) they are confused.
The overwhelming quilt, anger, and confusion sets in and messes with their minds.
That the split between what they were told when they were raised and then during their tenure in the military is so opposite of the cold hard truth of this vicious world they breakdown? Especially when lives are taken in the name of the big lie?

Hey, this a "pop psychology" for sure and I am guessing here but do you think I have a valid point?

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