1 min readMay 29, 2019
The Gift Only They Can Give
In a military where more soldiers are dying from suicide than enemy fire, what can be done?
The ethical damage of conflict may be worse than physical injuries. Once a soldier returns from some questionable battlefields, it is difficult or impossible to repair the mental trauma.
The VA has started calling this “moral injury,” but that and words like “collateral damage” are absurd. They hide the real cost of…