In most cases, soldiers are merely defending other people’s dogmas and interests.
To be clear, there’s no question that soldiers take huge risks and make tremendous sacrifices. But to say that soldiers are automatically heroes is not reasonable. They are service members taking orders from their superiors. At least, that’s the case in countries where soldiers voluntarily join the military, like the United States.
Each year, the United States spends billions of dollars on the Army, Air Force and Navy. Billions more go into military-related entities such as combat training, weapons production and nuclear weapons research. Globally, the U.S. military budget is significantly larger than any other military power. But costlier than the money spent is the emotional toll war has on soldiers and their families. Many soldiers suffer from serious, long-term mental health problems, due to their services. According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, about 29 percent of Iraq, 21 percent of the Persian Gulf and 10 percent of Vietnam war veterans suffer fromat some point in their lives. Albeit, the percentages are probably a lot higher, as many who suffer from this disorder do not report it.
Other statistics reveal that the average number of veteran suicides per day rose from 16.4 in 2001 to 16.8 in 2020, with the highest rate in 2018 . That is about
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