Senseless Tragedy

So you all know that I have been posting updates about Eric Hall on here right? Well That has just gotten me thinking about how in the hell it came about that he was ever in a situation like this one. I mean it is a good chance that the body they found was Eric! I mean we weren't like the closest friends in school but he was still a classmate that I knew and interacted with. I mean it breaks my heart to have to think about what his family is going through. And heaven help me if I piss someone off, but all because he went to serve his country and the best they could do for him was throw him back into civilian life without any treatment. I mean he has been fighting tooth and nail to get the money he deserves so he can just live.

Eric had PTS and I really don't feel he was given the medical attention that he should have received for it. And not just Eric there are many more of our soldiers who are fighting and dying for our country, and there are veterans who have done the same that all have some sort of medical/mental condition that they are left with the rest of their lives. They have flashbacks, anxiety, I mean everything. So why is that the government they went to serve cannot do any justice to them when they come home, battered and broken? It is not like they do not have the money or resources to help these men, the heroes of our country.

Granted there are those who say that we do help by giving them prescriptions. Prescriptions that only sedate them and do not fix the problem. We cannot throw a pill at every issue that comes from doing a tour. It just seems like the cure all for the military and that aren't smart enough to realize it isn't working or they just won't open their eyes to see.

When are we going to make this stop? There is no reason that people like Eric and any other vet should have to come home and live like this. It is just a shame that we cannot take care of these people any better than this. I wish that Eric could have received the attention he needed instead of having a pill thrown at him. Then maybe I wouldn't have to attend his funeral because he was thrusted back into everyday life, courtesy of the the Military.