'Over my dead body'

[auntAgonist]

'Over my dead body'

Sgt. Curtis Greene loved the military; the structure, the stability. But eight months in Iraq changed him. And the thought of returning led him to a stark proclamation.

By MARY SPICUZZA
Published February 13, 2005

SPRING HILL - The words haunt Lisset Greene as she struggles to understand what happened to the man she loved. Home from fighting in Iraq, he had grown depressed and distant as he witnessed thousands of his fellow soldiers head off to war.

Curtis Greene was angry about the war and frustrated with Lisset for not understanding what it had been like there. They argued, so fiercely that twice the police had to break it up.

http://www.sptimes.com/2005/02/13/Hernando/_Over_my_dead_body_.shtml

[noamnety]

1. The army is holding his letter?

"She has not seen his suicide letter, which she was told is being held as evidence in an ongoing investigation."

[auntAgonist]

2. unbelieveable isn't it?

Such a sad reality for many families.

my heart goes out to those children and his widow.

[giant_robot]

3. How sad.

We're going to be paying the hidden costs of this war for a very long time.

[auntAgonist]

4. some have already paid dearly ...

you are right though.

[latebloomer]

5. A whole new generation

coming back haunted, ruined, forever in hell.

I remember the stat in the 80s, when I worked in a drug unit at a VA, that just as many Vietnam veterans had died since the war as in it-- mostly due to substance abuse, suicide and other forms of violence.

It's all happening again.

[auntAgonist]

6. violence, homelessness, illness , fear , broken homes ....

for what?


they say freedom. hah.