Squib
Veteran Member
Many here have seen death…close up, even violent, enraged killing…
Others here have also survived savage attacks on them and/or friends & loved ones…
Still others have done the above and taken that last step and ended a life/lives…
But, what is likely coming down the pike is something I don’t think most of us have ever really seen personally…
When a man goes out and does a thing, even unspeakably vicious things in what he feels is a righteous cause (saving his life or those he cares about) and then he goes home and all is well, while it’s difficult, it can be done, but…
When youre not coming back from a deployment or foreign nation or area, but the slaughterhouse is your front yard, your daughter’s bedroom, etc. it’s very difficult to compartmentalize those events…
Hard to say, “I’m not that guy anymore”. “That was a long time ago, in a time of war or defending the innocent”…when that nightmare is your new normal - when there’s no ETS or retirement ever. No going back home because this is your home.
Its gonna be different - and may the Most High God bless and be with you all and your loved ones in the days to come.
Others here have also survived savage attacks on them and/or friends & loved ones…
Still others have done the above and taken that last step and ended a life/lives…
But, what is likely coming down the pike is something I don’t think most of us have ever really seen personally…
When a man goes out and does a thing, even unspeakably vicious things in what he feels is a righteous cause (saving his life or those he cares about) and then he goes home and all is well, while it’s difficult, it can be done, but…
When youre not coming back from a deployment or foreign nation or area, but the slaughterhouse is your front yard, your daughter’s bedroom, etc. it’s very difficult to compartmentalize those events…
Hard to say, “I’m not that guy anymore”. “That was a long time ago, in a time of war or defending the innocent”…when that nightmare is your new normal - when there’s no ETS or retirement ever. No going back home because this is your home.
Its gonna be different - and may the Most High God bless and be with you all and your loved ones in the days to come.