THS ComMedia

This Blog has been specifically created for Mr. MacArthur's ComMedia Class at Tolland High School for the Spring Semester, 2006. We will be following the big stories of the next few months and how they're covered (or not covered) in the media (MsM and Alt!).

About Me

Name:
Location: Tolland, Connecticut, United States

A child of the 60's, graduate of Tolland High School, the University of Connecticut, and Wesleyan University, ready to begin his 34th year teaching -- all at Tolland High.

Monday, February 02, 2009

This is Disturbing

From the MoJo Blog: Army Suicides Reach Historic High

They are citing an AP article:

WASHINGTON (AP) — Stressed by war and long overseas tours, U.S. soldiers killed themselves last year at the highest rate on record, the toll rising for a fourth straight year and even surpassing the suicide rate among comparable civilians. Army leaders said they were doing everything they could think of to curb the deaths and appealed for more mental health professionals to join and help out.

At least 128 soldiers committed suicide in 2008, the Army said Thursday. And the final count is likely to be even higher because 15 more suspicious deaths are still being investigated.

Now, MoJo stands for Mother Jones, which is a left-of-center magazine.  (The original Mother Jones was a labor organizer.)  So ask yourself, what is the point of this article.  Is it pro-soldier?  Or anti-war?  Or both?



posted by Mr. Mac | 8:25 PM

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

If its leftist its most likely anti-war. A couple of my friends that have been serving in the war says that mental breakdowns occur quite frequently due to seeing comrades die and being forced to kill the occasional child. The majority of the people they are fighting are civillians like us that are trying to put food on the table and protect their families..least thats what the inside story is, cant be good for public morale or fearmongers to know that. I guess the point of this article would be to show how nasty the dark side of reality is. 300k in afghanistan could have ended this years ago.
-Tyler King-

2:45 PM  

Post a Comment

<< Home