Why Are So Many Veterens Like Vietnam Vets and Iraqi Vets Homeless?

Question by Nancy L: Why are so many Veterens like Vietnam Vets and Iraqi vets homeless?
What is the deal?

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Answer by TheVeblen
Soldiers are only important to the empire while they can still fight. Afterwards, they are discarded like yesterday’s trash.

“Military men are just dumb stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy” – Henry Kissinger, quoted in “Kiss the Boys Goodbye: How the United
States Betrayed Its Own POW’s in Vietnam”

Answer by Tom T
There are probably as many reasons are there are people in that position

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