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Monday, August 11, 2008

The Psychiatric Illness Prevention Program


The Psychiatric Illness Prevention Program


To: President George W. Bush
From: Frank Paul Gambino
Date: 11 August 2008

Problem:

There is an enormously high suicide rate among Iraq and Afghanistan veterans after returning home.

Reason:

The probable cause is burnout do to excessive tours without enough R&R.

Solution:


The fact of the matter is that these Men and Women in Iraq and Afghanistan need to be sedated on occasion and cannot drink booze due to being in an Islamic Country. They need to be entertained and they need Recreation and Relaxation for a reasonable period of time with their families during and after their tours and what they need has to be an allowance because their salaries will not allow them to afford the therapy they need.

I think the first preventative measure is that they give these troops prescribed drugs, without diagnosing them as mentally ill on occasion in the rear a week or two at a time. One of the problems as I see it is that they feel what they are going through 24/7 they need down time and alcohol is a part of the military experience. They are being deprived of this because they are in an Islamic Country among people who are not all there to start with. They commit suicide in the name of God. Who knows maybe the Muslims need a taste of their own medicine. (Heroin) They grow that shit in Afghanistan and we support it.

I think you need to address the Congress ASAP and request additional funds to address the suicide rate among these veterans which until now was unknown to America. It could be their conscience due to the fact that they never stop feeling the pain of war during the duration of their tour. It may sound unethical but they need to be sedated ASAP under psychological and psychiatric supervision or they will not be any good to anyone in matter of time and the suicide rate is proof of this. We are killing our troops through bad policy, forcing Islamic traditions upon them as they are used as hired killers for the same exact people. They have damn nerves! YOU KNOW IT AIN’T RIGHT!

This is only a first step. The United States Military and the United Service Organization need to call on Hollywood to support the troops with professional high quality entertainment. Because of the hard times in the music industry these entertainers should be paid a fair wage, through logical support by the military in support of their tours that will be both civilian concurrently with the USO. What I am trying to accomplish with Janet’s Rock Wit Chu t Tour is the template to how this should be done.

There are 155,000 U.S. troops in Iraq and 33,000 in Afghanistan now:

"The Pentagon has alerted nearly 40,000 active duty and National Guard soldiers that they will be deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan starting this fall, in a sign that it expects hard fighting to continue on both fronts in what Pentagon officials call 'the long war.”

This comes out to about 210,000 troops in full time war. The mistake we are making is we are forcing our troops to fight a full time war over a long duration of time. I say if necessary make it 250,000 if it means putting them in part time role. Part time fighting will make them more effective in the long run and make them more stable when they come home.

I prefer to keep the 200,000 in the station of war and keep 50,000 out of it, this would mean 9 month in the war and 3 months on R&R and training to maintain awareness. It could be done in a 3 to 1 duration.

So I am calling on a larger escalation if there must be one, but creating a friendlier environment for our troops. Let them go to Europe and Hawaii for R&R and the rear for burnout treatment prevention code for sedation.

Frank Paul Gambino

PS: The other option is to leave!