@𝚆𝚘𝚛𝙼𝙿𝟹:~$ :t_blink: on Nostr: It should not be this way, but politicians use this issue as a bargaining chip. The ...

It should not be this way, but politicians use this issue as a bargaining chip. The result is devastating: an estimated 30,177 active duty personnel and veterans who served after 9/11 have died by suicide, including 5,116 active duty suicides and over 22,000 veteran suicides. In contrast, around 7,057 service members were killed in post-9/11 military operations during the same period. (3/4)