Hi Steve, Wayne here.
I'm the one one read the story on air about Army suicides on 11/18. My intention behind reading the story is to show how morale declines as a war drags on. I also wanted to bring attention to the fact that most wars are based on sheer deception by special interests and their pet politicians.
That said, I strongly support the noble intention of the troops to protect the people of this country. Unfortunately, in reality that is not always what they're doing, as many of them find out. Personally, I would much rather see a decentralized, Switzerland-type model of defense which would be more effective, far less expensive and would create fewer, if any, enemies abroad.
Sometimes true patriotism is simply telling the truth.