Henry Rollins Voices IAVA Promo

Henry Rollins has had a long association with the outstanding organization Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA). They do fantastic work. It’s a shame that an organization like this has to pick up so much of the slack because the military and government aren’t doing enough to take care of returning soldiers. But thank goodness they do. One issue that really offends me is the medical discharge of soldiers on the basis of “pre-existing [and unspecified] personality disorder”. Which basically says to the soldier – there’s nothing about your experience on tour that has effected your mental health – you were fucked in the head to begin with. In most cases that is complete bullshit and is akin to telling a guy who had his leg blown off in a road side bomb that he had no leg before he went to Iraq.

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