6/24/21 Ben Suitt on the Alarming Suicide Rate Among Post-9/11 War Vets

6/24/21 Ben Suitt on the Alarming Suicide Rate Among Post-9/11 War Vets

Scott interviews Ben Suitt about his work about veteran suicides for Brown University’s Cost of War Project. Suitt conservatively estimates that about 30,000 veterans of America’s terror wars have taken their own lives, a truly astonishing number. This side of modern warfare often goes undiscussed, but it is every bit as concerning as the physical injuries that soldiers sustain overseas.

Discussed on the show:

  • “High Suicide Rates among United States Service Members and Veterans of the Post-9/11 Wars” (Cost of War Project)
  • “Poll: 42 percent of Americans think the US is winning the ‘war on terror'” (Military Times)

Ben Suitt is the author of “Finding Resonance Amid Trauma: Moral Injury and the Role of Religion Among Christian Post-9/11 U.S. Veterans.” A recent graduate of Boston University, Dr. Suitt’s research investigates the role of religion in the lives of US military veterans as they navigate between competing identities and cultures amid the disruptive experiences of war and trauma.

This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: The War State, by Mike Swanson; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott; Photo IQ; Green Mill Supercritical; Zippix Toothpicks; and Listen and Think Audio.

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Scott Horton

Scott Horton

Scott Horton is director of the Libertarian Institute, editorial director of Antiwar.com, host of Antiwar Radio on Pacifica, 90.7 FM KPFK in Los Angeles, California and podcasts the Scott Horton Show from ScottHorton.org. He is the author of four books. He has conducted more than 6,000 interviews since 2003. Scott lives in Austin, Texas with his wife, Larisa Alexandrovna Horton.

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