Perhaps this is why Murray Rothbard called it the “warfare/welfare state.”

Perhaps this is why Murray Rothbard called it the “warfare/welfare state.”

IVAW’s Jimmy Massey is a former Marine corps staff sergeant from Waynesville, North Carolina. He was

part of the original invasion force in 2003. Massey says he he planned to spend a career in the

Marines, but after a short amount of time “in country,” he was honorably discharged as “80% percent

disabled.” The man looked in shape, and I had a guess where this was going when I asked him to

elaborate. Massey has what they call post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). As I learned from the great

George Carlin, post-traumatic stress disorder is the third generation euphemism for shell shock – the

one they came up with after after “battle fatigue” and “operational exhaustion” had apparently been

determined to still be too harsh. As Carlin said, “The pain is completely buried under jargon.”

According to Massey, his shell-shock symptoms include: major depression, hyperactivity, nightmares

mixed with insomnia, feelings of desperate isolation and fear – all on a daily basis. The worst part he

said was the flashbacks. He has nightmares all night, and daydreams all day; flashing pictures in his

mind’s eye of the “horrors and realities” and “lack of humanity displayed” by his fellow soldiers

against the civilian population of NIKE SHOX.