I don't think even someone like Trump meant he views all soldiers suffering from PTSD as weak.
Saying it? Terrible. Believing it? Political Harakiri.
However I DO believe he sees soldiers who took their own lives as weaker than those who suffer from PTSD but haven't.
Its an interesting distinction and one that needs to be noted.
The fact is, the soldier was strong.
He was strong when he put that uniform on the first time. He was strong the first time he was pinned by gunfire... when he heard explosions... When he first squeezed the trigger.
He was strong when he came home, a different man than the one who left.
He was strong when he sought help for a condition that he couldn't figure out. A condition he couldn't power through. A condition that, as a mental malady, had no easy universal treatment.
He was strong everyday his mind told him to end his life and he didn't.
He was strong. He was always strong. Even when he couldn't be strong anymore, he was strong.
Because an instant's mistake doesn't erase a lifetime of incredible fortitude.
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