Wars typically lead to a “divorce” between nations; however, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are the cause of a majority of divorces within our nation. Since the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have begun, there have been an estimated 10,200 failed marriages in active duty army, and 3,077 failed marriages in the marines. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/dec/04/military-divorce-rates-up-as-conflicts-test-famili/
Military divorce rates have undoubtedly risen sharply since the wars begun in 2001. While this is just the number for those who are currently active in the military, many feel that these rates are inaccurate because they do not include the recent veterans whose divorce occurred shortly after they were inactive from the military.
Not just with military families, but in general, divorce is an extremely nasty task that affects children in an extremely detrimental way. They become forced to make huge decisions, such as who to live with, which ultimately damages ties with the other parent. The child begins to lack a sense of belonging and becomes extremely confused. http://www.public.iastate.edu/~rhetoric/105H16/cova/jlscova.html
Also with divorce, children become highly at risk for psychological issues. There are also statistics that say children who live in a divorced household are less likely to be as healthy. http://www.buzzle.com/articles/hidden-effects-divorce-children.html All of these statistics are present at the link above.
There are so many ways that this, in my opinion, unnecessary war is affecting our military families. The cycle is we have a war, the war creates division within a household, divorce occurs, and then the children are ultimately left out to dry.
As I say so many times before, is the money really worth it? I definitely do not think so.
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I never thought about how wars do lead to divorce rates, which then effects the children of these families. It seems like there is no clear positives of going to war then after reading your blog post. So are there some types of positives to going to war or are there just the negatives?
ReplyDeleteI have seen firsthand how being involved in the war has lead to divorce. I wanted to point out that many times when men come back from war their mentality is very different. Many men change when they go to war, and this is a problem for many marriages. Also, I think you could point out how many times alcohol is abused by men that return from the war. This also has a great effect on the family life.
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