Military Gambling Overseas

As of late the military has come under fire for allowing slot machines and gambling overseas. They say that they use the money taken from the gamblers to pay for entertainment and shows for the soldiers while they are abroad. However, what they are doing is getting a whole lot of soldiers addicted to gambling.

The military is profiting off of our service men and women, as they are trapped over there with nothing to do but fight for their lives. In between the boredom and the terror, they are looking for an escape, and the military is none too happy to oblige.

The military makes somewhere around $127 million a year off of our soldiers, and this isn’t the first time. In a recent special by Paula Zahn on CNN, a Professor John Kindt says that the military used to have slot machines and got rid of them in the ‘60’s because of all the soldiers that had gotten addicted to them. He says that yes the military is using them to make money, but at the small amount they bring in compared to what the military’s budget it, it is “peanuts” to them.

However, the story goes on to talk about soldiers like Carrie Walsh’s husband who cannot handle the slot machine addiction and eventually kill themselves. She says her husband battled the slot machine addiction that he picked up in the military, but could never shake it. This is the sad end that is awaiting many of our soldiers overseas if we don’t do something about it.




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