Mad Dog Mattis vs. Laurence M. Vance on Coming Home From War

Retired Marine Gen. James Mattis during  Thursday's confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Service Committee:

And oftentimes it's only unit cohesion, leadership and the belief in themselves and their comrades that allows them to go through what they have to go through and come home as better men and women, not as broken. And so the Warrior Ethos is not a luxury, it is essential when you have a military.

Laurence M. Vance at LewRockwell.com:

Military Penis Transplants

Not for transgendered soldiers (at least not yet), but for male soldiers who have suffered the most devastating of “hidden wounds.” According to the DOD Trauma Registry database,  "there are 1,367 who suffered wounds on their genitals during the Afghanistan or Iraq wars from 2001 to 2013.” Most are under 35. Some lost their penis. Is it any wonder that “many soldiers also deal with the stigma, shame and embarrassment that stem from lost genitals”? Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine surgeons were recently given the go signal for 60 penis transplants. The organs will come from deceased donors and are expected “to develop sensation, perform urinary tasks and even be used for sexual functions.” Does this mean that some soldiers who die a senseless death in battle might live on, so to speak, after their death?

Joining the military won’t necessarily make a man out of you. In fact, it may do just the opposite. If you are a man, why join the military and take the chance that you might lose your manhood? There is no guarantee that when you join you won’t be sent to Iraq, Afghanistan, or Syria and get part of you blown off by an IED.