absolutely accurate by this country s history. peter, i m curious through your counterterrorism lens, i m watching this play out as an american, but i do wonder what message is this sending on a global stage to our allies and enemies alike as they see how incompetent this man was and how careless he was with national secrets? i m curious, you know, are people breathing a sigh of relief that he s not in office, or do people look at this as some sort of permanent character flaw in american political leadership? well, i think you re getting two big thoughts across the capitals of the various nations, the first for our allies. there s i think likely stunned that this level of information that he took out of the white house, that he was keeping in his personal residence, and, again, keep in mind the intelligence collection that the united states engages in, we get an extraordinary volume of intelligence from our allies and from other friendly nations. we rely on that to keep america safe.
something wrong with you, and it s a weakness, it s a character flaw. that was a very common view in the mid 20th century, and you still see that was echoes of that in the 80s and 90s. it s very unusual to find that now, and i would actually say rather the opposite now i think the military have had massive changes. we know that a considerable number of people in the military do come forward now with mental health problems. the military have made major strides there. i m not saying it s perfect, but it s much better than it was. david cruickshanks was a beneficiary of that change. he s written a book about his ptsd. he was just 17 when he came home from the falklands. by his mid 30s, he was also drinking heavily. it took nearly 20 years for him to seek help. i knew there was something going on, i didn t know what it was called, i didn t know how to explain it, i didn t want to tell anybody about it, i wanted to mask it. you knew something was wrong
it s home to hundreds of former servicemen and women. for them, 40 years is the blink of an eye, and they commemorate the experience still. after the falklands, a long, slow evolution began in the way we think about war trauma. but back then, the stigma it carried caused many to suffer in silent shame. i think it goes back to a long standing view that if you stay ill, then it s really a question of character, there s something wrong with you, and it s a weakness, it s a character flaw. that was a very common view in the mid 20th century and you still see that was echoes of that in the 80s and 90s. it s very unusual to find that now, and i would actually say rather the opposite now i think the military have had massive changes. we know that a considerable number of people in the military do come forward now with mental health problems. the military have made major strides there. i m not saying it s perfect,
in there.amazing. bagpipes skirl. this is the erskine veterans village near glasgow. it s home to hundreds of former servicemen and women. for them, a0 years is the blink of an eye, and they commemorate the experience still. after the falklands, a long, slow evolution began in the way we think about war trauma. but back then, the stigma it carried caused many to suffer in silent shame. i think it goes back to a long standing view that if you stay ill, then it s really a question of character, there s something wrong with you, and it s a weakness, it s a character flaw. that was a very common view in the mid 20th century and you still see that was echoes of that in the 80s and 90s. it s very unusual to find that now, and i would actually say rather the opposite now i think the military have had massive changes.
i think it goes back to a long standing view that if you stay ill, then it s really a question of character there s something wrong with you, and it s a weakness, it s a character flaw. that was a very common view in the mid 20th century and you still see that was echoes of that in the 80s and 90s. it s very unusual to find that now, and i would actually say rather the opposite now i think the military have had massive changes. we know that a considerable number of people in the military do come forward now with mental health problems. the military have made major strides there. i m not saying it s perfect, but it s much better than it was. david cruickshanks was a beneficiary of that change. he s written a book about his ptsd. he was just 17 when he came home from the falklands. by his mid 30s, he was also drinking heavily. it took nearly 20 years for him to seek help. i knew there was something going on,