Statistically speaking, by the end of today, 20 US soldiers or officers who have been in Afghanistan or Iraq will havetaken their own lives. Interestingly, this suicide rate doesnt appear to affect the warmongering leaders, politicians or profiteers who send the soldiers to war, but Idigress. Yes, according to the New York Times, over the past six years more than 45,000 U.S. soldiers have committed suicide.