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• “In the wake of Vietnam, 38 percent of marriages failed within the first six months of a veteran’s return stateside; the divorce rate was twice as high for vets with PTSD as for those without. Vietnam vets with severe PTSD are 69 percent more likely to have their marriages fail than other vets.”
• – The author quotes the numbers “38 percent” and “69 percent” demonstrating a causal claim due to them making predictions that the marriage fails.

• “Army records also show that 65 percent of active-duty suicides, which now outpace combat deaths, are precipitated by broken relationships. And veterans, well, one of them dies by suicide every 80 minutes. But even ignoring that though vets make up 7 percent of the United States, they account for 20 percent of its suicides —or that children and teenagers of a parent who’s committed suicide are three times more likely to kill themselves, too—or a whole bunch of equally grim statistics, Brannan’s got her reasons for sticking it out with Caleb.”
• – The author also shows another quote that the “65 percent of active-duty suicides” and “20 percent of its suicides” demonstrate a causal claim due to them making predictions on the number of suicides that are shown on the record.
• “But she’s also there for those FOV users who, like her, have decided to stay. “I have enormous respect for Caleb,” she explains if you ask her why. “He has never stopped fighting for this family. Now, we’ve had little breaks from therapy, but he never stopped going to therapy. I love him,” she repeats, defensively at times.“
• – Them stating that “I have enormous respect for Caleb” and “He has never stopped fighting for this family. Now, we’ve had little breaks from therapy, but he never stopped going to therapy. I love him,” she repeats” make men think it’s a credibility claim as they are talking about the person who they have respect for and why they have that for him.