Army soldiers are killing themselves in record numbers rather than cope with another war deployment, the headlines screamed. In the process, lives across the land are being shattered because of the war-time policies of the Bush Administration, we were told.
   The situation sounded just dreadful, and news stories about it were carried by hundreds of news outlets across the nation over the last two weeks. Even the Charlotte Observer ran a version of it.
   "Experts alarmed," one headline read. The story also ran under headlines that included "Soldiers and Suicide; With the Army Strained, the Numbers Are Disturbing," "Army Suicide Rate At 26-year High," "Army's Tragic Statistic Finds Many GIs at Greater Suicide Risk" and "Another Threat to the Troops."
   The facts in the story most people read and heard are largely accurate. The problem is with the ones that got left out.

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