This is not to say that we have not been struggling to cope with this truth, on the contrary we have been, but if we are not careful its stubbornness and metastasizing malignancy could overwhelm us,” Rowley stated.

Source: https://www.caribbeannationalweekly.com/news/caribbean-news/trinidad-pm-says-crime-and-violence-is-a-war-the-region-cannot-lose/

Unsurprisingly, these young men return with great existential questions metastasizing into angst and angst into depression and worse.

Source: https://spectator.org/the-american-military-has-lost-its-soul/