Originally Posted by Michael

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is the driving force behind vet suicides, substance abuse, loss of jobs, loss of marriages and going homeless. We MUST stand by our vets and do what is right for them.

After hearing about the Pentagon guys showing up at hospitals to get bonus money back for re enlisted troops that have been seriously injured and the Walter Reed scandal, I think we are at a point beyond outrage. It is time to get even. FIRE EVERYONE INVOLVED in this latest BS.

Yet another example of how chickenhawks deskwarriors in Congress and in the white house preach down at us for stay the sacrifice while they have no one in their families or extended families and are sacrificing nothing at all themselves personally. In plain English, stay the sacrifice translates as "we need cannon fodder."

Originally Posted by Chan

How about providing something from a valid source instead of a blog.

Originally Posted by Michael

There is a new element to the PTSD we are now seeing as a result of Iraq. When those troop carriers are hit with IED's, many of the survivors have suffered severe concussion. The medical research is showing that there is some type of brain trauma contributing to many cases of PTSD.

Originally Posted by SamInTheSouth

Welcome to socialized medicine.

Originally Posted by mwillman

He said he sacrificed his Golf Game but there is video evidence that proves
he has played golf since 2003.

I am still in shock that he could actually equate Golf with what the soldiers are sacrificing.

Originally Posted by Michael

By the time all of the delayed stuff he never considered, such as tens of thousands of vets roaming the streets with PTSD, hits the fan he will move to Paraguay, where the Bush family now owns property. He could build a plantation and live igcognito like the Nazi war criminals. Any random accident that Paraguay does not have an extradition treaty with America?

Originally Posted by Chan

Now that might make sense but I would insist on a person being tested to determine cause before making a diagnosis.

The problem with these so-called "mental illnesses" is that they're based almost entirely on some person's subjective complaints and not on objective diagnostic testing. Any whiner can come along and make up some story about how his life is such a mess ever since he got out of the military and now has to go out and get a job, find his own housing, buy and prepare his own meals, etc. Show me objective evidence that differentiates these people from people who genuinely suffered a traumatic experience that is actually preventing them from being able to function outside the highly structured environment of the military.