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Post-traumatic futility disorder

Disillusionment with war is an overlooked psychological liability on the battlefield, experts say -- and could lead to higher rates of PTSD among U.S. soldiers in Iraq.

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  • Thursday, December 21, 2006 03:39 PM

    Liberal Veterans

    Like Ebonius and other who've posted, I'm a veteran (Vietnam era, 3 years nine months and 27 days, US Navy cryptographics and radio communications), and the ongoing meaningless death in Iraq literally sickens me. Bush richly deserves impeachment. The freedoms I served to protect are being used like a roll of Charmin by these fascist bastards. Please recall that the casualty figures, now approaching 26,000, do no include the psychologically damaged that I am certain number in the tens of thousands. Bush is a war criminal. I loathe the hoofprints on the ground he stumbles on.

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