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Thursday, December 21, 2006 12:00 AM

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.
By Mark Benjamin

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  • Thursday, December 21, 2006 11:28 AM

    Those who don't sacrifice now.

    Perhaps in the actual fighting of this war, few have sacrificed. There's been no rationing, no victory gardens, etc. But take my word, we will all sacrifice down the road. There is no way to spend billions every week on the nation's credit card and not have a day of reckoning in the economy. It happened after Vietnam and it will happen after Iraq (not to mention Bush's taxcuts, earmarks and other expensive madness).

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