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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 07:19 AM

    -- djr41den, please remember what Country Joe MacDonald said:

    Yes, the guy who sang "One, Two Three, What are we fightin' for?" He was a Navy veteran, and in the 90s helped set up a Vietnam soldiers memorial in Berkeley, CA. And at that time he said that blaming soldiers for war is like blaming firefighters for fire.

    —MAV in Florida

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