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blue neen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 11:21 AM Original message |
A Flood of Troubled Soldiers is in the Offing, Experts Predict |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
1. That's not possible |
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justinsb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
2. Yeah, casualties are always under reported |
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pnutchuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 11:46 AM Response to Reply #2 |
15. A friend of mine was the only survivor in his team. |
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blue neen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 12:08 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. But what happens to him if he doesn't seek treatment? |
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pnutchuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 01:54 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. He's an officer in the marines for the triage unit |
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blue neen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 02:06 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. He's between a rock and a hard place. |
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DeaconBlues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
3. The true cost of this war is invisible |
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NewYorkerfromMass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 11:38 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. More than a generation |
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keopeli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 11:43 AM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Longer than that, my friend...much longer. |
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Jo March (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
4. We are going to start hearing about soldiers who kill their families |
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Selteri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 11:30 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. It already started 6 months ago |
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pnutchuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 11:53 AM Response to Reply #4 |
17. Already happened |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
5. On "Nightline" last night the whole show was on PTSD on this |
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blue neen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 11:37 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. That number could eventually climb to 1 in 3, |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 11:44 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. it was a pretty good show; they also had a group of soldiers |
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keopeli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 11:44 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. F**K Nightline...f**king panderers. Why do you listen to them? |
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blue neen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 11:48 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Do explain, please. |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
6. THE CRAZED VET SNIPER IN A TALL BUILDING |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 11:35 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Drug-crazed baby-killers, all of them. |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 12:22 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. Wait until the VA denies them benefits |
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catmandu57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 02:01 PM Response to Reply #6 |
23. During the first Fallujah excursion |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 02:32 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. killing hundreds of people --- Hmmm |
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catmandu57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 04:09 PM Response to Reply #27 |
36. He killed anything that moved |
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tngledwebb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
9. Did 'experts' need to be consulted? |
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RuleofLaw (345 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 12:01 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. I am wondering how this |
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tngledwebb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 12:10 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. The horrors of Iraq will be comparable to the horrors of Vietnam. |
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Southpaw Bookworm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 02:11 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. Look at Afghanistan as an example |
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KingChicken (814 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
26. The Pentagon even dismisses the psychological torment of the soldiers... |
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clem_c_rock (989 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 02:41 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Not only do they come back f'd in the head - they are coming back homeless |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
28. I know someone whose son is now a NUTJOB since returning from Iraq |
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clem_c_rock (989 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 02:43 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Unfortunately, this is what it takes for people to wake up sometimes |
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blue neen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 03:24 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. I hope his family will someday be able to have their son |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 06:19 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. I'm afraid it will take years for the guy to recover...if ever... |
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blue neen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 06:28 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. My son is 21. He has friends in Iraq right now. |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 06:46 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. I hope your son and his friends are OK |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
31. Psychological injury ruins the quality of life as bad as physical injury. |
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catzies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 05:02 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. Is it me or does"pinpoint electrical stimulation" sound like electroshock? |
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carolinayellowdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
32. Morning Edition had a segment on NY soldiers returning to Iraq |
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fishnfla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
34. For What? History will prove this war was prosecuted on a grudge |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
35. So sad. How do they come to terms with slaughtering people |
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