Senator Dodd seeks call-back exemptions for unfit soldiers

[Monkeyman]

After a long fight we have a Democrat Senator Fighting DoD's sending troops back to Iraq with PTSD and other mental Problems!!!!

First story--- http://www.vawatchdog.org/nfDEC06/nf121106-2.htm

Todays story here --- http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-ptsdcallup1220.artdec20,0,5844393.story?coll=hc-headlines-local

U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd is asking newly appointed Secretary of Defense Robert Gates to ensure that soldiers debilitated by post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental illnesses are not sent back into combat.

"If experienced VA doctors diagnose military personnel with incapacitating disabilities,such as severe PTSD, it would seem counter to our national security interests for the military services to somehow disregard these evaluations for less thorough assessments performed by military officials," Dodd wrote in a letter Tuesday to Gates."It seemed unacceptable and perhaps even reckless to ask our servicemen and women to entrust their lives to soldiers deemed mentally unfit by medical professionals."

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. Bush doesn't care though

he just wants warm bodies over there. Let's hope that the military DOES care enough to convince Gates that sending PTSD soldiers back to Iraq is a bad idea.

[TheCowsCameHome]

2. How could he care. He's out of his mind.

[madokie]

5. I get the feeling that gates will be worst than rummy

it that is possible

[babylonsister]

3. Recommend! Great news and something that needed to be done.

I'm sure many will jump on this bandwagon; how could they not?

[Nutmegger]

4. Better than our other sorry ass Senator.

Sorry America.

[shadowknows69]

6. A lot of soldiers won't get evaluated

much as people would think many would get out given the chance I don't think it's true. Many wouldn't allow themselves to appear weak in the face of their "brothers" and many would feel like they betrayed them if they weren't in combat with them. I haven't met 2 in 100 that agree with the war anymore but they'll keep doing the job as long as their ordered to. Any military refusal to continue this mess is going to have to come from higher ranks.

[Monkeyman]

7. These kids were out being called back in

Some already given 70% by the VA for PTSD