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I think your numbers are a little high, because 1/5 of troops in Iraq are combat troops, the rest never go beyond the wire. so I could believe that 1/3 or the 1/5 may have some problems, but like some other user said, most of us just did your job and came home, you let the pass be in the pass and move on with your life. |
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michael H
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I seriously doubt the amount of mental trauma is any higher in the current war than in any previous one(this is not to dismiss it as an issue). Probably, soldiers are simply more likely to seek help nowadays, as there is less of a stigma.
In short soldiers in any conflict have had to deal with this. Please do not try to use these statistics to promote a political agenda. |
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You get your news from a site called "playfuls.com"???
No wonder....
I'm sure that there are soldiers/airmen/etc that do suffer from psychological problems when they return home, but 1/3? But your news source is *so* reliable... it must be right.....
Don't bet on it. Lots of us cope just fine. |
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TNT
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Why don't you ask the soldiers themselves instead of relying on some far left loon site? You liberals really take the cake. |
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zack
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Good Grief, you really believe everything some PhD says. You did not know that means Please Help the Dummy. We have the best Soldiers in the world, only thing they are upset about is the fact that Libs are shaming them by wanting them to come back defeated, want to cut off their support and want them to surrender like cowards. If you believe all this stuff you posted, you need to practice their theory on yourself, not us and the Troops. |
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MikeGolf
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Oh yeah - go flush everything I did down the toilet because you are too lazy to Ask Somebody Who Has Been In Iraq if we should stay.
You are not worried about our mental health. You are just trying to use us as a tool - to support your politics. |
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ArmyWifey
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Most are coping just fine -- you have to decompress some and there are always some with true PTSD issues but the majority are coping fine (even my 14yo dd said I don't know any who are Insane!)
Oh and I have to wonder what the numbers were from Vietnam? |
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sdmphx777
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I hate this war as much as the next person, but remember...The US has an army of volunteers. |
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Ray K
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I have heard about all these psych problems and as an officer had to deal with a couple of my people who claimed to experience them. I carry an average number of battle scars, from shrapnel to bullets, and have never had so much as a bad dream. Maybe I was more cold-blooded than I should have been, or maybe it was just a job that had to be done and we did it, then got on with our lives. It does concern me that we are sending people prone to that sort of thing into combat. They should be with the rear echelons, not on point. |
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ciamalo
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You do not give the US soldier much credit. Sorry, but I do. All soldiers who have been exposed to battle have psychological effects, if they're sane, but if you think those effects make this any less of an army you had better think again. In our society, we have been so touchy-feely for so long, we lose track of the fact that diagnosing ourselves has become big business. In the end, there is the man or woman whose "psychosis" is caused by war, and the thousands of wives in your state alone who have gotten their dose of "psychosis" from having a lousy husband. Me? I'll depend on the soldier anytime. |
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iraq51
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The horrors of war have been around since the 1st war of ancient history. I don't recall who said it perhaps General Patton....but I'll paraphrase...."...it is good that war is so horrible (terrible I think he used) lest we learn to love it too much."
The horrors of war should and in the past have been a motivator to end wars ASAP through military superiority directed by professional military commanders and not politicians and political opinion. |
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Rick V
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lexus4nxtc-
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8743574/
Soldier's mental problems NBC.
By the way the news on playfuls in this instance is properly backed up with legitimate sources.
zack
Do you really think that any right minded person would trust your opinion over that of educated professionals? I think not. |
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supressdesires
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It would seem to me that with multiple tours PTSD would be higher than in previous wars. Couple multiple tours and an enemy who chooses to use civilians as their mode of operation and you have the ingredients for mental stress. PTSD is as much a killer of our troops as is an IED one happens immediately while the other lasts for the rest of ones life. |
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tanisomega
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Archive of internal this!!! I am a Navy Recruiter who works beside many Marine Recruiters who have been to Iraq. Some have been on more than one occasion. They all seem fine to me. I think the only mental problem a Marine or Soldier faces is coming back home and finding out that his or her significant other was cheating. I am sorry if your Archive of Internal Medicine is ran by a Liberal Political Machine but that facts are 80% of Iraq is peaceful. Most of the violence happens in Baghdad and now we have so many Iraqi Troops on the the ground(over 300,000) that they are beginning to step up and secure their country the way they want to. We are on the road to success and that's why if you watch Democratic Liberal Media News on ABC, CBS, NBC, and CNN you see them trying to trash the war because they want public opinion against the war, so they can justify their cut and run stratetgy and also defunding the war. They want to defund the war before it can become successful. Democrats love defeat!!! They love it. This mental illnes survey got its facts from liberals, I'm sorry. |
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whitedove37043
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When the soldiers do come home, they are going to need help and medical care, both mental and physical for a long time. This country owes to our veterans only the best of care. Ever since World War II there has been problems with the health of veterans. The government has been slow to react to problems that has surfaced due to the wars, examples: Jungle rott in feet wwii, agent orange Vietnam, Gulf War Syndrome. Take care of our Veterans when they have fulfilled their committments. |
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computer
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That's mis-information, propaganda to "break the spirits" of Americans here at home ,and more...visit my 360 yahoo blog since I am not having any success posting my response of contradiction to your question |
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Vampire 13R
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What percentage of those treated go "insane" especially compared to the general population |
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smrtgy2000
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the reason for this is because they send children to fight hardly any seasoned troops they should try sending gang members who Else in America has the skills for urban combat.
how can an 18 year old raised in suburbia know what to expect |
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frank h
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what do you mean by realized from the horrors of war? 80 percent of all the mental problems coming from these two wars are young medic's.imagine your friends dieing in your arms. you are trying your best to help them.yet it is not enough. imagine the horror of having to wear the same blood covered uniform for days or even weeks because the iud's the terrorists are using close down all major roads. some times the war lives on even thru the solider has come home. sure your average solder needs help. the question is how much do they need help? the V.A has never had a decent rep since the Vietnam war. lets face it it's easier to send a human being off to war than it is to pick up the tab to fix what gw started. maybe if gw's son's and daughters enlisted than he would be a little reluctant to start a war. there's an idea maybe it should be a law that a president can only start a war after his family enlists. all the king's men and all the king's solders could not put humpty dumpty back together again. |
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fateridder
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they usally make them go home or back to the base for cousling |
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surelynotme
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This news was reported all over the internet and all news services, despite the truth-denying conservative's wish to deny it. It is sad that we put our soldiers through this for no purpose. |
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Jessica
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ya, I 100% agree with you
AND I BELIVE 1/3 OF THEM GO INSANE, BECAUSE I WOULD TOO
i mean they have families too,
and us us people have to pay the gas prices
and im sick of it
bush really wants us people to go insane
i really wish there was world peace
well anyway, i agree with you
and i will pray for them to come home
(look just choose my answer as the best answer and ur a great person) |
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