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Skinny Dipper
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posted 12 July 2007 03:03 PM      Profile for Skinny Dipper   Author's Homepage        Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
http://www.abcnews.go.com/WN/WoodruffReports/story?id=3368726&page=1

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Questionable Treatment for Some Iraq Heroes

Veteran Care Under Review as More Than 22,000 Are Discharged With 'Pre-Existing' Personality Disorder, Which Some Say Developed During War

US soldiers are being discharged under 'Pre-Existing' Personality Disorder instead of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Those who were discharged are now being told to pay back $10,000 in reenlistment bonuses and other money received. Those who were discharged say they were falsely diagnosed so that the military wouldn't have to pay for medical care and disability payments.

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Lard Tunderin' Jeezus
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posted 12 July 2007 05:54 PM      Profile for Lard Tunderin' Jeezus   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Brings a whole new meaning to the phrase "Support Our Troops", eh?
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munroe
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posted 12 July 2007 06:23 PM      Profile for munroe     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
During and after Nam, I met a number of those who had done a tour. A significant number had trouble "getting home" and harmed themselves and sometimes others. I saw one about two years ago, and he was still a mess.

The casualties of war are not limited to the theatre.

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Skinny Dipper
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posted 13 July 2007 02:23 AM      Profile for Skinny Dipper   Author's Homepage        Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
At least here in Canada, we can now support Harper's "peacekeeping" mision in Afghanistan. More on this in another forum.
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sgauvreau
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posted 13 July 2007 09:07 AM      Profile for sgauvreau     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
This makes me feel sick to my stomach.
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sgauvreau
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posted 13 July 2007 09:08 AM      Profile for sgauvreau     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Land of the "free", home of the....indebted?
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munroe
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posted 13 July 2007 09:15 AM      Profile for munroe     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
http://tinyurl.com/26y9zm

Here's another good article on the hidden effect of war on the American troops.

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