Michael Leon blogs at http://malcontends.blogspot.com. Michael is a writer living in Madison, Wisconsin. His writing has appeared nationally in The Progressive, In These Times, OpEdNews.com, and CounterPunch.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Posted April 27th, 2007 by mal contends
As the rightwing takes aim at Vietnam vets who are just plain worn-out, many still have physical trauma. And they can't work anymore. So then they end up at home, alone in the dark with their demons.
Now, a new generation of vets grips PTSD, and after making it out from the war, come home and kill them selves.
Please watch this heart-breaking video, Death Because They Served.
Many Americans slap a bumper sticker on their cars proclaiming “I support the troops,” but too many vets wonder: Does anybody really give a fuck?
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PTSD is everywhere, it's a bummer that soldiers kill themselves but anyone who wants to sign on the dotted line saying they are ok with killing people are a little nuts to begin with. Parents who let their kids go to Iraq kinda think the same way so from a psychological perspective you are looking at people who are saying to themselves yeah this is ok, but wait something's wrong here.
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