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A majority of US soldiers who have done tours of duty in Iraq or Afghanistan say they suffer from stress-related troubles linked to their deployments, a study showed Wednesday. But most keep their psychological problems to themselves for fear of being stigmatized or seeing their careers take a nose-dive

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  • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)engineer
    engineer
    April 30, 2008, 7:07 p.m.

    This is scary since they could flip out at any time

    • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)raza9
      raza9
      May 1, 2008, 12:42 p.m.

      I find this to be more sad than scary. These men and women in good faith and with good intentions enlisted in the military. They were shipped off, ill-equipted to occupy a nation that did not harm us. They have been deployed and redeployed. The conditions they are returning to here at home are shameful ie Walter Reed Hospital, long delays and the V.A. and next to no treatment for PST (post traumatic stress). The exposure to depleted uranium and the adverse health effects affiliated with that can also be added to the list of mistreatment our brave men and women have been subjected to. The suicide rate of returning service men/women is astounding. What is scary to me, is the fact that there are not more people raising hell in the streets to end this occupation. They fought for us and now it is time for us to fight for them!

      • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)raza9
        raza9
        May 1, 2008, 12:51 p.m.

        In addition to my previous point, I see another way we can support our service men/women.....

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        Obama

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        Clinton

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        McCain

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        If you don't see what I see, it's okay. Just wear your yellow ribbon and go wave your change sign.

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