Tuesday, October 25, 2005

1in 4 Iraq Vets Return w/ Chronic Health Issues

USAToday: These survey results, which have not been publicly released, were provided to USA Today by the Army Cntr for Health Promotion & Preventive Medicine. They offer a window on the war and how the ongoing insurgency has added to the strain on troops. More than 1 in 4 US troops have come home from the Iraq war with ongoing health problems that require medical or mental health treatment. Overall, since the war began, about 28% of Iraq vets (about 50,000 servicemembers this yr alone) returned w/ problems ranging from lingering battle wounds to toothaches, from suicidal thoughts to strained marriages. The figure dwarfs the Pentagon's official Iraq casualty count: 1971 US troops dead & 15220 wounded as of 10/18/05. May God help them, b/c as we can see, this is how the GOPers show our troops gratitude, this is how Bush supports our troops, this is what our POWs have to go thru after being released, and these are the gripes vets have about begging for benefits.
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