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To: lurqer who wrote (36184)	1/25/2004 9:14:17 AM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

Soros Says Bush Policies to Cause Boom in 2004, Bust in 2005 quote.bloomberg.com

To: lurqer who wrote (36184)	1/25/2004 12:20:49 PM
From: mishedlo	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 89467

Stress epidemic strikes American forces in Iraq Up to one in five of the American military personnel in Iraq will suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, say senior forces' medical staff dealing with the psychiatric fallout of the war. This revelation follows the disclosure last month that more than 600 US servicemen and women have been evacuated from the country for psychiatric reasons since the conflict started last March. At least 22 US soldiers have killed themselves - a rate considered abnormally high - mostly since President George Bush declared an end to major combat on 1 May last year, These suicides have led to a high-level Department of Defence investigation, details of which will be disclosed in the next few weeks. observer.guardian.co.uk ======================================================================= IMO this is what happens when you send troops where they have no business being, the troops see the never ending futility of their situation, and at the same time wonder why the H they are there. They know there are no WMDs and the pretext for war was a lie. They were told they would be greeted as liberators and instead find they are despised as an occupying force. Imagine you are a soldier in Iraq, finding out that your comrades are getting killed left and right and the entire pretext for the war was one massive lie. That is why the suicide rate is unusually high. There is only one person to blame for this tragedy and that is Bush. Bush MUST go. You want to help the troops in Iraq, then don't vote for Bush. M