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To: goldworldnet who wrote (346851)	8/15/2007 3:29:13 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574097

There are always challenges for combat soldiers returning home. That's why pubic support for troops is important during and after service. You have hinted that you have some problems with your health. How much difference do you think it would make if people stood outside your door and cheered when you went to the doctor's? I doubt very much. I had a mild form of PTSD....and I struggled for several years with its consequences until I found something that ultimately removed some of its symptoms. Public support was of little help......in fact, I was mostly afraid of people. Loud, unexpected noises and too many people would cause me to run home. Americans have no idea to what we have condemned American soldiers in Iraq. The heat is severely detrimental to their health, encouraging hyperventilation and more severe PTSD. They will come home paranoid and dysfunctional......and I'm talking about the ones who have not been maimed and physically handicapped. Some of the ones most suffering from PTSD will end up hurting/maybe killing people. They will turn to drugs and alcohol to escape their fears. And its not like in the movies......where you wake up from nightmares in a cold sweat, get up, have coffee and then go on to work. These guys will be lost for years. I am convinced its in part why our society is so violent. War after war after war has taken its toll. I am sickened by what I see goes on in war and will fight the hawks in this country until I die.

To: goldworldnet who wrote (346851)	8/15/2007 3:54:41 PM
From: SilentZ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574097

>That's why pubic support for troops is important during and after service. (Snicker) -Z

To: goldworldnet who wrote (346851)	8/15/2007 6:23:24 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574097

The lack of support for the Vietnam vets came from the war supporters at home, that felt they had "lost" the war. Your people.