I would think that duty in Iraq would be very stressful. It's dangerous and it isn't always clear who the enemy is. Nonetheless. Stress does not excuse what is happening in these pictures.
Dana
>> What's frightening is that the US Forces haven't even been
>
>You are assuming that "shell shocked", "jaded", and "cracking up" can only
>happen after a certain period of time. I'm sure the minute you pull the
>trigger and watch a life end, your mind is altered that very minute. I think
>it is ludicrous to think that the troops are not suffering from mental
>anguish or psychological trauma at this point. The problem is that the gvt
>does very little to help these troops assimilate back into society after
>living in a different world.
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