What's really sad is that 10 years from now, Iraq war vets are going to be persona non grata. By then, they will have the reputation of being PTSD nutcases and ticking timebombs. No one will hire them because people are afraid they might walk in one day and shoot the place up. They may as well be ex-cons (and undoubtedly many will be).

All this rah-rah we're giving them now is going to give way to outrage and hatred when these guys go on crime sprees, workplace shootings, family murder-suicides. That's all the thanks they'll get in the end. We love them as long as they take our places on the frontlines. Soon they will return to get their payback and then we'll act like the spoiled brats we are and demand something be done about them.