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Thread #100023   Message #2001587
Posted By: dianavan
19-Mar-07 - 09:02 PM
Thread Name: BS: Reviewing the Road to Iraq
Subject: RE: BS: Reviewing the Road to Iraq
You're right, petr, misdiagnosis of vets is a fairly commmon way of discharging service personnel and a way to avoid providing benefits for PTSD.

"Military records show that since 2003, 4,092 Army soldiers and another 11,296 men and women in other branches of the armed services have been discharged after being diagnosed with the disorder."

http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/fairenough/aas0.html

I just heard Bush urge patience. He says it will take months, not weeks. Doesn't he realize it has already taken years since the day he proclaimed, "mission accomplished"? Just another another media blip. Meanwhile, the insurgents have switched the focus of their attacks to Kirkurk. So much for the possibility of Kurdish independence.