OUR GUYS GOING BACK TO IRAQ with pdsd Options

[UNDEAD 1]

i have to vent this out ! I have a good friend whos unit was the first to hit ramadi in the begining of this tour of iraq and happend to be the worst fire fight (i believe)within the conflict. they had recorded alot of the fight and sent me a disk which ive posted a few of the videos (that werent too graphic)here a while back.he was quickly premoted and decorated and he reupped as soon as his tour was up.when you do that you have to take leave in the states which he was posted in colorado and a month ago back here in south florida ,to return to iraq in two weeks. the problem is he started hearing voices ,not being able to sleep ,talking to people (like in war) and having major episodes.im good freinds with his mother and there was a mishap she will not talk about but long story short ,he has to searched for weapons before coming in the house.they took him to the doctor and he said it was pdsd. the other 17 guys he came back with are all suffering the same and all are going back in two weeks.

although hes lucky because his mother knows some higher ups and was able to get in contact with our senator and get him time before he has to return (extra month) i ask what about the other 17. these kids are going to be fucked up for life and when introduced back into that enviroment ,will get some of our own killed including themselves.how could they diagnose them with pdsd and still say who cares ,were short send them back! i think this a fucked up situation.i actually had a guy inmy bar last night who said "thats what we pay them for"and i nearly broke the bottle over his head.wondering what opinions everyone else has?

[pezking]

I've always thought this type of issue was idiotic. Our government doesn't take care of our own like we did after WWII and Korea. When Vietnam rolled around, it was ship them there and if they survive... oh well. I've heard that 30% of the US homeless population are military veterans. It just pisses me off when our government keeps cutting Vet benefits and medications to put money elsewhere. These guys did their parts... now the govt. needs to uphold it's own and take care of these guys. I appreciate the fact that your buddy is serving and I hope he and all the guys get the help they need while they are over there or when they get back.