The Military Avoids Responsibility and Dumps on the Troops...Or...Support the Troops, Hate the Veterans

Click on the heading for an article in The Nation, which appeared in the 15 Oct 2007 issue, following up on an article appearing on 9 April 2007. Another topic I wish to raise...is about the many returning OIF (Operation Iraqi Freedom) and Afghan theatre combat troops who have Traumatic Brain Injury, PTSD, and even combat physical wounds who have been denied medical discharges and instead have been drummed out of the service as having a pre-existing 'personality disorder'...after having been vetted through physical and mental testing at the time of enlistment, further physical and mental testing through basic and advanced trainings, and even further being found physically and mentally able to fight in this 'war on terrorism'... I'll tell you some people with personality disorders...GW Bush, Dick Cheney, Don Rumsfeld...ad nauseum... This is a dysfunctional nation, with dysfunctional leaders and representatives and a dysfunctional media...a dysfunctional economic system and a dysfunctional political system...and the wounded troops are the ones with pre-existing personality disorders which are not recognizable until tested by combat? Puke...that portion of the military personnel manual should be expunged...anyone with a 'pre-existing personality disorder' should not be allowed to serve...therefore, anyone who served did not have a pre-existing condition.