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- pintomp3, on 11/24/2007, -1/+15caring about soldiers and being upset that their injuries are being swept under the rug is anti-american?
- MasterThief117, on 11/24/2007, -1/+14What sucks is that this only covers physical brain injuries, not mental health issues the war has caused them.
There are thousands of more soldiers with PTSD. Something that is very hard to treat and is haunting for the rest of their lives.
War is hell. I have seen it pretty damn close up. I get free health-care at Walter Reed because I am a dependent. I injured my ankle a couple of years ago, and I had to get it rehabilitated. Lets just say I was the only "intact" patient in the clinic.
It is terrible. Truly terrible. Although I am going to join the military in about a year or two (around 18 or 19), I do what I can now to serve this country by teaching BLS to doctors and nurses at Walter Reed. It took me 2 weeks to get certified to teach, but it is worth it because I know that even indirectly, I can help save a life. - inactive, on 11/24/2007, -1/+12Forget the Pentagon, it's really sad that our country is so quick to send our soldiers off to get killed and injured in war and very few resources are available to men and women who serve. The Pentagon won't release all numbers because it's just an arm of President Bush's administration right now, if it was his agenda to help "the troops" the numbers would be out.
- MaTT2011, on 11/24/2007, -0/+9Really? Going to the tired old "If you don't agree with my poorly formed social/political philosophies then you hate your country " argument (if you can call it that) is a really pathetic maneuver.
Its just not going to work, its a no-go. - MasterThief117, on 11/24/2007, -0/+8I became brain injured from reading your comment. No real soldier would underestimate the toll of war and what it can do.
- Scotty87, on 11/24/2007, -0/+8@ IdevInull
Talking from having ACTUAL military experience and having many friends directly involved with combat as we speak - I can easily say - you sir are a moron - cyndi63, on 11/24/2007, -0/+6Brain injury is so subtle that it is often goes unnoticed. http://biak.us/education/brain-injury-military this page and video explain alot about the "camouflage condition" This is no longer an issue about the war but is about how do we prepare to take care of our wounded soldiers including those whose injuries are invisible
Cyndi Masters board member BIAK - frozenwookie, on 11/24/2007, -0/+6i know that after comming back from iraq, ive ended up "spending the night" at the mental hospital few times, and can't seem to be able to relax, knowing that you took a life, or that someone you knew won't make it home will ***** with you head forever
- KizardLing, on 11/24/2007, -1/+6RTFA - it's about injuries to the brain (physical), not mental health issues. And as for the rest of your comment - go ***** yourself.
- mhearne, on 11/24/2007, -0/+4No, every vet is not a hero. Just getting wounded or killed does not make someone a hero either. Who came up with the idea that benefits were for heroes only? There really aren't enough of them to keep the VA in business anyway.
However, getting wounded, or getting sick from some ABC agent certainly does make a vet eligible for medical benefits, whether they are heroes or not. Also, having a symptom diagnosed after a soldier has left the field does not mean that the burden of proof should be shifted to the soldier, or the vet. Ask any vet what he thinks of the "Fraud Squad". It's like dealing with the trash at the welfare office! - mhearne, on 11/24/2007, -0/+3Brain injuries are often misdiagnosed as mental illness issues, that's how they get missed.
- DesertDude, on 11/24/2007, -0/+3Just today I was watching Da Ali G Show, where he had the poor old man explain the difference between those two words, forever, to no avail.
- zombies187, on 11/24/2007, -0/+3Dang y'all! Be nice; he SAID he had a brain injury.
- inactive, on 11/24/2007, -1/+3*could care less
But you're right.......they're just pawns in this game of money and power. - DogBotherer, on 11/24/2007, -0/+2Effect, not affect (unless you mean emotional state)
- Zeonix, on 11/24/2007, -0/+1No, they couldn't care less. If they were able to care less, then that would mean they cared in the first place. But they don't care and never have, so they can't care less.
- skews13, on 11/24/2007, -0/+1i was going to comment to that ***** for brains.but having a family member with 2 purple hearts a bronze star,and an army meritorious service medal.i could not bring myself to sully his good name.but i thank you none the less
- Garbagio, on 11/24/2007, -0/+1indeed the saying is "Couldn't care less" it's just commonly misquoted.
- Garbagio, on 11/24/2007, -0/+1pic or gtfo. ... oh wait this is digg.
- inactive, on 11/25/2007, -1/+1Tard-head is a good clean insult. And I never claimed to be a hero...so STFU.
- skews13, on 11/24/2007, -0/+0i hope,and pray that as few families as possible have to deal with this
- skews13, on 11/24/2007, -1/+0if i could meet that sweet young girl,i would kiss her on the head and then thank her for having the courage to do what a lot of men i know don't.
- inactive, on 11/24/2007, -8/+1So every vet is a hero? That is not the definition of hero tard-head. Heroes are not whiners like these cry-babies.
- inactive, on 11/24/2007, -17/+3This is B.S. There is no way 20,000 vets have seen enough combat to have any sort of damaging mental affect. Most probably never left the FOBs anyway. And if they are crying because they got shot at or almost blown up then they need to be kicked out for being cowards and giving the military a bad name.
- inactive, on 11/24/2007, -23/+5When I was in the military, I got a brain injury from reading USA TODAY. Did you post this because you are pro-military or because you are anti-American?
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