Not surprising given the high chance of death or injury (physical or mental) and the lack of care being talked about by vets.

This is not surprising but i am sure that this is due more to the Fiasco Effect created by GWB and his policies rather than any fear of going into combat.

The USA does not after all have a reputation of cowardice, quit the opposite, and are in fact well prepared to put their life on the line for a JUST cause, and i mean JUST, not the Iraq fiasco.

And that point is well illustrated by the fact that no diplomats want to serve there either

Good comments.

I must say I'm not entirely surprised, although it would be interesting to correlate these statistics to the number of people becoming involved in radicalism, and I don't just mean radical Islam.

This speaks louder than any opinion polls. But there are also 43,000 private mercenary contractors (e.g. Blackwater) there as well, who make alot more money than those in the army.