Soldiers under stress


	Soldiers under stress

melizer

11-12-2007 4:59 AM

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soldiers, troops, iraq, war, ptsd, health

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11-12-2007 11:23 AM

abailart

How much misery is caused by the savage myth of the "he-man". the "man's man", the "strong man"?

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