"People who have psychiatric symptoms, actively symptomatic with PTSD or depression, are being sent back to the very situation that caused their PTSD and depression," Ragan said.

The Army's chief psychiatrist, Dr. Elspeth Ritchie, agrees with the Rand Corp.'s estimate that 300,000 service members have demonstrated post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms. Some are returning to the battlefront, although the Army is not keeping track of how many.

A heart-wrenching reminder that the emotional damage of war can leave the deepest scars.

And the careless exploitation of these men and women.

The careless deployment gets me. Same as the old English type attitude that troops were meaningless pawns in the battle game.
Another proof that we haven't advanced as a civilization.

Again, Bush and Republicans show their lack of consideration for these most vulnerable people, their military. These people were duped into a horrible situation by deceptive recruiting or forced into it by the horrible poverty forced on them by the rich of America. These people are Everyone's Children, and the US government is exploiting them horrendously.

Only in America.