Iraq Vet describes difficuties of returning to normalcy.

[tblue37]

The NYT has a piece by a vet who describes what it is like to return from the war in Iraq and try to become a normal person again:

Coming Home
By JOHN CRAWFORD
Published: August 14, 2005

. . . When the war is over, you pick up your gear, walk down the hill and back into the world, where people smile, congratulate you, and secretly hope you won't be a burden on society now that you've done the dirty work they shun. . . .

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/14/opinion/14crawford.html
John Crawford is the author of "The Last True Story I'll Ever Tell: An Accidental Soldier's Account of the War in Iraq."

[niallmac]

1. Message to returning Iraqi vets:" Organize"

Organize with the V Nam vets or by yourselves. The repugs don't give a damn otherwise.
The money going to Haliburton that you fought to protect and that is not going to the VA among others is an obscene kick in the ass from corporate America to the combat vet.

[zbdent]

2. Will any freepers really be surprised if a red-stater is suddenly charged

with killing a member of his family because a car backfired and he (or she) reacted as they were trained and shot at the initial moment?