Monday, June 18, 2007

Support Our Troops

The medical scandal at Walter Reed Hospital is only one part of the shameful treatment of of our soldiers. Their mental health is the other. Headlines such as the following indicate the extent of the problem.

Powell soldier faces court martial for seeking psychiatric care
The Invisible Wounded: Injured U.S. Soldiers Arrive Home Under Cover of Darkness
The Army is ordering injured troops to go to Iraq
Army sent mentally ill troops to Iraq

LaBelle points us to a WaPo investigation of the "treatment" soldiers with psychiatric disorders are receiving.


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