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This mock military struggle’s arrival is particularly distasteful considering that this hallowed bank of the Charles has, over the course of its grand history, served as a sanctuary for effete, bloated Brahmins interested in evading combat of any kind. Alas, gone are the days when Cabot and Crowninshield could titter lazily about the Lowells over high tea, leaving the bayonets to the plebs. Our aristocratic predecessors had honed repression to an art, ensuring that the intramural conflict was restricted to a biting comment about outmoded décor, or perhaps spilt sherry...
...Several Abu Ghraib veterans told TIME that "combat stress teams" were dispatched to the prison to give psychological counseling to shell-shocked U.S. victims of the Sept. 20 attack. It remains unclear whether Pappas received any treatment. But one of his subordinates, intelligence analyst Armin Cruz, who was later accused of abuse at Abu Ghraib, specifically cited the Sept. 20 mortar attack at his plea bargain. Cruz, who struggled unsuccessfully to save the life of a fellow soldier wounded in the attack, claimed he had repeatedly sought and failed to receive treatment for shell shock in its aftermath...
...well-known "Stanford Prison Experiment" - a 1971 simulation in which students were asked to play the role of guards - and who also testified as an expert witness in one of the Abu Ghraib trials. The book claims that Pappas, who ran intelligence at Abu Ghraib, was declared "not combat fit" after he survived a devastating mortar attack on September 20, 2003 - just weeks before the notorious abuses began to unfold. The attack - which killed two U.S. soldiers and wounded others but left Pappas physically unharmed - caused the Colonel to repeatedly exhibit bizarre behavior, the book says, while alleging that...
...admitted to being medically treated for shell shock stemming from his service at Abu Ghraib. This week the judge ordered the Army to locate the mental evaluations, if they exist, and give them to the tribunal for review. It remains unclear who may have actually labeled Pappas "not combat fit", or if the records sought by the court will even address his psychological condition...
Projects to combat access to typically “white” sports—and not engaging in what fencing head coach Peter Brand deems ethnic “bean counting”—might be the initiative with the most positive, lasting impact...