Word: combatative
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...those who served may still be suffering from substantial psychological problems. They get flashbacks, nightmares, depression, startle reactions, and that wild red haze of rage in the brain when self-control goes and adrenaline shakes the whole frame, and some terrific violence struggles to cut loose. That is Vietnam combat doing its wild repertory in the theater of a vet's nerves." Read more at timearchive.com...
...rare admission for a senior Ba'athist, al-Douri said the Saddam regime had blundered in its military strategy at the beginning of the U.S.-led invasion. Rather than allow the Iraqi military to confront the coalition forces in open combat, he believes the leadership "should have husbanded the army's strength and means till the second page had been turned." Still, he claims that Saddam's military bounced back, suggesting that elements of the old army are responsible for 95% of insurgent operations against coalition forces...
Critics say the Army could save money by ditching expensive projects like the high-tech $160 billion Future Combat Systems, a battlefield command-and-control program. The Army and Marines are making cuts but are also set to fight for more funds. Defense officials say the two services are considering openly defying the Pentagon's civilian leadership, which has pushed for slower spending, by submitting budgets that break preapproved ceilings...
...However, video is not the only medium, or the only way we remember. In "Combat Diary," a returning Marine talks about having to drink himself into a stupor every night in order to sleep. Making a music video out of the horror of war won't keep the images from haunting your dreams...
...after which he "hid behind the TV/ And I locked and loaded my M-16/ And I blew those little f___ers to eternity." Many defended "Hadji Girl" as gallows humor, but on the web there is no shortage of just plain gallows, either. A search for "Iraq" and "combat" at Ogrish.com or YouTube.com will field dozens of semi-pro snuff films of varying degrees of gore. Many are set to music - power ballads, speed metal, and in one case, an ironic lounge-act crooner...