Word: mentality
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...armor? The piece also touches on a larger policy issue: "If these wars are important enough," asks Thompson, our national-security correspondent and a Pulitzer Prize winner, "isn't it important to have sufficient troops so that the Pentagon doesn't have to keep recycling troops into combat like mental cannon fodder, without consideration to the price they ultimately have to bear?" The answer, of course...
...terrorists, please, or anyone with "mental diseases...
...nerves strained by repeated and lengthy tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. The medicines are intended not only to help troops keep their cool but also to enable the already strapped Army to preserve its most precious resource: soldiers on the front lines. Data contained in the Army's fifth Mental Health Advisory Team report indicate that, according to an anonymous survey of U.S. troops taken last fall, about 12% of combat troops in Iraq and 17% of those in Afghanistan are taking prescription antidepressants or sleeping pills to help them cope. Escalating violence in Afghanistan and the more isolated mission...
...Pentagon that keeps statistics on just about everything, there is no central clearinghouse for this kind of data, and the Army hasn't consistently asked about prescription-drug use, which makes it difficult to track. Given the traditional stigma associated with soldiers seeking mental help, the survey, released in March, probably underestimates antidepressant use. But if the Army numbers reflect those of other services - the Army has by far the most troops deployed to the war zones - about 20,000 troops in Afghanistan and Iraq were on such medications last fall. The Army estimates that authorized drug use splits roughly...
...note to the Democratic party: you have already alienated many women voters by crowning a man instead of a woman. Please do not compound that problem - and alienate senior citizens too - by implying that because of his age and presumed physical and mental diminution, John McCain is not fit to run. Nelson Marans, SILVER SPRING...