Wisconsin Marine Waits for Third Iraq War Tour to End
Jen McCoy
Portage Daily Register (Wisconsin)
Sep 02, 2006
On Marine Andy Brady's second tour of duty in Fallujah, 10 days before he was to come home to Poynette on leave, his vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb and he lost hearing in his left ear, had a concussion and suffered vision impairment. He was told that he might not be called for duty a third time, but five months later, he was back in Iraq on the front lines.
"Andy's dad is a Vietnam veteran, and he knows what post-traumatic stress disorder is, and Andy doesn't think that he has it himself. We jokingly say denial is the first sign of PTSD," Lou said. Brady has difficulty sleeping and shows signs of agitation at home, she said as she fidgeted with a dog tag around her neck.
"I think a certain amount of PTSD is inevitable from being alert with adrenaline 365 days a year and 24 hours a day. I know he has been fired upon and he has fired at people. He has seen people die. There is no place in the human brain that can categorize the inhumanity of these images that don't go away," Lou said.
And Thankfully, We Have This Bit Of Truth:
Frank Rich: Donald Rumsfeld's Dance With the Nazis
"President Bush came to Washington vowing to be a uniter, not a divider. Well, you win some and you lose some. But there is one member of his administration who has not broken that promise: Donald Rumsfeld. With indefatigable brio, he has long since united Democrats, Republicans, generals and civilians alike in calling for his scalp," writes Frank Rich.
Take a trip over to Daily KOS to get your Sunday Morning Sermon at this Posted Diary:
Some call me Jesus...
by One Pissed Off Liberal
Sun Sep 03, 2006 at 09:49:19 AM EDT
Others call me Yeshua, others the Son of Man. By any name I am who I am.
Lately it has come to my attention that I have been swiftboated by a gang of lowly sinners who march under the banner of the Christian Right. They have obfuscated my teachings and associated my name with the terrible sins of war profiteering, torture, and the dropping of bombs on innocents and children. And those are just the beginnings of their transgressions. With your permission, I would like to take this opportunity to set a few things straight.
DISCLAIMER: Please forgive my hubris. No offense is intended to anyone's religion, or lack thereof - just a little creative channeling of the Blessed Redeemer on a Sunday morning (actually, just a few things I've been wanting to get off my chest re: the `Religious Right'). Any heresy or error included herein is my own. I don't really speak for the Creator - or his family. Oh, and apologies to pastordan for veering recklessly into his territory. ~ OPOL :-)
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