Soldiers punished for having PTSD

Armchair chickenhawks in the government always conceal a knife in one hand with which to stab America's brave fighting men and women.

Soldiers who served gallantly in the Iraq War are now being labeled and punished because they have post-traumatic stress disorder.

Last year, troops diagnosed with PTSD were being forced out of the ranks because the military falsely claimed they had "personality disorders." The Defense Department changed its policy on that following intense criticism. But now the military has found a way around that by wrongly accusing PTSD victims of a "pattern of misconduct" - and forcing soldiers with PTSD to pay back their reenlistment bonuses.

The backstabbing never ends, does it?

Instead of trying to punish cities for having antiwar politics, our public officials need to urge the military to clear these soldiers' names and restore the bonuses that were stolen from them.

America's prisons still contain Vietnam vets with PTSD who have been locked up for 40 years, because the government wouldn't provide them the care and love they needed. Unfortunately, it looks like history is going to repeat itself.

(Source: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/01/military_ptsd_discharge_010709w)