"We've done our duty. We fought the war. We came home wounded. Fine."
Conditions from "the Army's top medical facility" are not as good as some may think:
President Bush may want to consider the well-being of this soldier as well as the ones he plans on sending to Iraq for his "surge." As the story goes on to say:
It shouldn't have to be this way.
They suffer from brain injuries, severed arms and legs, organ and back damage, and various degrees of post-traumatic stress. Their legions have grown so exponentially -- they outnumber hospital patients at Walter Reed 17 to 1 -- that they take up every available bed on post and spill into dozens of nearby hotels and apartments leased by the Army. The average stay is 10 months, but some have been stuck there for as long as two years.
President Bush may want to consider the well-being of this soldier as well as the ones he plans on sending to Iraq for his "surge." As the story goes on to say:
On the worst days, soldiers say they feel like they are living a chapter of "Catch-22." The wounded manage other wounded. Soldiers dealing with psychological disorders of their own have been put in charge of others at risk of suicide.
It shouldn't have to be this way.
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